Never Summer SL-R Snowboard - 2009 BCS

Also definitely get the 153 over the 155. The NS technology allows you to ride smaller or thats what NS says. I'm 5'9" riding the 153. Pretty smooth and i can whip it around pretty quick. Good luck buddy.

I'm 5'9" and 160lbs too. I just bought the SLR 153 a couple of weeks ago. I've been upto mammoth a couple of times and LOVE this board. i used to ride a 2007 burton custom. This board allows me to do so much more than the custom did. It did nag me a bit in the chop, but still handled better than i thought it would in the chop. Overall i love the SLR. I think i'm pretty much in the same boat as you, im intermediate and learning to do tricks which were pretty difficult for me to do with my custom. Been upto mammoth twice and am already way better... feel like the custom was limiting me a bit but it could just be that i'm better and more aggressive now. All in all, i recommend the SLR. GO and BUY it, its a legit board.

havent ridden this years slr which i heard is stiffer from last years. But if you want an all mountain board to play around with hit every bump along the trail and still have the stability to bomb down the mountain or hop on the terrain park and hit some big jumps you'll be good with the slr. If you feel like doing tricks and hitting the rails and boxes your better off with the evo-r. If I recall the evo wasnt as stable as the slr bombing down the hill. Slr is all around a good board for doing everything, minus rails.. not the greatest. If you just want to do runs and hit a bunch of the jumps the sl-r will do you well. Id suggest the 155 and Im a fan of the ride bindings so something like the rx or spi where its not super stiff but still responsive when your bombing a run.

I asked dogfunk this question during my purchase and they said all SL-R's this year (09/10) were neon green bases, but guess I'll find out tonight when it gets delivered.