Not for beginners

By Eddie Ranked #324 - All Mountain Snowboards February 10, 2009

I've only had 2 days out on this ride and it was on the groomers both days so here is the little input I have (I have the 2008 model, 166cm but think it's identical) Firstly, this board is not for beginners. It is one of the stiffest boards I've ridden (been riding for 14 years in Canadian Rockies). The board wants to carve hard and fast and needs a lot of speed to do so properly. I found that it didn't carve that well at slower speeds because of its stiffness, but as soon as you pick it up a bit it bites hard and pops you out nicely. It's easy to tear up a 4 inch gash into the corduroy. A few times I lost my toe edge when trying to lay my stomach down to within inches of the ground, but think that is me just getting use to the board and trying to carve harder than my limited time on the board will let me. This board is definitely a freeride/big mountain board. For all you park dudes you might want to look elsewhere. I'm glad I got this board and can't wait to ride it to it's limits.

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