Bad-Ass board, but buy according to skill and riding style

By Benjamin Woods Ranked #180 - Snowboards April 1, 2010

I am 6'2" 215#. I ride hard, fast, and agressively. I like trees, steeps, pow, etc. I have been riding for 19 years and this is my first Never Summer deck. I bought the Titan TX 169.

Heavy deck, but I guess that's what you get for a quality made product backed by a 3 year warranty (suck on it, Burton!). FAST base! Incredible stability and excellent edge hold, including on ice. Great pop off the tail as well. Very well constructed, including a full-wrap edge.

Two issues: 1) Nose is MUCH softer flex than tail, making pow great, but tight turns in the trees can see you buckle over and crash out. 2) lower tail rise makes negotiating trees switch-stance very hard, but also ridign switch in pow nearly impossible.

I have ridden plenty of equipment, but this board is a machine. I needed to learn to ride it for the way it was built (the flex pattern, tri-sidecut, and directional shape shold be a clue). Once you do ride it as intended, this is a beast....lightning fast, pops off bumps/cliffs/etc like nothing, lands softly and smoothly, rails turns at any speed, and has taken a hell of a beating in the short time I owned it and never anything it can't spring back from.

Tested in various conditions at Afton Alps (MN), Breck, Keystone, Vail, Beaver Creek, Copper, Moonlight Basin, and Grand Targhee. It rides it all...end of story.

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