Snowboards of the yearFall-Line Skiing and Snowboarding's Snowboards of the year
Here at Fall-Line we've always maintained that you can't really find a bad snowboard, just one that is 'bad' for you. Budget, experience and physique are all factors that determine what snowboard is going to give you the best ride. But that said, every year there are certain boards that seem to blow the competition out of the water. Whether it is the incorporation of innovative technology, or an incredible price point, or using earth-friendly materials or plain simple just great artwork. Here are our pick of the bunch for 2010.
Head: Force i.KERS
£400
A revolutionary design stealing a bunch of hyper tech from Head’s skiing brethren. The Kers (according to Head) is a pop management system, making the tail stiffer out of a turn. This was apparently the most tested snowboard at The Snowboard Test and if you’re looking for a well-equiped, high performance all-mountain freestyle deck, it does a pretty good job!
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Burton: Custom Flying V
£450
It’s the evolution of possibly the most famous snowboard on the planet, on test where testers were riding wet heavy spring pow it got some great reviews: "Custom is Custom and with the Flying V, it’s just so much more fun. This board pretty much turns itself." As you’d hope in a board of this price, it comes stacked with tech ingredients; triaxial weave, carbon I-Beam, sintered base as standard.
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Jones: the Solution
£700
Endorsed by two insanely good backcountry shredders, namely Jeremy Jones and the UK's Neil McNab, the Solution is a new entry for 2010. A high end split board using top quality ingredients and incorporating Magne-Traction sidecut design for enhanced grip and control.
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K2: Parkstar
£330
A fun twin tipped jib/freestyle snowboard featuring some solid tech, not least of which is the sintered base. A huge amount of fun to tear up mini-shred lines all over the mountain, excelling in the spring slush and jib parks. K2 have merged three varieties of wood in the core of the Parkstar and used a triaxial weave on top, with a biaxial weave on the under the core.
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Yes: the Dudes
£390
Freestyle shredder incorporating a bunch of Nidecker’s tech characteristics for a performance ride. The base is the fastest in the Nidecker range, the same speed that you see on the Megalight, and even features 40% recycled materials. The core is technical wood construction with Ash and other woods and a triaxial weave to keep things tight. The asymmetric shape aims to increase heel/toe edge control.
Posted by Online Editor - Mon, 29/11/2010 - 12:25pm
Fall-Line Skiing and Snowboarding's Snowboards of the year
Here at Fall-Line we've always maintained that you can't really find a bad snowboard, just one that is 'bad' for you. Budget, experience and physique are all factors that determine what snowboard is going to give you the best ride. But that said, every year there are certain boards that seem to blow the competition out of the water. Whether it is the incorporation of innovative technology, or an incredible price point, or using earth-friendly materials or plain simple just great artwork. Here are our pick of the bunch for 2010.
Head: Force i.KERS
£400
A revolutionary design stealing a bunch of hyper tech from Head’s skiing brethren. The Kers (according to Head) is a pop management system, making the tail stiffer out of a turn. This was apparently the most tested snowboard at The Snowboard Test and if you’re looking for a well-equiped, high performance all-mountain freestyle deck, it does a pretty good job!
Check the stats or write a review
Burton: Custom Flying V
£450
It’s the evolution of possibly the most famous snowboard on the planet, on test where testers were riding wet heavy spring pow it got some great reviews: "Custom is Custom and with the Flying V, it’s just so much more fun. This board pretty much turns itself." As you’d hope in a board of this price, it comes stacked with tech ingredients; triaxial weave, carbon I-Beam, sintered base as standard.
Check the stats and write a review
Jones: the Solution
£700
Endorsed by two insanely good backcountry shredders, namely Jeremy Jones and the UK's Neil McNab, the Solution is a new entry for 2010. A high end split board using top quality ingredients and incorporating Magne-Traction sidecut design for enhanced grip and control.
Check the stats and write a review
K2: Parkstar
£330
A fun twin tipped jib/freestyle snowboard featuring some solid tech, not least of which is the sintered base. A huge amount of fun to tear up mini-shred lines all over the mountain, excelling in the spring slush and jib parks. K2 have merged three varieties of wood in the core of the Parkstar and used a triaxial weave on top, with a biaxial weave on the under the core.
Check the stats and write a review
Yes: the Dudes
£390
Freestyle shredder incorporating a bunch of Nidecker’s tech characteristics for a performance ride. The base is the fastest in the Nidecker range, the same speed that you see on the Megalight, and even features 40% recycled materials. The core is technical wood construction with Ash and other woods and a triaxial weave to keep things tight. The asymmetric shape aims to increase heel/toe edge control.