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  • Niche Snowboards is one of the new kids on the block in the snowboard industry. Based in SLC, Utah and manufactured in Austria they've got a full line of eco-friendly snowboards. The Knew is one of their freestyle-oriented boards and I took it out for some hot hot hot closing day laps.

    Niche Knew Snowboard Review

    Posted on May 15, 2012 | 3 Comments
    Niche Snowboards is one of the new kids on the block in the snowboard industry. Based in SLC, Utah and manufactured in Austria they've got a full line of eco-friendly snowboards. The Knew is one of their freestyle-oriented boards and I took it out for some hot hot hot closing day laps.

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  • The Salomon's Man's Board is Bode Merrill's weapon of choice for high speed all mountain ripping, the topsheet still has that beer-inspired graphic, adorned with blondes, brunettes, and redheads depending on size. She looked good and so did the board, let's see how it rides.

    2013 Salomon Mans Board Snowboard Review

    Posted on May 8, 2012 | No Comments
    The Salomon's Man's Board is Bode Merrill's weapon of choice for high speed all mountain ripping, the topsheet still has that beer-inspired graphic, adorned with blondes, brunettes, and redheads depending on size. She looked good and so did the board, let's see how it rides.

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  • Lobster's a new company started by the brothers Helgason, but basically the boards are Bataleons with some Helgasons flair. I mounted it up with a pair of noback Switchback bindings to take out out on some Boyne Mountain hardpack.

    2013 Lobster Jibbaord Review

    Posted on April 23, 2012 | No Comments
    Lobster's a new company started by the brothers Helgason, but basically the boards are Bataleons with some Helgasons flair. I mounted it up with a pair of noback Switchback bindings to take out out on some Boyne Mountain hardpack.

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  • Reno NV, the biggest little city in the world, is home to No Way! Snowboards, the biggest little snowboard company in the world. As a new company the Catalyst is the only snowboard they make right now and it is geared towards park & street riding. Here's how it stacks up.

    2013 No Way! Catalyst Snowboard Review

    Posted on April 12, 2012 | No Comments
    Reno NV, the biggest little city in the world, is home to No Way! Snowboards, the biggest little snowboard company in the world. As a new company the Catalyst is the only snowboard they make right now and it is geared towards park & street riding. Here's how it stacks up.

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  • The BSOD is Capita's high performance all terrain freestyle ride, so I'm thinking it should be a mix of big mountain and freestyle. Usually these boards are more big mountain and less freestyle so let's see how the BSOD stacks up.

    2013 Capita Black Snowboard of Death Review

    Posted on March 31, 2012 | 1 Comment
    The BSOD is Capita's high performance all terrain freestyle ride, so I'm thinking it should be a mix of big mountain and freestyle. Usually these boards are more big mountain and less freestyle so let's see how the BSOD stacks up.

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  • I've been hearing a lot about Arbor snowboards lately and although they've always appealed to me aesthetically with a lot of sexy woodgrain topsheets, I've never had a chance to ride one. This year at Test Fest I finally got a chance and started out with the Blacklist, a midwide true twin park-flexing all-mountain do-it-all board.

    2013 Arbor Blacklist Snowboard Review

    Posted on March 16, 2012 | 6 Comments
    I've been hearing a lot about Arbor snowboards lately and although they've always appealed to me aesthetically with a lot of sexy woodgrain topsheets, I've never had a chance to ride one. This year at Test Fest I finally got a chance and started out with the Blacklist, a midwide true twin park-flexing all-mountain do-it-all board.

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  • I got my hands on the Omni Wavelength from Signal Snowboards late in the season and was lucky that northwest Michigan got slammed with an unexpected 15" of snow that took out power, closed county roads and generally created chaos and confusion everywhere. If it sounds like a great weekend to demo a board, it was.

    2013 Signal Omni Snowboard Review

    Posted on March 6, 2012 | No Comments
    I got my hands on the Omni Wavelength from Signal Snowboards late in the season and was lucky that northwest Michigan got slammed with an unexpected 15" of snow that took out power, closed county roads and generally created chaos and confusion everywhere. If it sounds like a great weekend to demo a board, it was.

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  • So we finally got the opportunity to hop on the now famous Burton Nug. Burton says we can ride this 8-10cm shorter... No way this is going to be stable right, gonna be like riding down the slopes on a cafeteria tray?

    2013 Burton Nug Review

    Posted on February 29, 2012 | 5 Comments
    So we finally got the opportunity to hop on the now famous Burton Nug. Burton says we can ride this 8-10cm shorter... No way this is going to be stable right, gonna be like riding down the slopes on a cafeteria tray?

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