Lamar Click Snowboard Review

When we were out in Colorado for a short early-season vacation I hooked up with the Angry Snowboarder who had gotten his hands on a new Lamar Click snowboard, he’d been riding it for a couple days and gave me the chance to take it for a few turns.

All of the 2011 Lamar line is available in multiple camber options so you’ve got a choice of usually two of the three cambers: Posi-cam (traditional camber), Anti-cam (three-stage rocker, and Mac-cam (reverse camber).  The Click is a true twin shape, I rode the “Anti-Cam”  but it’s also available in “Mac-Cam”.

Enough, let’s get down to the review:

Location: Breckenridge mostly around Peak 8
Conditions: 40′s, bluebird, groomed
Stance: regular, 22.5ish 15/-9
My info: size 11 boots, about 205 pounds

Lamar says: This board is “geared towards a progressive jib and park shredder …a fast, tight ride but also has enough pop and response to be there when you really need it”.

Expectations: I’m a little worried about getting on this because it’s only 154cm which is a good 8cm shorter than I’m used to and I’m pretty sure I’m outside of the suggested weight range by a load of bricks and I also usually ride a “wide” board, but I want to take it for a few turns anyways even though I don’t know if I’ll be able to really evaluate it.

Here’s a little video review using the GoPro HD as a hand-held (wish I would’ve used the pole mount) hopefully it gives some perspective on how the board handled.

Lamar Click Snowboard Review from David Zemens on Vimeo.

The basics: I thought turn initiation was smooth but I should be able to throw around a board this short. The edges gripped well and I didn’t feel like it was hooky or catching. The Click held an edge all the way through carves which is sometimes a shortcoming for rockered decks washing out. This board was damp enough that I felt in control.  The 1XS carbon layup gave it good pop for your ollies.  A tad stiff but not overly so; but I’m not a jib-kid so it felt really comfortable for me.

Where it excels: given my expectations, my size versus the board’s size etc., I really want to emphasize how impressed I was with its stability, I never felt uncomfortable on this board — even at high speeds I could just point it and go without feeling like I was losing control — and I found myself doing this more than a couple times trying to keep up with Angry.

Summing it up: This board was fun to ride, good pop, a tad stiff but nice and stable at speed. I think the Click retails around $350 and although I don’t ride enough different decks to be able to say definitively that “It’s better than all the other $350 boards out there,” in my expert weekend-warrior opinion, this board definitely delivered:  I’d love to see what sort of damage I could do with one more in my size range.