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Want to ride park, pipe, powder and piste on one board, you’ll be after an All-Mountain snowboard. Characterised by a directional shape and flex, All-Mountain snowboards do exactly what the name suggests. If you’re not sure what kind of riding you’ll be doing or you just can’t afford a quiver of boards then an All-Mountain snowboard is the best option.
Continue reading Ten of the Best - All-Mountain Snowboards.
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Features on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Polish uber brand Contract Snowboards launch the Support Young Shredders program to help promising young riders reach their potential.
Today snowboard review received a curious email from our friends at Contract Snowboards, one of the most exciting brands to come out of Poland since…. well ever if I’m honest. As a brand in it’s infancy, Contract have decided to throw a bone to young and aspiring shredders by creating the ‘Support Young Shredders’ program.
Continue reading Contract Snowboards launch unique team rider program.
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Features on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Katal Innovations Landing Pad is the latest in progressive ski and snowboard focused safety equipment. An airbag designed to make tricks that bit more stompable before you take them to the badlands of your local park.
Continue reading Product Focus - Katal Landing Pad.
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Features on Monday, November 09, 2009
Rory Doyle’s the talk of the town at the moment, with two standout graphics in the Endeavor line-up, Rory’s hitting his artistic stride. We got a hold of Rory to find out more about the man and what inspires his designs.
Continue reading Artist Profile - Rory Doyle.
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Features on Sunday, November 08, 2009
Snowboard-Review.com gives you a quick guide to ten of the best park orientated snowboards on the market this season. If you like cruising through the park riding every obstacle on offer, including kickers, rails and pipes then you could do worse than reading our shortlist.
Continue reading Ten of the Best - Park Snowboards.
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Features on Sunday, October 25, 2009
Snowboard Review caught up with Co-owner of Amplid, Peter Bauer to find out a bit more about the brand.
Continue reading Brand Focus - Amplid Snowboards.
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Features on Sunday, October 25, 2009
Speed along the flat bottom of the pipe, grip up the walls, lightening quick response, plenty of pop off the lip and weightless airtime are qualities that you need from a snowboard if you want to push you abilities in the pipe. Snowboard Review had a look at 10 of the best offerings for the 09/10 season.
Continue reading Ten of the Best - Halfpipe Snowboards.
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Features on Sunday, October 18, 2009
Designed and made in the Eastern European country of Poland, there can’t be a fresher or more ground breaking snowboard brand on the planet than Contract. In their first season, despite a miniscule marketing budget and a pro team consisting of little know Polish rippers, people in the snowboard industry all over Europe are starting to hear good things about this small brand coming out of Poland, mostly because they’re producing some really tight gear, but also because it’s a really intriguing story. Snowboard-Review.com caught up with Maciej aka Magic, head of marketing at Contract Snowboards to discuss all things Poland and Contract.
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Features on Monday, September 28, 2009
Overshadowed by the huge boom in reverse camber snowboards, heavily tapered powder snowboards or Fish shapes as they’re known to most, are rising steeply in popularity. 5 years ago Fish shapes were confined to the Burton Fish a legendary piece of snowboard design courtesy of JG and Terje. Spurred on by snowboarder’s insatiable appetite for new technology and specialist equipment, Fish stocks are booming and now feature in most manufacturers’ line-ups. The iconic Fish shape is discernable from other snowboard designs because of its heavy taper (more surface area in-front of the front foot), a short tail and a multi-radii sidecut which usually features a tighter radius at the tail of the board. Fish boards offer tons of float in powder and a responsive edge-to-edge feel, perfect for picking lines between tight trees and slashing lips on epic powder days. With Stepchild, Capita, Option and Nitro joining the party for 2010, Snowboard Review had a look at some of the finest specimens for the 2009/10 season.
Continue reading 2010 - The Year of the Fish?.
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Features on Sunday, September 20, 2009
Endeavor Snowboards celebrate their 7 year birthday this year. In that time, Endeavor have forged themselves a reputation as the brand at the forefront of the snowboard artwork movement, and as a brand that creates a product that rides great. Started by Max Jenke, an ex-pro rider and Whistler Wildcat, turned business man with a team that reads like a who’s who of BC snowboarding royalty, Endeavor was always going to succeed. Snowboard Review spoke to Max about this years range, the ever changing challenges of manufacturing snowboards in 2009 and the Whistler Winter Olympics.
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Features on Monday, September 14, 2009
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