Snowboard Review Features

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.

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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.

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Snowboard Review caught up with Co-owner of Amplid, Peter Bauer to find out a bit more about the brand.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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Organic Snowboards is an exciting snowboard brand coming out of Quebec Canada. At the forefront of the green movement, Organic’s snowboards are using the latest technologies, from non toxic inks to Hemp fibres and Bamboo sidewalls. Organic are leading the way in an eco-concious revolution, with big brands like Burton and K2 hot on their heels, it’s fresh to hear that Organic don’t care that their niche market is being attacked by the big boys, they’re all too happy to be influencing the market and ultimately reducing the impact of snowboarding on the planet. We caught up with Organic’s general manager and Whistler local JP Boulais to find out a bit more about Organic and their dreams of a greener future.

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At the UK snowboard test in Kaunertal Snowboard Review bumped into Mikee from For Boarders By Boarders (FBBB, to those in the know). We were well aware of the freestyle indoor series that the FBBB crew are running this Summer, at indoor slopes around the UK, but we certainly didn’t know about the snowboard art exhibition running along-side the series. We were completely blown away by the designs from last years event.

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Back in the day Peter Bauer dominated the sport of snowboarding, becoming World Champion at the end of the eighties. Although Peter no longer competes on the world scene he is still a pivotal member of the world snowboard community. In 2005 Peter founded Amplid snowboards, a small core brand dedicated to creating the best snowboards in the world. Last month Peter was awarded the EuroSIMA Lifetime Achievement Award an award voted for by the EuroSIMA Mountain Division for his contribution to the development of the sport, business and culture of snowboarding in Europe. This is what he had to say…

Continue reading Peter Bauer on top of the podium once again!