Best All Terrain Twin Shaped board
Posted: 07 November 2011 08:34 PM
Hi there!
I’m looking for a new board for this winter. I’d prefer to buy one of the 2011 season (not 2012) in order to save some money.
I have intermediate level, and I love to carve, and jump. I think this winter I’m going to try into snowpark for a while, so I need an All Terrain, Twin Shaped, and medium flex snowboard. Park isn’t much important for me, I only hang in there a while, the rest of the day I go down the hill snowboarding
What snowboard do you recommend me? (good and a cheap one, please!!)
PS:Sorry for my bad English ;D
Posted: 08 November 2011 07:55 AM
Hi, welcome. :)
Best and cheap don’t usually come together well in many sentences, but I’m happy to say that the bridge is very close especially compared to the past.
Are there any models you have looked at? If price is a factor you should see what’s in your budget and then come back here and list them so we can help narrow it down. There are hundreds of snowboards so picking a few without any real starting point can be challenging.
Posted: 08 November 2011 10:08 AM
Yes, I like these boards, I think they are a little expensive for me but I’m trying to save some money in order to buy one:
Lib Tech Travis Rice Pro 2012 (I read it works well in all tarrain, park and pipe, it’s awesome!)
K2 Fastplant 2011 (Don’t like the directional twin so much ... I’d prefer a true twin)
Lib Tech Skate Banana 2011 (I think this is more suitable for park, don’ know if it responses well in the slopes)
GNU Carbon Credit 2011
Burton Blunt 2011 (People say it’s no good for the slopes, it’s unestable at high speed, it’s only suitable for park. Neither have a standar binding attachment, so that’s no good for me)
Thanks ;D
Posted: 08 November 2011 10:21 AM
Those are all pretty much park boards with the exception of the T.Rice and to a lesser degree the Gnu CCS, and the T.Rice is definitely not cheap.
You said park isn’t all that important yet most of the boards are park focused. How much percentage wise will you be riding resorts vs. park?
Posted: 08 November 2011 10:24 AM
75% resort vs 25% park. I don’t wish to became a park master, but it’s fun to get in there a while in a day ;D
Posted: 08 November 2011 10:40 PM
You would benefit more out of a directional twin in my opinion. Usually those boards have a twin shape and a set-back stance so they are designed to be ridden primarily in one direction but aren’t bad for the occasional switch ride.
A board you should consider and that might be in your price range is the K2 Raygun. It’s like a simpler version of the K2 TurboDream which is my favourite all-mountain freestyle deck of this season. The flex is mellow and the ride smooth, it wouldn’t handle a park lap or two that poorly however I wouldn’t take it off large jumps as it would probably wash out in the landings.
Others to take a peak at are the Ride Manic, Salomon Ace and Rossignol Taipan.
Have a look at those and see what you think.
Posted: 10 November 2011 05:41 AM
Best bang for buck you can find is YES Basic snowboard. Can’t get any better than that for the money. Romain Demarchi has been destroying it in the backcountry on that board.
Posted: 10 November 2011 11:25 AM
Thanks for the advices guys, you’re great!
I’ve been looking at those boards. I think the T.Rice Pro, GNU CCS, K2 Raygun and YES The Basic will be the right choices for my riding style, I mean, I give priority to true twin tables for easy switch and centered stance, and it must be medium flex (in order to be playable at park and rails and stable at the slopes).
I like the banana tech in the GNU CCS, seems to catch well the edges, it’s true twin, all-terrain, park capable, very close to the T.Rice Pro, with a lower price (CCS is around 399€, and T.Rice Pro is 539€). K2 Raygun is not a true twin, and it’s price is 350€)
Thinking in the future, T.Rice Pro would be the better option for me, but it’s really expensive and I can’t afford it, so I Think I’ll buy the GNU CCS 156cm ¿Do you think I’m right?
The next step is going to be looking for the right bindings for that board, medium size, strong and confortable ones. I’ll take a look to the 2009 o 2010 seasson bindings, in order to save some money ¿Would you recommend any?
Posted: 10 November 2011 06:26 PM
GNU ccs and Lib T.Rice are not very close. One is just BTX and one is C2. Totally different ride. I would still say get the YES Basic since you’re on a budget.
Posted: 10 November 2011 07:29 PM
I’m not able to find the YES Basic 2011, seems to be out of stock everywhere.
The 2012’ seasson YES Basic is 399€, not a budget hehehe, but that’s price is affordable for me so I could go for it (it’s 130€ less than the T.Rice Pro)
I hope I’ll find that board funny and playable to ride all mountain and park, switching both sides.
Next step for me is to find any appropiate bindings for the Y.Basic, ¿Do you have anything in mind, for around 90-120 €?
Posted: 11 November 2011 02:08 AM
Not sure how much that is in dollars. But budget wise, Union Force is a good bet.
Posted: 11 November 2011 09:56 AM
1€—> 1.36 US $
I’ve just seen the Union Force 2012 Bindings, looks really great, but they’re 199€ (270$)
¿What do you think about Burton Outpost 2012? (they’re only 99€, or 134 US $)
Posted: 12 November 2011 10:04 AM
Me neither.
The Burton Freestyle is a time proven binding… can’t really go wrong with those at 130Euros.
Posted: 13 November 2011 09:26 PM
Finally I’ve bought the YES Basic 159, and the Union Force Bindings. I’ve spent more than I expected, but I think this is a very good bet.
Thanks guys for your support!
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