Summary:

Pipe, park and rails. The Head Team I. deals with the lot confidently. Intellifibres and Carbon and Kevlar stringers provide plenty of pop and damping, and combined with a shallow sidecut and mid wide waist, the combination provides plenty of high speed stability even in the shorter lengths. Head have thrown in some felt-tip pens with the Team I. so you can customise your graphics…how generous.

Manufacturer's Description:

This board embodies the Freestyle culture. Responsiveness, stability and a good pop, the perfect deck for fun and performance in the park. With artwork designed by 5yr old Pal, this board brings to the snow the heritage from the street and graffiti culture. As stickers are not the only way to personalize your board, we teamed with Edding to offer you a set of sick markers.

Year: 2010

Available Lengths (cm): 148, 151, 154, 158mW, 161mW

Riding Style: Freestyle/Park

Specifications:

Intellifibres (reactive reinforcement)
Carbon & Kevlar stringers (pop & damping)
Twin Shape
Honeycomb Supercore (Poplar core with tip & tail honeycomb inserts)
7200 grade sintered base

Similar boards:

Salomon Official - 2010

Apo Arthur Longo - 2010

Stepchild Simon Chamberlain - 2010

What we reckon:

Read our pro guide to buying a park snowboard.

Read our pro guide to buying a rails snowboard.

Read our pro guide to buying a pipe snowboard.

Review of Head Team I.:

What a great board! I’ve tested a lot of great boards recently but the Head Team was definitely one of the most forgiving and enjoyable to ride for the kind of riding I like to do. As an all-mountain freestyler I generally prefer a playful but slightly stiffer board that is stable, holds and edge well and has plenty of pop; ultimately a board that I can use in the park, pipe, on the piste and in the backcountry. The Head Team has all of these qualities in abundance; pop, lightweight construction, good amounts longitudinal and torsional stiffness and a good swing weight due to the honeycomb construction in the nose and tail.  Normally I ride a slightly longer board, around 157, but the 154 felt absolutely perfect, not too short or narrow and because the core is so lively I didn’t feel as though the pop or torsional pop from edge to edge was compromised.

On the Piste the Head Team was ridiculously stable at high speeds and the sidecut responded well to different styles and lengths of carves and turns; I felt in complete control on really icy and bumpy slopes. In the park the Team took the bigger booters and pipe in its stride; unbelievably stable on the take-off and landing and very strong in the traverse. Surprisingly it wasn’t too stiff to make the most of the rails; the nose and tail flexed sufficiently enough to make allow presses and manuals. The Head Team was great fun jibbing around the slope hitting small hits and learning new flatland combinations.

If you’re an intermediate to advanced rider and you want a high-end board that can do absolutely everything and help improve your riding then you should beat the crowds down to your local Head Snowboards dealer and have a look. If you’ve previously ridden a longer Freeride board and you want to ride more Park, but don’t want to compromise the stability of a longer board, then this board would be perfect for you.