Snowboard Review Blog + Features (Archive)
If you’re not familiar with Prior Snowboards…you should be. Prior are based in Whistler, Canada, and have been creating the finest handmade and custom snowboards for the last 20 years. Renowned for their freeride swallow tails, heavily tapered rides and their split boards, the words ‘freestyle’ and ‘rocker’ are two words you’d never expect to see on a Prior press release. So it was to our great surprise that a press release for Prior’s latest model the AMF arrived in our inbox…
Posted by Rich Ewbank.
Continue reading Prior break with tradition and release new AMF snowboard
At Snowboard-Review we’re constantly recieving juicy scoops on new gear. Our latest tasty bite is from the folks at Venture. Appears their lastest split board has won the Backcountry Magazine Editor’s Choice Award… praise indeed! As the premier backcountry skiing and snowboarding publication in North America, Backcountry Magazine doesn’t make endorsements frivolously. This year’s annual product test was held in March at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, where a selection of boards from top manufacturers were put through their paces both on piste and off. When the powder cloud settled, the Storm - R Splitboard emerged as a top choice.
Posted by Rich Ewbank.
Continue reading Venture’s Storm takes Editors’ Choice Award from Backcountry Mag
Fortunately you won’t need to raid your local convenience store for Wonka Bars to get your hands on a golden ticket for a tour of the Never Summer factory. The guys at Never Summer have posted a tour of their factory, showing all of the processes and craftsmanship that goes into their snowboards.
Posted by Rich Ewbank.
Continue reading Take the Never Summer factory tour from your armchair
Endeavor are renowned for the quality of their BC manufactured boards and some of the best artist collaborations in the industry. Endeavor’s latest collaboration is with bonkers Whistler local Kale Stephens and his Ninja mask brand Air Hole. We made some calls and managed to get hold of some details on this limited release, so you, our loyal readers could have a good look at Kale’s board and Ninja mask, before they hit the stores.
Posted by Rich Ewbank.
Continue reading Kale Stephens joins Endeavor and Airhole in artwork collaboration
Last month Snowboard-Review.com travelled to the UK snowboard test in Kaunertal Austria. The mission? To cram as many snowboard reviews into one week as humanly possible, and meet some peeps in the industry.
Posted by Rich Ewbank.
Continue reading We’re back from the Snowboard Test 2009
