Ride Manic snowboard opinions?

Posted: 24 February 2012 09:32 PM

Now its a decision between buying the Rossignol One Magtek or the Ride Manic? There both almost similiar except the One Magtek has Magne-Traction. I like to ride all over the mountain and in powder too hitting natural jumps. I’ll go through the terrain park also jibbing and hitting kickers. Plus when I ride here in the midwest the snow can become really hard pack and icy. Not sure how the Ride Manic would do in that. If anybody rides either of these boards let me know about them.

Posted: 29 February 2012 09:40 AM

I was just in Chamonix for 4 days with alot of hard pack and ice in the morning that turned to heay wet slush in the afternoon.  Under these conditions, I found the edges lack a little grip on the ice- could be due to the ‘slime wall’ design on the edges.  The LowPro rocker shape delivers in terms of stability, though I didnt have any pow to test response with a more backfoot loaded stance. It did fine cutting down the edges of trails, snapped pretty well through mogule fields, and is doing me right as a mid-range board.  Others in the forum suggested I should push myself more with a Burton Custom X or Rossi Slayblade - but I think value/money at my level this was a good choice.  Less happy with the Rodeo bindings I got with the board.