Would this board last me a season?

Posted: 10 August 2011 05:03 AM

Hey guys and girls

I’m looking at buying the Rossignol Sultan board. I’m working as a lify on a mountain in the rockies for about 4-5months. I have only snowboarded a couple of times. I was told to look for a rockered board but cannot find any that are a good price.

What i’m basically asking is would this board be good for a beginner who is spending about probably a good 15-20hours snowboarding a week for 5 months? Would this board be alright once i start to enter the intermediate stages. Also would this board be alright in powder and all other conditions i could get in the rockies?

thanks!

Posted: 10 August 2011 08:38 AM

Hi Callum,

Put simply the Rossi Sultan is about as entry level as you can get. If you are riding 15-20hrs a week for an entire season you will very quickly out-grow a board of that callibre. It’s not that it’s a bad board, at the end of the day it’s shaped like a snowboard, looks like a snowboard and is a snowboard but there are boards that will make certain aspects of riding a little easier. What is your budget and what country are you buying in? Perhaps there are some other options that we can point you towards.

Rich

Posted: 10 August 2011 09:13 AM

I’m in New Zealand untill October. Boards here are much more expensive.. I’m in vancouver for about 2 days. I pretty much only have those 2 days to purchase a board. I don’t want to spend too much over $350 for a board as i also need bindings and boots. I guess overall i dont want to be spending over $700-800 CAD on a package. I dont realy want to purchase online either, a walk in store in Vancouver would be ideal.

cheers