Arbor 2011 Snowboard Reviews

The Draft is what the kids have been asking for. Buttery soft with a short running length, rocker profile, an easy to maintain extruded base and bronze edges to reduce the risk of hanging up on those nasty kinked hand rails. Indoors, urban or park, slay the lot.

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Traditional Arbor fans will shudder at the prospect of Arbor getting all freestyle, but times are a-changing and so is Arbor. The Westmark really marks Arbor’s whole hearted move into park snowboards; with a soft flex, heavily rockered profile and light poppy construction there’s no denying that the Westmark is a park thoroughbred and board so good that you’ll wonder why Arbor didn’t make the move until last season.

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Arbor claim the new rockered twin to the traditional Element is an all mountain masterpiece, one thing’s for sure, take the Arbor Element RX in some powder and you’ll be showing your buddies a master class in powder based freeriding. Stable at speed but quicker than a roller-coaster into turns the Element RX is easy and incredibly enjoyable to ride. An Intermediates dream machine.

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Arbor has made very few changes to the A-Frame for 2011… trust me when I say this is a good thing. The A-Frame is the ultimate in point-and-shoot artillery. Classic design features include the blended tri-radial sidecut which keeps the entry and exit radii larger for stability and the central radius slightly tighter so you can work the poky camber into some nice tight chin touching carves and carbon torsion forks to make sure no matter how critical it gets the edge won’t wash out. Little tweaks for 2011 include the introduction of bamboo edges for even more punch out of carves. A truly awesome freeride gun!

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The diamond in the Arbor jewels. The Wasteland is designed to dominate any transition on the mountain, be it a perfect park kicker or an impossible backcountry windlip hit. Arbor have used standard biaxial glass and reduced the core thickness between the bindings to keep the Wasteland manageable. Carbon and Kevlar reinforcement runs through the tips so you can stomp those tail heavy landings and pop monster ollies. A certified piece of snowboarding science.

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It looks like the Nightrain might be attempting to shake its bad boy image. Last year its construction was heavily influenced by some heavy duty quadraxial glass. This year the Nightrain is using a combination of biaxial and triaxial glass. Loyal fans of previous Nightrains don’t despair quite yet, Arbor promise the Nightrain still packs a punch thanks to a good dose of camber. A snowboard designed for advanced riders who like to ride everything as long as it involves speed and transitions.

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Hey amigo stop looking at my maracas and let’s go snowboarding. Sure I look cool but I’m the Del Ray that’s a given my friend. It’s my true twin shape, medium soft flex and soft buttery biaxial glass that make me the best park ride you ever rode… now do whatever you got to do, get some Pesos, let’s go cruising homie!

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Girls charge hard too, that’s why Arbor designed the Push. Don’t let the narrower waist and stance lead you off the scent; with a directional shape, cambered profile, a combination of biaxial and triaxial glass and Rocket sintered base the Push is designed to be ridden aggressively at speed. In the infamous words of Salt and Pepper – “Push it, push it real good”.

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All those people who thought Arbor had forgotten about the beginners and intermediates, it appears Arbor have the Formula. A glug of top notch Elan construction, a handful of entry level materials, a splash of progressive rocker profile and a generous helping of Grip Tech edges equal a board that beginners can’t help but learn on.

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The new Arbor Coda is more loaded with treats than Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Combining a parabolic rocker with Grip-Tech is much like Lib-Tech’s Banana & Magnetraction combination; forgiving, loose and grippy. Add this to the usual Elan factory build quality and a base graphic that would have any rider poking more methods than Shaun Palmer and you’re onto a winner. Whammy!

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Arbor all-mountain versatility means, you can ride this board like you’ve been fired out of a canon. The Roundhouse is designed to provide aggressive snowboards with larger feet who like to thrash everything with a snowboard that rides the lot. This year’s Roundhouse takes it’s graphic influence from Central America instead of 2010’s Far East theme.

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No matter what board you buy in the Arbor range there’s no way it will look any less than a million dollars. The Eden fits into the Arbor range as a medium flexing all-mountain shred stick with a price concious spec, built for ladies at beginner level through to a strong intermediate level. Powder, cliffs, park, groomers… stop listing things to shred, go out and tear it up.

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If you’re happy smashing a beautiful piece of art on metal hand rails or dragging masterfully crafted Austrian engineering through rock laden pow pow, the Arbor Cadence is worth checking out. The Cadence is a versatile park ride built with women’s riding needs in mind with a stunning graphic.

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