Arbor 2013 Snowboard Reviews

When you duck-under the ropes and take your all-mountain snowboard that you’ve been cruising the resort on all week, you want it to perform. You can count on the Arbor Wasteland to meet your expectations. Sure it’s rockered, it only has a manageable medium flex that doesn’t need 3 months of gym work just to flex an ollie and the graphics aren’t black and decked with matt skulls, but there’s just enough Kevlar in the Carbon and Kevlar in the nose and tail to eliminate chatter and help you ride-out back seat landings.

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There’s so much technology out there that it’s easy to get lost. Arbor obviously appreciates that, so with the Del Rey it’s put together a no-nonsense twin shaped snowboard with a camber profile and a soft flex for park missions. Sure there are plenty of salaciously named technologies and features, but the Arbor Del Rey is pretty matter of fact when the handsome veneer Power Ply topsheet is stripped back.

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Lots of more experienced snowboarders who rode a snowboard before the “Great Reverse Camber Boom” of 2009 have been a gradually but steadily returning to good ol’ camber. Nobody can deny that rocker is a ton of fun, but when it comes to pop, edge hold and back-seat landings, there’s nothing quite like having a cambered board under your feet. The appropriately named Arbor Relapse is a reference to the old way of building boards, but with most up-to-date materials and technologies. The Relapse has a soft to medium flex and a twin shape so it’ll be at home in the park, the mid-wide waist caters for those with a US size 10 to 12 boot.

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Arbor get that Women freeriders want to blast through choppy snow, launch off cliffs and power through carves like their male counterparts but don’t need such rigid board flexes and waist widths any greater than 24cms. The Arbor Push has all the freeride knowhow of legendary male freeride boards like the A-Frame and Element CX and a strong, punchy camber profile for stability and edge hold, just a little feminized.

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If you are a female rider who would categorize yourself anywhere between beginner and intermediate who wants a snowboard for cruising the whole hill that is progressive enough to last you a couple of seasons the Poparazzi has got your name on it… not literally. As you improve, tackling trails with more speed, venturing off-piste into powder snow and hitting jumps the Poparazzi will meet your demand all the way.

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The A-Frame is a big-mountain missile! This weapon of freeride destruction is designed specifically for charging gnarly terrain. The stiff flex, bamboo sidewalls and carbon reinforcement create a stable and reactive platform for pointing down steep terrain in sketchy conditions. The A-Frames directional shape provides all the float you’ll need for various snow conditions. The long drawn-out entry and exit radii of the sidecut make long high speed carves stable while the tighter inner radius gives control in steep riskier terrain where tighter carves are essential.

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For those riders that want to tear-apart their snowboard park’s rail line with a variety of impossible transfers, bonks, combo manuals and tweaked-out presses the Draft is the super soft sponge board for the job. Just make sure you can stomp your landings with both feet over the bolts or the Draft will wash-out.

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Soft and buttery is the name of the game with Westmark. For rails and jibs Arbor’s jib specialist the Westmark is an ideal snowboard, it’s extremely flexible and easy to pop and press. The flex is a touch firmer than the Arbor Draft which is even more of a specialist, but it’s still too soft for hard charging. The Westmark is a snowboard for those that rarely venture out of the snowboard park.

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Take the Arbor Westmark and increase the width a little for riders with a boot size from US10 to US12 and you’ve got the Blacklist. A soft flexing, mid-wide, reverse camber deck for park riders and jibbers who find the Draft too damn soft and thin… and colorful!

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The Arbor Swoon’s directional shape, aggressive and lively flex and damp construction are focused on experienced female all-mountain shredders and freeriders. The parabolic rocker opens up the Swoon’s abilities to less experience powder riders keeping them afloat in the deepest snow dumps without the need for breakneck speed. The Grip Tech edges and triax fibreglass will keep riders locked onto an edge on steeper, more technical terrain.

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Arbor’s snowboards might look anything but entry level with their wood veneer topsheets and high quality European manufacturing, but the Formula is firmly planted in the rookie’s category. A soft and smooth flex and reverse camber profile make the basics of snowboarding a doddle and give the Formula the versatility to hit some powder snow when conditions allow. For the firmer snow days the Grip Tech unblended progressive sidecut should keep you from slipping out.

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The Coda is Arbor’s all-mountain flagship snowboard. A triax glass layup, Bamboo & Poplar core and a Bamboo Powerply topsheet give the Coda a lively flex and a firm torsional flex so holding an edge on steep and technical terrain isn’t going to be an issue. With an unblended tri-radial sidecut which creates pressure points a bit like Lib-Tech’s MagneTraction you’ll be cutting into corduroy like a maniac with a breadknife.

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The Element is another all-mountain snowboard that has had the Snowboard-Review.com test treatment and come out of the ordeal reeking of roses. It’s not the lightest snowboard, the liveliest or the fastest, but boy is the Arbor Element RX a stable and easy snowboard to ride. From pristine chest deep pow pow to sketchy rutted trails, the Element RX takes 99% of terrain in its stride. The ultimate cruising machine.

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