Head 2011 Snowboard Reviews

The Head Force I KERS has more top secret space-aged technology than the Pentagon. Further development on the Head Intelligence system has helped to create KERS technology or Kinetic Energy Recovery System to any tech geeks out there. KERS technology picks up the vibrations you get when you ride harder and faster and turns the kinetic energy into an electrical current, this current is fed back into the fibres towards the tail of the board stiffening up the fibres and making the tail more punchy. But this in a freestyle snowboard and you can create a snowboard that rides soft and forgiving in the jibs and stiffens up for sketchy backcountry kickers and creates dynamite pop for leaving pipe lips. You’ll also get an extra tasty little kick out of carves

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A lot of people overlook Head Snowboards because they associate the brand with Skis and tennis rackets, basically not a core snowboard manufacturer; the fact that the Snowboarding side of the business is almost a completely independent entity formed from the ashes of Blax Snowboards means Head is just as ‘Snowboard’ as any other brand. The AK SC i is the brainchild of the Head and long time pro freerider Eric Thermel. The concept behind the new AK is a strange camber/rocker hybrid called Snake Camber. I won’t spoil the review but Head might need to take Snake Camber back to the drawing board, because the AK out of the deepest of powder is like a fish out of water.

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Last year Tom our head of testing raved about the Head Team i. For him it was the freestyle snowboard that could do it all. Pipe, piste, powder, infact anything that begins with a P is rideable on the Head Team. The biggest advantage of the Team is that it combines Head’s high-tech kinetic energy recycling Intellifibres with conventional materials like Carbon, Kevlar and Honeycomb inserts. You can enjoy all of the benefits of Head’s Intelligence System with the knowledge that you’ve got some serious reinforcement backing it up for punch out of carves and more pop than Simon Cowell’s back catalogue.

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Take the Head Tribute to the terrain park and you’ll notice the buttery soft flex, take it on the boxes and rails and you won’t need to worry about the base, it’s extruded so it’ll be easy enough to fix. Last year I wasn’t blown away by the Tribute i but as a deck to start learning park tricks on it’s just fine.

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The Matrix is Head’s all-mountain, all ability snowboard. Evereything about the Matrix encourages progression in your riding and the versatility of using a directional twin shape means the Matrix is capable riding everything from park and pipe to meter deep powder drifts. A one-stop-shop for mountain fun!

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There are those snowboarders that like gimmicks and those that don’t. If you’re in the later group, the Head True is a dream. Tip-to-tail wood core, a camber profile, a true twin shape and an extruded base. A good option for beginners and those learning the basics in the park. The Head True isn’t going to win any awards, but it won’t break the bank either.

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