Salomon 2011 Snowboard Reviews

Like the name suggests the Burner doesn’t hang around. Super light-weight construction and serious carbon reinforcement take care of the stiff flex and instant response while the Sintered EG base and tapered shape make sure you won’t get stuck however deep the powder gets or crash out no matter how choppy the couloir run-out you’re straight lining becomes.

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Ok so the Salvatore Sanchez is Salomons jib and park specific ride, the Drift is the park shred that’s capable on the whole mountain and the Grip is the powder and park booter destroyer. Which leaves a space for an urban jib noodle with more flex than a rubber band and spec that reads like it’s perfect for the task in hand, introducing the Salomon Salomonder.

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Shoot from the hip with the Salvatore Sanchez. The Salomon Salvatore Sanchez is the perfect snowboard for any gringos who want spend most of their time getting loco on jibs, rails and park kickers. The best thing, it’s not so weak and feeble that you can’t take it out of the park and get creative on the whole mountain.

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Salomon has made a couple of tweaks to the hugely successful Grip for 2011. The early rise nose and tail are now packaged with the Equalizer sidecut as Pow Rocqualizer. The early rise tips and low camber provide a little extra float for versatility in the deep stuff and a bit more pliability for jibs and short sharp transitions, and the Equalizer sidecut ensures edge pressure through each turn is distributed through the whole edge length. The Grip is a board with its snowboarding fingers in lots of pies. Take to the park or spend the afternoon playing about in the pow, as long as there is airtime involved the Grip has got your back.

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The Salomon Drift Rocker is a versatile little number. The Drift is fun on jumps, capable on groomers and surprisingly good on jibs and rails. In our recent King of Jib test the Drift beat off the likes of the Signal Park and K2 WWW to place joint 6th with the DC PBJ. If you’re an intermediate freestyler and you want to put all of your eggs into one basket (i.e buy one board for everything) the Drift Rocker is a great choice.

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Salomon’s flagship freestyle board the Official has been winning awards and pushing freestyle snowboard design for years. If you’re at the top of your game or just keen to take your riding to bigger transitions then it’s about time you called on the Official.

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Popstar by name rock n’ roll beast by nature. If you aspire to ride like Salomon patron and one of snowboarding’s greatest innovators David Benedeck then you may as well start by riding his deck. Everything about the Popstar is designed for powerful pop and lightweight performance whilst making sure the flex isn’t like an ironing board.

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The Salomon Gypsy doesn’t come with a caravan, read palms or want to tarmac your front yard. The Gypsy is Salomon’s premium women’s freestyle board. With more features than a fully spec-ed Winnebago the Gypsy is a great choice for female riders who want pure park performance.

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All-mountain versatility meets explosive kicker performance in the Riot. The zero camber profile provides that ridden-in deck feel and smooth powder performance and the Popster core profile and medium density biaxial glass mean there’s no sacrifice on the pop front. Whether the kickers you’re riding are in the park or in the backcountry the Riot will meet your needs. A snowboard for Intermediate to advanced riders who don’t want to be constricted to groomed transitions.

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Take the all conquering Salomon Ivy, replace the camber with wingtips camber with its early rise tips for easier turn initiation and you’ve got a snowboard that will meet the demands of a progressive intermediate through to experienced shred veteran. The Lark is also available in a rocker profile with a softer flex.

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Party popping park plank the Salomon Acid returns to the freestyle line-up for 2011 with an almost identical spec. Rocker, an Easy Press core profile and the Equalizer sidecut lend a forgiving nature to the Acid and Sintered base and Royal Rubber Rails make sure you get wherever you’re going in style and at speed.

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The Sick Stick is completely unique, it’s almost centered stance and relatively short running length are two characteristics which give you the impression that you should be packing a snorkel in your backpack for big powder days. Somehow the pointed tips, slight taper, powder rocker provide enough float for the deepest of days. To keep the ride lively Salomon have kept the flex medium stiff, introduced bamboo into the laminates, milled the core in the Popster profile and dropped the PTex sidewalls for stylish bamboo numbers. One hell of a looker, and if powder hound Josh Dirksen is riding it, you know it rips!

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Snowboard-Review has been singing the praises of bamboo in snowboard construction for a while now. The Salomon Answer combines the benefit of bamboo pop with Salomon’s Wingtips camber profile and the Popster core profile a truly explosive combination for experienced riders who like to go big and ollie bigger. You’ll never feel the cold greeting of a kicker knuckle ever again!

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Salomon rider, Bitish snowboarding superstar and twice US X-Games slopestyle winner Jenny Jones rides the Ivy. If Jenny chooses the Ivy to ride everything from 25 meter hard pack kickers to hips that send you 30ft into the air, it’s probably going to be good enough for you.

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The all-mountain Salomon Titan returns for a second season. This year the Titan won’t feature Salomon’s Equalizer sidecut, instead the Titan features a quadratic sidecut and the Wingtips camber, trust me this is a great move! For freeride and groomer cruising performance the Titan is now a good choice. The new black paint job will probably appeal to those intermediates who like the look of the Burner but know their limits.

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Lily is a nice girl. She’ll take you off jumps, make switch riding that little bit easier, slide you down some rails and guide you down some groomers. Female riders from beginner to pro will get-on with the Salomon Lily.

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Let’s keep this short. If you’re female ripper after a snowboard to dominate all the different types of terrain and conditions you’re likely to encounter on the mountain the Salomon Lotus probably isn’t the board for you. However, if you’re new to snowboarding and you’re after a snowboard that’s forgiving, easy to turn and going to help you nail the basics of snowboarding then the Lotus is your dream ticket.

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Ladies, if there are two things that are going to get you down it is riding a plank and dating one. Salomon might not be able to deliver to you the man of your dreams, but they can certainly sort you out with a top notch snowboard to improve your riding on. The Salomon Radiant is light, easy to ride and the Wingtip slightly early rise camber profile provides you with plenty of pop for getting airborne but reduces the risk of catching your edges. Now impress the lads in the park with your new skills and meet the man of your dreams… or just go and have fun.

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I’m probably right when I say you’re a little in the dark when it comes to the Salomon Special II. Well the Special has been doing the rounds for a couple of years, each year Salomon successfully lighten the Special and improve the base. Not surprising then that the illusive Special II has already been spotted on a number of riders flying out of the pipe at the New Zealand Open in Cardrona. A snowboard designed for experienced precision snowboarders who ride hard and fast.

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