Ride DH - 2010
The Ride DH was and still is at the forefront of the rail and park specific snowboard movement. If your looking for a board that locks onto rails and can handle the fast run-ins and heavy landings associated with bigger kickers, you can’t go wrong with the DH. A proven park dominator.
Manufacturer's Description:
What Legends are made of! Upholding the status of this award winning twin, the DH features Pop Stixs for the perfect flex with added ollie pop. Complete with 85A Slimewalls and Cleave Edge for a durable smooth ride. Continuing to be a favourite of Darrel Mathes and Marco Feichtner, this deck is sure to stoke out the park/jib guy and launch riders to the next level of mobility.
Recommended for park riding.
Recommended for rail riding.
High cost $
Available in Wide.
Camber Construction.
Twin Shape.
Year: 2010
Available Lengths (cm):
151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 153W, 156W, 159W, 162W
Riding Style: Freestyle/Park
Specifications:
Thin Con
85A Slimewalls
Carbon Array 3 torsion forks
Pop Stixs
Cleave Edge
Hybrid Glass (triaxial base, biaxial top)
Fusion 4000 sintered base
Similar boards: K2 Darkstar - 2010 Palmer Pulse - 2010 Head Transit I. - 2010 Signal Park Series - 2010 Forum Eddie Wall Pro - 2010
Snowboard Review:
The DH is the freestyle workhorse of snowboarding scenes worldwide. I was curious to see what all the fuss was about, having never ridden one before. As soon as I stepped on the DH, I felt as if I’d been riding it for years. Within minutes I was galloping my way to the park T-bar like an excitable school boy. Riding into transitions the DH was as solid as a rock, with great pop and forgiving landings to follow. On the rails the DH was a dream. The urethane sidewalls damped any impact with the rail resulting in a solid landing and a planted slide from start to finish. When spinning the DH’s tip & tails felt light and the board span extremely well in the air. As I’d been told that the DH could handle more than a jib and a bonk in the park I took it out the rest of the mountain. I was surprised how confidently the DH tracked through carves considering it’s playability on rails, but the carbon torsion forks really work well to enable the rider to power through carves. In all a fantastic board for people at all levels of freestyle snowboarding, who want a dependable board to ride park most of the time but still has the guts to fire down the piste and into little bits of pow when the need arrives.
Posted by Rich Ewbank in • Ride
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on November 28, 2010 at 07:14 PM
Rails.? But this board has a sintered base, wont it get ruined
on November 28, 2010 at 07:19 PM
Sintered bases are actually much harder than extruded bases. The reason jib boards have extruded bases is because they are much easier to maintain, getting Ptex repairs to bond with high grade sintered bases is a nightmare, and an art I am yet to master. Extruded bases are also cheaper which means the manufacturer can reduce the cost of their product, great if you’re going to trash your boards on concrete ledges and stair sets and need to buy more than one a season. Jib boards also don’t need the speed that sintered bases offer.
Yes the board has a sintered base, but that’s not a negative thing unless you plan on trashing it.
If you have any more questions can you post them in the forum pleas :)
on November 29, 2010 at 12:38 AM
How is the flex on this compared to the nitro eero am 2010,softer stiffer? Is it buttery at all?
on November 29, 2010 at 08:55 AM
Afraid I haven’t ridden the Nitro Eero, that was our tester Ben. The DH flex isn’t as buttery as jib specific boards, it’s a medium flex park snowboard, made for hitting jumps of all sizes and everything else in the park. The DH2 has lowrise rocker and is a bit more buttery but wouldn’t even say that board is particularly buttery, they’ve put so much reinforcement in the nose and tail it doesn’t feel that much different to the cambered version. If you want buttery, the Kink or Crush are probably more suited to you… or try a board like the Arbor Draft.
on September 20, 2011 at 12:20 AM
Im pumped, first board i’ve owned. Been renting for the last two years and im wondering if the board will do well in powder and inbetween trees. I was told it was an allmountian board at the board shop and im kinda worried about the performance comparied to the price. Starting to hit the park more often so not too too worried. Thanks for info.
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