Prior MFR Men’s Freeride - 2011
If your idea of snowboarding is tucking into the fall-line and letting rip then the Prior MFR is right up your street. Triaxial glass laminates and carbon stringers should provide enough edge grip for even the hardest snow conditions and enough pop to clear the biggest Bergschrund. Featuring Priors early rise tips for 2011 the MFR will switch from edge-to-edge with much less effort than previous models.
Manufacturer's Description:
The 2011 MFR’s directional chassis provides incomparable edge hold and fall line speed. New for 2011, the MFR now comes with Hybrid Rocker which frees up the tip and tail for improved powder floatation and more effortless edge-to-edge transition without impacting its smooth, damp ride and on-edge carvability. Stiff and stable, with minimal taper it is a freeriding machine that performs in the worst crud and floats in the sweetest powder and provides post turn energy to spare.
Best For -
Speed, steeps, trees, powder, groom, ice, crud, air and all-mountain variable snowpack. If the mountain has it the MFR rips it.
Rider type -
Soft boot carvers, cruisers, speed demons and soul riders. Also great for BX racers and extreme mountain explorers looking for stability at speed from summit to valley bottom.
**Available in Wide (W) and Extra Wide (XW) models for riders with large feet.
Recommended for freeride riding.
Recommended for big mountain riding.
High cost $
Available in Wide.
Rocker Construction.
Directional Shape.
Year: 2011
Available Lengths (cm):
158, 162, 165, 168, 172, 176, 162W, 165W, 168W
Riding Style: Freeride
Specifications:
Sandwich construction
Wood core – tip to tail, vertically laminated Aspen with Maple hardwood stringers along each side
Full wrap Rockwell 48 hardness steel edges
Two layers of 21oz triaxial weave fiberglass with interwoven longitudinal 10 count carbon stringer in center.
Shatterproof UHMW sidewalls – 22 degree bevel
Epoxy resin
Rubber foil dampening
Backprinted nylon topsheet
UHMW sintered diecut base with speed polish finish (Note: all black base material is graphite)
Directional Hybrid camber/rocker profile
Handcrafted in Whistler, Canada
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on October 07, 2011 at 09:03 PM
I have ridden a spearhead on hardpack and a few hours in afternoon thick tracked stuff, never in pow. It is certainly quicker than my mfr—you will feel the shorter radius. I dont know if it is the shorter contact length or what but it did not feel as damp as my mfr flying on hardpack. The setback stance and super long nose makes for a short tail like a flagship. Some seem to like this surfy feel, but i like a substantial tail tp bail me out when my technique falters!
on October 07, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Hi Jeff, which SH size have you tried and which size MFR do you ride? I’m asking this as I reckon you need to go way longer on the SH in order to compare the two. The SH has got a much shorter effective edge and a much bigger nose, this will probably make it more loose and less stable at speeds?
on October 08, 2011 at 07:30 AM
I rode 172 in both, (own 172 MFR). Every spring I am in Whistler during the World Ski and Snowboard Festival and I demo several Priors. I do it for a change of pace and the end of a long season, and sometimes thinking I want something new. I always end up end preferring the MFR. Their descriptions fit their boards perfectly. If I was riding trees only I would choose the Spearhead (I liked it better than the Khyber), but for bombing everywhere else the MFR is awesome for me. Last year in the bigger/wider category I rode the Never Summer Raptor 69 wide ten days, Salomon Burner 171 one day, Rossi Experience 68 wide one day, a few runs on a 172 Smokin KT-22 and a Lib Skunk Ape…and liked my MFR the best. (Burner a close second)
on October 08, 2011 at 05:11 PM
Hey Jeff, could you tell me how you liked the Experience and Skunk Ape? Living in the East I want to have magnetraction but still considering the MFR.
on October 08, 2011 at 06:13 PM
Skunk Ape was mellow, soft, bland. I love the Experience and would buy one if they went a little wider and or longer. The board is way lighter than MFR, not quite as damp, carves really well, and that cool powder nose is fun. (I am only 6’ 2” and 180 and try to be open to shorter boards, but keep preferring longer ones.) The long sidecut on the MFR is magnetraction like in that control is very much between the feet and not at super wide tips and tails. My friend has a Smokin KT-22 172 that is a really nice contender as well with magnetraction—super damp board, and that between the feet rocker thing makes it pretty loose. I am getting fired up and may have to hit Timberline tomorrow! What a great “problem” you have!
on October 09, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Jeff, Some J Flagship owners (and probably R Experience) say that these boards are everything but damp and soft their ride.. you feel everything under your feet and there is no vibration absorption whatsoever, especially when you charge down groomers or choppy terrain. What’s your take on that?
on October 09, 2011 at 01:43 PM
Hey Alex… I’ll just chip in on this. The fact that there’s no camber under the feet means that your feet take all of the bumps. On really hard snow you notice it… but a good pair of boots and bindings and you won’t notice it. To be honest I think it’s worth it for the benefits of having the contact points raised.
on October 09, 2011 at 02:25 PM
Rich, not sure about that as there is camber under feet as these boards have only rocker on nose and tail they have a combination or hybrid camber…
on October 09, 2011 at 04:17 PM
THey have camber between the feet. The camber ends and the rocker starts at the inserts. Lie the boards flat along the ground and the only contact point is under the feet. It’s C2 banana/gullwing/RC tech that has camber under the feet.
on October 09, 2011 at 05:35 PM
I have not been on the Flagship, but I know its core construction is very very different than the Experience, and its stance more set back. To Rich’s point, the Experience does have camber between the feet. I am an instructor on a hill that averages 430 inches a year. Often I get three runs of fresh in the morning, work for four hours, then go back out for another hour or two in the afternoon and ride mashed potatoes or chopped up pow as fast as I can. Included in my definition of “damp” is a board’s ability to handle afternoon chunder. Maybe it is the way that nice long nose addresses the bumps, maybe it is the torsion box construction, I don’t know what it is, but it is easy to haul on the Rossi. I do ride groomers as well, often just to get to other runs, so we basically bomb. The Rossi is very good at this too. As I stated above though, the heavier Prior is better in my “damp” category. I am biased and love long turns, so I like both of these boards more than the Spearhead and boards with sub-9 meter side cuts. Check out Tom Burt’s explanation of his pro-model on the Winterstick site—his board has a 10 or 11 meter side cut. To further confuse you, a board that rode very similarly to my MFR is the Salomon Burner. Granted I had but two runs on it in spring of 2010, but it felt very familiar to this particularly picky board geek. All my tests are with Salomon Caliber bindings and Malamute boots.
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