Snowboard reviews
Powder snowboard review(s)
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Dimensions:Length (cm): 157, 159, 161 Characteristics:Terrain: 30% piste - 70% off-piste |
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Alex's review: Expert freerider
Expert level freerider Considering his boarders profile: "Easy float, let me hike, surf and play any terrain. I don't like a powder board to be too flexible, because I want to lay some trenches on the groomers too. When the snow starts falling in the evening, I get happily nervous for the next day." Skills
My favourite freeride snowboards:
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Twin board, freeride looks
Maneuver shortArbor Clovis as a freerider is a different story. Enough float in powder snow and the tail does help with that. The arrow shaped tip behaves as you may expect. In turns no problem at all, going straight it feels slightly unstable. All together the Clovis is easy to maneuver, especially short turns in powder, which makes it suitable for forest and lower speed as well. At 161 cm I have tested the longest Clovis. That fits just fine although I am interested in the performance of a longer one, wouldn't mind if Arbor would make it as it might be better for big powder lines. This 161cm length is easy to take anywhere. Surfing slush is a piece of cake as it steers so easy. That also helps to ride the moguls. In crud it is fine, but could use more strength/power there. I had some trouble defining the Clovis (balancing behavior, specs, looks, shape), it is a 3.5 star snowboard for me. Arbor about the Clovis"The Clovis is Arbor’s new Camber System gun. It was designed with Mark Carter, who drew shape inspiration from Native American arrowheads to deliver the performance, power, and stability required for hunting massive mountain lines.", says Arbor. Related snowboardsBurton Dump Truck: good float and maneuverability, nice freerider.
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