I got these boards late last year, the ’08 model, near the end of the season. Had a few trips out on them then, and was quite happy, and that has very much continued through this season. I love the maneuverability of them, and I don’t find the width to have any negative effects for getting it on edge.
I haven’t done a side by side review to my revolts yet, because every time I’m up on the mountain these days, someone is borrowing the Revolts.I can’t speak too much on the powder on these boards, since the only day I got out when there was any fresh this year, it was completely wet cement, due to a misty-rain falling, but with lots of snow in the forecast for this week, I’m hoping I can change that in due time.
This year I’ve been spending most of my time in the terrain park, I’ve been loving the maneuverability of these, and after a summer of inline skating, the shorter length of these compared to many others feels quite long for the surface area to land on, so no problems with that at all there. Doing one of the black runs (the only one that you really want to take without powder) at Mt. Seymour, I have yet to encounter any instability or any of that sort which I’ve seen people attribute with the shorter boards at high speed. I’ve never done any edge tuning on these things, and they work like a charm at high speeds, even on icier conditions, though I do tone it back then.
Rider – Mitch – Intermediate Skiboarder
