Category: Boards

120cm boards are AMAZING…

These boards are AMAZING! They carve effortlessly, even on demanding terrain, and excel at screaming down the mountain in situations I wouldn’t even consider on my smaller boards. They inspire you to take on more challenging terrain and reward you by making it a fun and exciting ride while giving you the control to feel like you own it. The risers are an amazing invention – the handling they provide is indescribable – absolutely superb!

It is truly life changing, as another reviewer commented – I don’t think I’ll ride any of my old gear again!

Rider – Leslie Gray – Intermediate Skiboarder




90cm broken on a back-flip…

I have bought these snowjam scorpion 90’s for just €75(including the snowjam extreme II bindings).
It was a great deal unfortunately when I tried a back flip I broke my skiboard, it was the first day I ride them. :(
i think it were very good skiboard’s you can carve with them very well, and also in the park you can come around with them.

Rider – Bas Verreij – Intermediate Skiboarder




Love the 90cm…

To be honest,this was my first actual SKIBOARD. comparing to what i had before(FSX 90)the snowjam is a good skiboard. I actually loved it! I was able to expand my limitations from green runs to black with it. Its a stable and fast board, especially when freshly waxed. It scared the crap out of me the first time I rode it off the lift, but it was so easy to manuever that I got it on the first two runs.


A few more green and blue runs and then I hit the blacks to see where I’m at(this was on the same day)I sure stumbled/crashed a few times but my goal was accomplished. The deep powder part was the issue for me, I’m 190+ so when I hit deep powder, I slowed down and sink and sometimes get stuck.but i still had a great time with it!

My son has my snowjam now and his about 160 lbs. and he has no problem going thru deep snow unless he, for whatever reason stops(he did it twice). And for me, I had to step up to a longer skiboard to enjoy more of the deep powder thru trees/bowls and what not, but that’s another story.

Rider – Thom Javier – Expert Skiboarder




90cm’s felt great…

I’ve got to say I really enjoyed these, skied for 7 hours at Glenshee Scotland. They handled the difficult runs easy felt great even though I hadn’t skied in years. Just came flowing back with these on my feet. Didn’t handle powder to well and they weren’t great on the moguls. I might just have needed more practice but didn’t by them for the last 2 so I cant argue. They are quality and superbly built. Snap them up they’re cheap and great.

Rider – Neil Weppenaar – Intermediate Skiboarder




75cm Scorpions are fun…

I have had the Blue Snowjam BLD 75s along with the Brown Snowjam Scorpion 75s and have not enjoyed them at all. They are relatively small, but are pretty wide for their height. On groomers they perform like inline skates, but if you get into any powder or crud, you will probly crash. In the park, they are fun just like riding skates, but the lack of stability is a real hindrance off of jumps and on rails. When riding these in park you have to be a lot more precise with your tricks. Quality wise….i have broken 5 of these boards, all behind the bindings. For the lighter, smaller rider these boards may be perfect, but for someone 6 foot 2 like me they are simply too small, and too fragile.


The only thing i use these boards for now, is riding the coal banks behind my house.

Rider – Ty Bereskie – Expert Skiboarder






Skiboardmagazine’s Courtney rips on the Tanshos…

The 2009 RVL8 Tanshos are great all around boards. The 90cm length gives them great maneuverability and the width gives them plenty of surface area to keep you moving fast and stable. One of the first things I noticed was the flex. I had been used to riding stiff boards and it was nice being able to lean back and feel the board flex a little. The Tanshos are still plenty stiff for me and I haven’t had any problems with them being too flexible.

Riding park on 90cm boards can be a lot of fun – just keep in mind you only have 90cms to land on. Being on point in your landings will be important on these boards as there is less of a back seat to land in compared to longer boards.

The Tanshos aren’t generally considered a powder board but I managed to make it through knee deep powder on them without getting buried alive and getting too caught up. I had to keep my weight on the tails which was quite the work out on my knees but I’m not so used to riding powder. If I were to do a lot of powder riding I’d get something with more float but these do the job for riding the few powder days we get in Minnesota. It is quite tricky riding these on tracked out powder but I had a blast in the untouched stuff.

Overall the 09 Tanshos are high quality and very maneuverable boards. Whether you’re riding all mountain, groomers, park, occasional powder, or bumps you’ll be covered on these boards.

Rider – Courtney Celley – RVL8 Flow Team Rider/Expert Skiboarder – SkiboardMagazine.com


Skiboardmagazine’s Jason tries out the Tanshos…


In a day when the average skiboard is getting longer and longer, it’s nice to see that RVL8 has stepped up and made a truly high performance shorter skiboard. I’ve been riding these for the past month and a half now and they have exceeded much of my expectations.

Don’t let the shorter length of these boards scare you, they plow through anything. Having ridden other short boards before, I can really say that I feel much more confident on these boards on any kind of terrain.

RVL8’s innovative “blunt tips” combined with the high tips of the Tanshos give them great leverage when ridding through softer snow, and actually give more edge contact the harder they are carved. I do find that the tips give a bit of drag through the snow when carve as fast and as hard as possible, but it’s only a small complaint.

The flex on these boards is amazing. The Tanshos might take a bit more effort for the novice skiboarder, as they are a bit less forgiving then other short boards, but give the performance a big boost. They are stiff enough to hold their edge alomst anywhere. The flex in these boards really shines in the park and on jumps. The tails spring so nicely off kickers feels like it pops off the lip of the jumps.

Inline skaters will really enjoy the tight turning radius and skate like feel of these boards. I did find the turning radius might just be a little too tight at 4.8 meters. It would have been nice to have it maybe a bit bigger, at 5 meters maybe. The tight radius does come in handy in the trees or moguls, but slows down high speed carving a bit.

To to wrap it up, the RVL8 Tanshos give a lot of performance in a small package. They are not for everyone, but those looking for smaller skiboards now have a great high performance option, and don’t need to settle for entry level skiboards. And by the way, they look even better in person, the graphics are truly a work of art.

Rider – Jason Roussel – Intermediate Skiboarder SkiboardMagazine.com




Tansho’s are very underrated…

I rode these RVL8 Tansho’s 90cm the second half of a skiboard day after riding the RVL8 Revolts 105cm. I am used to riding Canon M7’s 99cm this was my first day out RVL8 boards, but as soon as I was strapped in on the Tansho’s I felt like ‘I was home’… they felt very natural and comfortable and I felt like I had my good ole M7’s on again! So, how did they ride? Perfectly. I was impressed! Better than my M7’s and they were FAST & STABLE & yes VERY maneuverable! They are very underrated! No they are not as fast as the RVL8 Revolt’s, but not by much!

The Tansho’s surpassed my expectations and I am glad I bought them, plus the graphics are awesome! They will be great for any day riding; fresh powder might be a little tricky but just keep leaning back. I am 5’4″ (ride only non release bindings)and the RVL8 Tansho’s 90cm compared to my old Canon M7 99cm is by far better and faster and great all around with a skate like feel and great maneuverability. Comparing the Tansho’s to the Revolt’s, for me I preferred the Tansho’s, but give me another full day of riding the Revolt’s and they will be fine.

Rider – Shelley Bright – Intermediate Skiboarder




Tansho’s not for this rider…

In a nutshell:

200 lb. male, brand new 90 cm well waxed Revel 8 Tansho’s; 3 feet of very fresh, very soft, very fluffy white stuff; a lot of un-groomed trail, and a lot of chop = A VERY BAD DAY !!!!

OK .. maybe not a “very bad day” since any day up in the snow is a good day, buuuutttt…..

A guy my size in these conditions has no business being on these boards. I got into one section of un-groomed snow between two trails and sunk up to my mid-thigh. Green runs and fluffy stuff = no speed and way too much work skating just to keep from coming to a stop.

Blue runs with a lot of chop = me having to lean way back to keep my tips up and avoid hitting a big mound of snow and face-planting. My quads are killing me right now.

Un-groomed blacks = forget about it. No float and all sinkage. Even when I started bombing straight down to pick up some speed, I’d hit a mound of soft stuff and rather than rising up over the top of the mound, the tips of the boards would cut through, I’d hit the mound with my boots and face-plant again … even while leaning back to keep the tips as high and light as possible.

These are also not long enough for me to feel any flex in the boards at all …. undulating terrain and firm bumps nearly bounced me right off my feet and onto my head – very unforgiving and definitely much better suited to flat and even groomers for someone my size. As well, I noticed the lack of length and flex out in front of me contributed to the boards failing to rise up over the tops of mounds and drifts.

These are going to the wife for sure. Today, she rode on the Head Shape 94s I started out on last season. These should be a good upgrade for her and may be the ideal board for her.

The tips of the Tansho’s are higher than the Heads, they are wider (though a bit shorter), and look to have a larger surface area. These should be just about perfect for my 115 lb. novice skiboarding wife.

Hopefully, my newly acquired KTP’s will be better in varied conditions, chop, and pow. They look good and by their size they should do better in the dumping of snow we have gotten out here this last week.

Time and next weekend will tell.

Rider – Robert – Beginning Skiboarder