Apr 2001
In this issue:
Board stupid
The snowboard season is just around the corner, and you can carve that corner up with these latest boards
Issue: Nov, 2008
Like, who skis anymore? Bankers with a bogus bonus to blow? Lawyers languishing in mid-life decline? Not us, at any rate. Snowboarding is by far the best way to enjoy the slopes this winter season – we’re sure it’s going to snow in Lebanon at some point – and the 2010 collection of boards from the top makers ought to have your feet itching for a binding-bound boot and some virgin piste. Of course, these metre-and-a-half slabs of carbon are fashion statements in their own right – not least as posing can often be as vital as performance. If you don’t snowboard already, these could be a passport into new language like “floating pow” and “tapping a stump”. You heard them here first.
Burton Boards
The Malao 2010
This is a unisex board in that it comes in a range of lengths, from 1.49m to 1.66m, and has a more neutral, toned-down design. Inspired by surf culture – there’s a real crossover as it is – the name means “flying fish” in Hawaiian.
DC
PBJ 2010
The initials stand for Park Board for Jibbing, which means it is ideal for those occasions when snow is just getting a bit boring and you fancy jumping on a rail. Or skier. The new shape is ideal for floating through powder.
Atomic
Vantage
If you’re still at the beginner stage and are a little intimidated by all the curious lingo and day-glo fashion, then this down-tempo board might be ideal. Easy to turn, stance options, cool graphics and cheaper than the others by around $100.
Rome
Postermania 1985
As its name suggests, this is the poster child of cool boards. An excellent freestyle board, it offers reverse-free camber and Carbon V Stringer technology, with impact plates that are 2.5 times stronger than its predecessors.
