Board: Rossignol Trickstick
Size: 154
Camber Option: Amptek Auto-Turn. 20% camber between the feet and 80% rocker in the rest of the board.
Bindings: K2 Indy
Stance: 22.5 Wide 18 Negative 15 Goofy
Boots: K2 T1 DB Size 10
My Weight: 175lbs
Resort: Breckenridge
Conditions: Sunny bluebird skies and spring like conditions which made for mashed potato snow where it was in the sun and firm groomers in the shade.
Flex: While not the softest board on the market, it’s also not the stiffest. It’s above a full blown jib noodle, but below a middle of the road park flex. This flex comes from there being a small mount of camber between the feet. The tips do have the most abundant area in terms of flex while the torsional give is highly abundant.
Stability: While great for someone to learn and progress with, this board in the long run will not be damp or stable enough. You can feel every vibration in this board as it resonates back from the rocker zone to your binding and up into your feet.
Ollies: Short small ollies are your best bet, making it over that slow sign? That’s going to take some work. There’s minimal snap from the camber zone between the feet, but the majority of the pop comes from the rider.
Pop On Jumps: Keep it on the 20 foot or less jump line. That’s about where it’s going to peak at, anything more and you’re begging to have it wash out on you.
Butterability: Something this soft is going to be great at buttering, then add into it a giant rocker zone and you’ve got a recipe for success. So strap in, glide down, and butter that muffin.
Jibbing: This is basically a “my first snowboard” type of board. It will let you cheat presses and slides due to the nature of the board, but if you’re starting to step up from small ride or gap on features you’ll want something else. Does it get the job done? It most certainly does.
Carving: For someone going from skidding turns to linking turns and progressing on to carving this board will be great. The Magnetraction really digs in and holds which will give the rider added grip.
Rider in Mind: Park kid that will spend more time on small jumps or just jibbing.
Personal Thoughts: This is a snowboard, it gets the job done, but it doesn’t stand out in a sea of other boards like it. Is that a bad thing? No, just means it’s there and an option when someone is looking at 5 decks that are all relatively similar.
Check out the 2014 and 2015 reviews.
Comparable Boards: Arbor Formula, K2 Raygun, Flow Merc
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This board was loaned to us for review from the Rossignol Snowboards marketing department.
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