Innovative Lines for The 2013 Ride Snowboards is what makes it special!

For the 2013 winter season, Ride snowboards have introduced several new innovative lines of boards to keep snowboarders of all skill levels and genders entertained this winter.  Ride’s new lines for 2013 include the All Mountain Rocker and the Right Sized series.

Brand new for the 2013 Ride snowboards is the All Mountain Rocker profile.  All Mountain Rocker boards have what Ride calls “rocker zones” on the tip and tail of the board.  The rocker zone at the tip is substantially larger than the rocker zone at the tail; then they have created a long, flat area in between the rocker zones that they call the stable zone.  This specific design allows intermediate and advanced all mountain snowboarders to have a smooth turn initiation and some pop in the back for jumps and tricks.

Ride also manufactures a line of snowboards they have dubbed “LSD” for ladies specific design.  Women’s snowboards must be designed differently than men’s boards due to the difference in the center of gravity and smaller shoe size.  When snowboard manufacturers first started building boards for women, they usually created them with a woman’s size 6 foot in mind.  Many of these companies have been slow to adjust to the growing average foot size for women, which is now around a size 8 ½.  Ride has been at the front of the curve in women’s snowboard design by creating their LSD line of boards, which feature a narrower waist width and a flex pattern that is specific for ladies.

Ride has taken the LSD shape even further in their 2013 Ride snowboards by creating their new Right Sized Series line.  This line is exclusively featured in their Baretta model for women.  The Right Sized Baretta features a new board profile and is made to accommodate female riders of any height and boot size.  Right Sized boards allow riders more flexibility when it comes to board length, regardless of boot size.

Thanks to the new 2013 Ride snowboards, men and women, alike, should be pleased with the innovations achieved providing snowboarders more options to do what they love doing most on the slopes.

The Ride DH2 2010 Snowboard is a twin tip FreeStyle snowboard, that is built to be  a jibbing machine.  The biggest question out there is what is the difference in the Ride DH and the Ride DH2 and I think the easiest explanation is the DH2 is the Ride DH on steroids.  The new Ride DH2 is built to take you to the next level without worrying about getting caught up on any tricks or just ripping up the mountain.

The 2010 Ride DH2 Ride’s new technology of the LowRize Rocker and LowRize sidecut is all about giving you that catch-free ride.  The LowRise sidecut is going to allow you to make those turns at any speed and not worry about catching an edge.  Then to eliminate the hook the LowRize Rocker gives you a flat profile through the center of the board and then begins the rocker at the extended blend zone to lift the contact points just out of the snow.

Overall the Job boarders are going to live this ride, as it is going to help take their ridding to the next level.

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Reviewed By:  John Park
Age:     30
Riding Style:  Freeriding

First, my idea of a 10 is a board that will ride pow and ice effortlessly, not fatigue me riding for more than 6 hours, carve hard, no chatter, look sweet, goes fast and doesn’t make me think, “I wish this board did XX or I wish this board didn’t do YY” essentially the true all in one board; the board that I would ride EVERYWHERE. Is the Concept UL such a board ? Not quite. Let me mark the positives. + true light weight gives it great agility (spins, turns, throw it around and way you want, super control through the trees) + great pop + beautiful top sheet + excellent control + butter flex, but not wet noodle like + you can ride all day on this thing and not feel like your legs are strained, I’m still spinning and stomping by the end of my sessions + effortless landings Now the wish list or negatives – the on edge carve is something to be desired, does not hold a candle to my Arbor A-Frame 162 – coldest wax on this thing still does not go as fast as I would like it to (acceleration wise its just not there); the scare factor is a 0. – if you want a stiff board, THIS IS NOT IT. Its a great all terrain board, but if you want stiff look elsewhere (the concept TMS is stiffer). Items to note ? I have not taken this out in deep powder, am very curious what it would be like in BC but I think my A-Frame will be the choice for that type of riding. Conclusion : if you ride east / middle north america snow you know ice is more abundant than powder. This is my east / middle north america board. It can ride through the crud, makes park and pipe days great, is easy to ride ALL DAY LONG. Would I trade my A-Frame for this ? Simply no, both are great but neither is my perfect 10.