Boardworld Shred 2011: Snowboard Reviews
Hey guys,
There’s no pressure to post a review, although if you don’t mind posting one, we would really appreciate it.
The idea is to pick one (or two) boards from the Shred that you tested and really liked.
Please feel free to use the template below from my review. You don’t have to fill out everything I did, and if you want to add something completely different, please go for it.
Also, please copy and paste your review into this thread.
Thank you in advance for your reviews. 
BURTON JOYSTICK 2012
Rider weight: 65kg
Board category: Freestyle / Park
Board size: 150cm
Stance: 22.5” and centred
Test location: Thredbo, NSW
Snow conditions: Groomers, spring slush, park
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT:
- Full rocker profile (V-Rocker) was very fun on the mountain and in the park.
- The graphics are awesome!
- It rode beautifully in the park.
- Flex was on the soft side, making it forgiving and playful.
- Great for riding switch.
- Stiff enough to bomb runs.
- Stoked with the Channel. I was able to ride my preferred stance of 22.5 inches.
- A board like this is a real confidence builder while still providing excellent performance.
- Definitely a board I would buy.
YES Tasman(iac)
Rider name: Tristan Brown
Rider weight: 82kg
Board category: Freestyle / Park
Board size: 152cm
Bindings: Union Contacts
Stance: +21 / -21 with a centered stance
Test location: Thredbo, NSW
Snow conditions: Groomers, spring slush, park
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT:
- CamRock was super poppy and still playful enough to allow me to butter and crabwalk
- The graphics simple yet they still stand out on the mountain. I personally don’t like plain black boring graphics
- It rode beautifully in the park, never caught an edge.
- Flex was on the soft side, making it forgiving and playful.
- Twin stance is great for riding switch.
- Still worked fine on groomers but would sink in powder with my weight compared to the board length
- A short soft board with rocker would help beginners but this board is still good enough to help intermediate and advanced riders progress and still rock out in the park.
- Will look into purchasing if/when I need a new board.
PERSONAL RATINGS (out of 10):
Best use: Park, Groomers
Flex (10 being the stiffest): 4
Carving: 6
Groomers: 7
Powder: (Didn’t get to test)
Jumps: 7
Jibbing / Rails: 9
Overall: 8 (as a park snowboard)
LIB TECH - TRS 2012
Rider weight: 85kg
Board category: Freestyle / All Mountain/ Park
Board size: 159cm (i think…)
Stance: Widest possible, -15 +15
Test location: Thredbo, NSW
Snow conditions: Groomers, spring slush, park
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT:
- Able to enjoy the benefits of a rocker and a camber in the same board.
- It carves better than my rockered board and able to apply pressure to the tail to launch out of a carve.
- Plenty of rocker style pop with a little bit of old school camber pop if you ollie off a kicker.
- Able to press/butter almost as easily as a rocker
- It has a non catchy feel like a rocker.
Overall an enjoyable board to ride that doesn’t take very long to get a feel for. A really good board to have as a “do everything” board. Which is important cause most people only want to own one board not a quiver these days.
I recommend this board for people who enjoy mostly hit Jumps when riding the park and also enjoy ripping around the groomers and hitting natural features. It’s a freestyle/all mountain feeling board to me.
Definitely give it a demo if you get the chance.
Will pop a review in soon… 
<font size=“5”>YES The Basic (CamRock) 2012</font>
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Board category: All Mountain Freestyle / Park.
Board size: 155cm
Bindings: Burton P1.1
Stance: +18/-9, 23 inch centered stance.
Test location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia.
Snow conditions: Variable spring conditions, September 2011.</font>
THE LOOK:
I assume YES call this board ‘The Basic’ because it’s the cheapest model in their line - but believe me, there’s nothing cheap or basic about it. In keeping with The Basic’s “don’t judge a book by its cover” concept, the seemingly simplistic hue-on-hue graphic is actually embossed onto the topsheet, giving it a really high-end look when you check it out up close. Nice.
THE TECH:
The Basic features a ‘Camrock’ profile (it’s also available in a cambered model), which translates to subtle camber between your feet, and rocker from the bindings out. You get the playful, catch-free, pow floaty goodness of rocker, with the old-school dependability of camber. Sweet.
It’s a true twin shape, but the flex is slightly directional. The best of both worlds really - and I guess that’s part of the reason why it rides well not just as a park board, but as an all mountain plaything.
Flex is rated as soft/medium, and the feel equates to around a 4 on the 1-10 scale (10 being the stiffest). It felt slightly stiffer in the camber between the bindings, and softened toward the tip and tail - perhaps explaining why it was relatively easy to press, but still held a good edge.
The Basic’s build boasts multiaxial fiberglass layers and carbon reinforcements in strategic areas, which is nice for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it all contributes to a lively, poppy feel - and secondly, this is the kind of tech you find in boards costing a lot more than this supposedly ‘budget’ model!
They say it’s got a “sintered 6000” base, and I’m not sure what the number means - so all I’ll say is that a sintered base is great value at this price point (where some other companies only offer extruded bases), and in sometimes slowish spring conditions, the Basic slid where others stuck.
THE RIDE:
With any new board you try, there’s often a short adjustment period where you get accustomed to the way it rides. Not so with The Basic - it was comfortable and confidence inspiring from first turn to last. I couldn’t help but enjoy myself when riding this board, because there was nothing else to worry about. It seemed like one of those epic days where everything seems to come together, and you feel really ‘on it’.
Switch, especially, was a dream. OK, it’s a true twin, so you expect it to be good - but before riding switch you have to transition into it, and The Basic offered complete control in every point of your turn or spin. It all seemed so effortless - just think it, and it’s done. Dependability seems to be the name of the game for The Basic.
The width is around what you’d expect from a 155. It’s 249mm at the waist, and that made for quick transitions edge to edge. I should point out that I ride with size 11 Burton SLX boots (with ‘Shrinkage Tech’ - so they equate to around a size 10 footprint), so on paper, most would say it’s too narrow for me - but I never even came close to toe or heel drag, no matter how on-edge I got it.
For a board on the softish end of the scale, it handled surprisingly well when carving and at speed. Never did I feel sketchy or out of control, and it even carved well switch. I don’t think I’d be following Xavier De Le Rue down some of the lines he hits, but I’d be cool with riding pretty much anything your average resort could dish out. It really does inspire confidence.
THE VIBE:
Look, to be honest, there are ‘better’ boards out there - however each one only excels in specific areas, and that’s actually what makes The Basic shine. I’ll explain. I have quite a few boards, and each one does one or two things really well, but they all let me down in other areas. That’s the thing with The Basic - I couldn’t find a single thing it sucked at, and that’s great! If you couldn’t be arsed lugging around a whole bag of boards whenever you head off on a boarding trip, and just want the one go-to ride that performs well in all conditions, get back to Basic.
YES. I want one.
Rider weight: 80kg
Board category: All mountain / Freestyle
Board size: 155cm
Stance: As wide as it goes, +15 -15, and centred
Test location: Thredbo, NSW
Snow conditions: Groomers, spring slush, park
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT:
- The graphic and shape of the nose and tail fully kick arse. One of the best boards I’ve seen. Having it in some funkier brighter colours might be cool.
- Fairly soft flex (around 4/10) that was nice for buttering and very playful. Pretty much spot on for the amount of flex I like. At speed it felt fine.
- Almost a full rocker making it easy to ride and providing a nice smooth flex. I say almost because it looked like it was pretty much flat under the feet. This may give it a bit more bite when edging.
- Rode admirably well on hard pack groomers, despite the board being slightly too small for me.
- This board rides great in the park and switch.
- One of my favourite things about the board was how stable it felt doing just about anything, such as landing off jumps, straight lining in chopped up slushy conditions. But even better was how well I could link turns down a steepish blue run that was very choppy. The bumps weren’t throwing me, the board just powered through it.
This is a great all round board for all conditions and one I would like to get my hands on in the future. Couldn’t try it out in powder but I reckon it would be awesome. On the day I tested the Octorocker I was first riding another board and just wasn’t feeling it. As soon as I hopped on this board I was pumped, riding hard, and enjoying myself.
Don’t forget to mention those wicked binders that ya had bolted to it either, Dan!!!!!!
Yes Tasman(iac) 152
TJswish has covered it pretty well so I won’t go into too much detail - although he did leave out the part that it has an insanely fast base - without a doubt one of if not the quickest boards I’ve been on - only other comparable board is the Chemical Storm octorocker which from memory also has a 8000 or 9000 sintered base.
Only had the one day on it but it had me grinning from ear to ear the whole time. Can definitely see that it’s a bit softer than the 2011 typo but has a lot more pop with the carbon in the core. Very glad with my choice to go for the 154 for Whistler as it’s got all the makings of a great all mountain/freestyle board. I’ll try and give a more detailed write up on it after a bit more time on it in Whistler.
Cheers,
Mike.
What do you weigh in at finney?????
Around 78kg and 5’11”
Can’t wait to hear ya opinion on ya 154 from Whis!!!!!!
Don’t forget to mention those wicked binders that ya had bolted to it either, Dan!!!!!!
Yeah I should cause they were very good but I never remember what they are called 
Don’t forget to mention those wicked binders that ya had bolted to it either, Dan!!!!!!
Yeah I should cause they were very good but I never remember what they are called
Oh for Flux Sake Dan, I’m not tellin ya again!!!!! 
Don’t forget to mention those wicked binders that ya had bolted to it either, Dan!!!!!!
Yeah I should cause they were very good but I never remember what they are called
Oh for Flux Sake Dan, I’m not tellin ya again!!!!!
Hehe 
I Fluxin knew they were Flux but that’s about it
Don’t forget to mention those wicked binders that ya had bolted to it either, Dan!!!!!!
Yeah I should cause they were very good but I never remember what they are called
Oh for Flux Sake Dan, I’m not tellin ya again!!!!!
Hehe
They were the Super Diamonds (now called DMCC)!!!!!
Now don’t Fluxin forget, cause I’m not Fluxin tellin ya again!!!!!