Need help picking a Park Board

In my opinion. If your main love is park jumps. Get a regular camber board.

If you want a middle ground between something thats made for holding an edge and something that’s catch free.
Rather than going to uplifted edges, try a CamRock board. Which is camber with a little bit of rocker outside of the bindings. Ie. YES boards.
Or even better than that, get a DC board with Lock & Load camber (Which is just camber with flat on the outside of the bindings)

Bataleons TBT: + Pop and Catch free
                - least edge hold. Hard to build edge pressure to spin off rails

Rocker:        + Catch free, little bit of pop, easy to butter/press
                - not much edge hold

Camber:        +Best pop, best edge hold
                - It’s catchier

CamRock:      +Little bit of pop, 2nd best edge hold, little forgiving than camber
                - They don’t quite excel at anything, just a good all rounder.

Flat:            +Best for rails (IMO), forgiving but can still hold an edge, butters/presses easily
                - Flat means No pop, only snap off the tail or nose.

Or better yet, just use the YES Greats you’re going to buy both as a park and all mountain board. That way you save money =)

I think its more preference with a lot of shapes. I rode an all mountain board hated it too death and I rode it for months. Too stiff for my power and weight then got a rocker loved it too bits in the powder and park.

You are best to test boards see what you like, then make your choice. There is a lot of options but maybe pick 5 boards you like and then some different shapes and give them a try and talk to people who ride them.

Gamblor - 27 September 2012 06:04 AM

I’ve ridden a battaleon and while the edges take a couple of runs to get used to, it’s the same as any board, especially nowadays with all the different types of rocker out there.
I think you’re overthinking this. You have an idea of what boards you like, pick one and go with it. You will get used to it. What did you do with your hovercraft btw?

Yeahh you prolly right that is a problem of mine, but the hovercraft is sick definitely keeping that one in my collection especially for those lazy pow days, I got the 156 and it floats like a 160+ the nose never gets buried its really smooth edge to edge, epic in pow, hold up very well at speed except for the nose flapping a lil, the tail is very stiff so pop is there… I absolutely don’t have a bad thing to say about it and with the mellow mega traction it’s holds up great on ice

Only down side is the obvious you can’t ride switch, I tried its feels weird as hell

SamNZ - 27 September 2012 06:35 AM

Lester86 - 27 September 2012 01:33 AM

I’m sure you guys saw the other topics where I planned on going with a Bataleon board (Evil Twin) for park but after more and more research edge hold on those things is not looking good..

What ungodly nonsense have you been fed on other forums.

Well that’s not nice but thanx for reading the forum

Andy Aitken - 27 September 2012 06:37 AM

In my opinion. If your main love is park jumps. Get a regular camber board.

If you want a middle ground between something thats made for holding an edge and something that’s catch free.
Rather than going to uplifted edges, try a CamRock board. Which is camber with a little bit of rocker outside of the bindings. Ie. YES boards.
Or even better than that, get a DC board with Lock & Load camber (Which is just camber with flat on the outside of the bindings)

Bataleons TBT: + Pop and Catch free
                - least edge hold. Hard to build edge pressure to spin off rails

Rocker:        + Catch free, little bit of pop, easy to butter/press
                - not much edge hold

Camber:        +Best pop, best edge hold
                - It’s catchier

CamRock:      +Little bit of pop, 2nd best edge hold, little forgiving than camber
                - They don’t quite excel at anything, just a good all rounder.

Flat:            +Best for rails (IMO), forgiving but can still hold an edge, butters/presses easily
                - Flat means No pop, only snap off the tail or nose.

Thank you for the nice break down I will look into DC and I always have the Greats just incase my park board choice sucks.. Thanx again

skip11 - 27 September 2012 07:12 AM

Or better yet, just use the YES Greats you’re going to buy both as a park and all mountain board. That way you save money =)

Believe me Skip that thought came through my head I would and will if I have to but I want a board for park only because I know what rails and stuff does to a board/edges and if I use the Greats for that I’m gonna beat the hell out of it before I ever get to take it out on the steeps and backcountry.