The Snowboard Review 2003 - It's not easy to narrow down a huge variety of excellent high-end snowboards to the top ten snowboards of the year. But you asked for it, and we're here to deliver. So without further ado: the Snowboard Review 2003.
1) Burton Custom Snowboard
The Burton Custom snowboard has become an all-around staple of high-end snowboarding performance. It is THE cornerstone of Burton's gigantic line-up of snowboards because it does everything and does it well. The Burton Custom is a snowboard you can take anywhere on the mountain and never sacrifice performance.
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2) Option Sansalone Snowboard
The Option Sansalone rides well in every kind of condition - freestyle to cliff drops to carving out turns. It has an excellent all-around shape and an extra snappy medium-stiff flex. The Option Sansalone seems to do everything with ease. It's lively but predictable, quick edge to edge and stable at high speeds.
3) Capita Death Series Snowboards
The Capita Death snowboard series is serious freestyle fun. These snowboards have a skinnier waist for quickness edge to edge (also good for smaller feet). Another benefit is the Capita Freedom Groove binding mount system which affords you unlimited stance options.
4) Ride Timeless Snowboards
The Ride Timeless series has been going strong for several years. The hallmark of this series is stable, all-mountain performance. The Ride Timeless has a directional freeride shape with freestyle maneuverability. It comes in a wide range of sizes to suit any rider. It's fairly wide waist is offers a stable feel and is good for riders with medium-large feet.
5) Lib Tech Dark Series Snowboards
The Lib Tech Dark series snowboards are straight-up freestyle performance, built with terrain parks in mind. The forgiving flex will help up-and-coming freestylers, but won't hold back advanced tricksters. Lib Tech snowboards are proudly made in the USA and the dark series snowboards feature cool artwork by pro snowboarder Jamie Lynn.
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6) Never Summer Premier Snowboards
The Never Summer Premier line focuses on smooth-riding freeride performance. These boards are very stable and have lots of damping for a durable, bomber snowboard for all-mountain chargers (including bigger riders). Never Summer went to an incredible 3-year warranty this year because their boards are built to last.
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7) Allian Backman Snowboard
Allian is Ingemar Backman's company and the Allian Backman snowboard lives up to its namesake. The Allian Backman is skinnier than most, with a solid all-around shape that lets you hop on and feel right at home. The Backman snowboard is extremely solid edge to edge and is also great in the air.
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8) Burton Dragon Snowboard
The Burton Dragon is an extraordinarily lightweight snowboard. It is stiffer and more narrow than the Burton Custom, and has more sidecut for a more aggressive performance.
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9) Elevation Forward Snowboard
The Elevation Forward features a dialed-in flex pattern and an excellent overall freeride shape. It rides nice edge to edge and performs well on all aspects of the mountain.
10) K2 Movement Snowboard
The K2 Movement is Wille Yli-luoma's signature model. The Movement snowboard features all of K2's top-of-the-line technology in a freestyle snowboard that will rip it up in the park AND on all-mountain excursions.
Top 10 Snowboards 2003
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The Snowboard Review 2003 - It's not easy to narrow down a huge variety of excellent high-end snowboards to the top ten snowboards of the year. But you asked for it, and we're here to deliver. So without further ado: the Snowboard Review 2003.
1) Burton Custom Snowboard
The Burton Custom snowboard has become an all-around staple of high-end snowboarding performance. It is THE cornerstone of Burton's gigantic line-up of snowboards because it does everything and does it well. The Burton Custom is a snowboard you can take anywhere on the mountain and never sacrifice performance.
Manufacturer's Site
2) Option Sansalone Snowboard
The Option Sansalone rides well in every kind of condition - freestyle to cliff drops to carving out turns. It has an excellent all-around shape and an extra snappy medium-stiff flex. The Option Sansalone seems to do everything with ease. It's lively but predictable, quick edge to edge and stable at high speeds.
3) Capita Death Series Snowboards
The Capita Death snowboard series is serious freestyle fun. These snowboards have a skinnier waist for quickness edge to edge (also good for smaller feet). Another benefit is the Capita Freedom Groove binding mount system which affords you unlimited stance options.
4) Ride Timeless Snowboards
The Ride Timeless series has been going strong for several years. The hallmark of this series is stable, all-mountain performance. The Ride Timeless has a directional freeride shape with freestyle maneuverability. It comes in a wide range of sizes to suit any rider. It's fairly wide waist is offers a stable feel and is good for riders with medium-large feet.
5) Lib Tech Dark Series Snowboards
The Lib Tech Dark series snowboards are straight-up freestyle performance, built with terrain parks in mind. The forgiving flex will help up-and-coming freestylers, but won't hold back advanced tricksters. Lib Tech snowboards are proudly made in the USA and the dark series snowboards feature cool artwork by pro snowboarder Jamie Lynn.
Manufacturer's Site
6) Never Summer Premier Snowboards
The Never Summer Premier line focuses on smooth-riding freeride performance. These boards are very stable and have lots of damping for a durable, bomber snowboard for all-mountain chargers (including bigger riders). Never Summer went to an incredible 3-year warranty this year because their boards are built to last.
Manufacturer's Site
7) Allian Backman Snowboard
Allian is Ingemar Backman's company and the Allian Backman snowboard lives up to its namesake. The Allian Backman is skinnier than most, with a solid all-around shape that lets you hop on and feel right at home. The Backman snowboard is extremely solid edge to edge and is also great in the air.
Manufacturer's Site
8) Burton Dragon Snowboard
The Burton Dragon is an extraordinarily lightweight snowboard. It is stiffer and more narrow than the Burton Custom, and has more sidecut for a more aggressive performance.
Manufacturer's Site
9) Elevation Forward Snowboard
The Elevation Forward features a dialed-in flex pattern and an excellent overall freeride shape. It rides nice edge to edge and performs well on all aspects of the mountain.
10) K2 Movement Snowboard
The K2 Movement is Wille Yli-luoma's signature model. The Movement snowboard features all of K2's top-of-the-line technology in a freestyle snowboard that will rip it up in the park AND on all-mountain excursions.