Blacklist vs. Wasteland - Snowboarding Forum

losib3257 · 03-14-2012, 12:22 PM

Is there any noticeable difference between these two boards? The board mapping on Arbor's web site has the Wasteland a little farther out to more mountain orientated. I am looking to get the Blacklist for all mountain and was curious to know what the Wasteland's deal was.

david_z · 03-14-2012, 12:38 PM

Wasteland is built on Arbor's "mountain system" profile, kevlar/carbon reinforced tips and it's a d-twin rather than the Blacklist which is true twin. Blacklist utilizes the "park system" so a softer flex and also I think the tips are blunted a little bit.

losib3257 · 03-14-2012, 12:40 PM

[QUOTE=david_z;495618]Wasteland is built on Arbor's "mountain system" profile, kevlar/carbon reinforced tips and it's a d-twin rather than the Blacklist which is true twin. Blacklist utilizes the "park system" so a softer flex and also I think the tips are blunted a little bit.[/QUO

So basically, the Wasteland is bit more stiff? I have read that a lot of people still use the Blacklist all over the mountain. Any truth in that?

david_z · 03-14-2012, 12:45 PM

yeah, wasteland should run a tad stiffer.

blacklist is a pretty versatile board, I picked one up on sale back in February. If you are looking for a quiver killer you could do way worse than to choose the Blacklist. I go about 50/50 riding park/all-mountain. If you don't do any park riding, maybe the wasteland would be a better choice but that's just gonna depend on your personal preference for how stiff you want out of a board. The Blacklist is on the stiffer side of freestyle/park boards for sure, so it is pretty good at the "all mountain" stuff too.

losib3257 · 03-14-2012, 01:16 PM

The Blacklist sounds perfect. I do just about the same riding as you do. Not much in to hitting rails, but I love to hit jumps all day long. Then take it down the hill as fast as possible.

I do a couple trips out West every year-how does it handle in the pow?

david_z · 03-14-2012, 01:27 PM

did not get a chance to ride it in pow but it's a full rocker and medium-stiff so it should do pretty well.

i did get this one over 50MPH so it'll do the fast bombing, too.

losib3257 · 03-14-2012, 01:33 PM

Awesome, thanks for the insight!

03-14-2012, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
losib3257 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 132	Blacklist vs. Wasteland Is there any noticeable difference between these two boards? The board mapping on Arbor's web site has the Wasteland a little farther out to more mountain orientated. I am looking to get the Blacklist for all mountain and was curious to know what the Wasteland's deal was.

03-14-2012, 12:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	Wasteland is built on Arbor's "mountain system" profile, kevlar/carbon reinforced tips and it's a d-twin rather than the Blacklist which is true twin. Blacklist utilizes the "park system" so a softer flex and also I think the tips are blunted a little bit. __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

03-14-2012, 01:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	did not get a chance to ride it in pow but it's a full rocker and medium-stiff so it should do pretty well. i did get this one over 50MPH so it'll do the fast bombing, too. __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

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03-14-2012, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
losib3257 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 132	[QUOTE=david_z;495618]Wasteland is built on Arbor's "mountain system" profile, kevlar/carbon reinforced tips and it's a d-twin rather than the Blacklist which is true twin. Blacklist utilizes the "park system" so a softer flex and also I think the tips are blunted a little bit.[/QUO So basically, the Wasteland is bit more stiff? I have read that a lot of people still use the Blacklist all over the mountain. Any truth in that?

03-14-2012, 12:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	yeah, wasteland should run a tad stiffer. blacklist is a pretty versatile board, I picked one up on sale back in February. If you are looking for a quiver killer you could do way worse than to choose the Blacklist. I go about 50/50 riding park/all-mountain. If you don't do any park riding, maybe the wasteland would be a better choice but that's just gonna depend on your personal preference for how stiff you want out of a board. The Blacklist is on the stiffer side of freestyle/park boards for sure, so it is pretty good at the "all mountain" stuff too.

03-14-2012, 01:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
losib3257 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 132	The Blacklist sounds perfect. I do just about the same riding as you do. Not much in to hitting rails, but I love to hit jumps all day long. Then take it down the hill as fast as possible. I do a couple trips out West every year-how does it handle in the pow?

03-14-2012, 01:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
losib3257 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 132	Awesome, thanks for the insight!