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Santa Cruz snowboards?

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#1 ·
Hello there.
Its a time for me to change snowboard.

I have a really nice offer for Santa Cruz snowboard. So I wanted to ask for other snowboarders opinion. How good are Santa Cruz snowboards?

Personally I have not heared about them before, so Im asking for help here.

Thanks
 
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#19 ·
no means to be offensive, but after four seasons id expect anyone to be well into airs and rails

anyways, if you want to be a park rat, i recommend forums park boards.. they're not too expensive and have pretty good tech
look at the scallywag or even research the honeypot..
they have some others too, or capita, i've heard a lot about them recently
 
#10 ·
Hilariously enough, none of those boards are a good choice for the park. A quick google search, which you can do yourself, confirmed my prior beliefs about the Brigade and the Terminal - namely that they're all mountain boards, not park stompers. If youre looking for a board specifically tuned to the park, you have a few choices to look over.

Here:
K2 Park and Rail Jibbing Boards

And the atomic snowboarding site is only in japanese now... which leads me to believe their shrinking into a niche market - makes sense considering I see plenty of Japanese homies here in Vancouver rocking Atomic.

Nidecker isn't REALLY on my radar being a Euroheavy brand, but once again, google to the rescue Nidecker Snowboard Selector

Happy hunting bro. And if money isn't an issue, I have plenty of other recommendations :)
 
#11 ·
yeah. i was mainly looking for around 200 - 270$ for a board only.

but. I have seen many using boards like that.. I mean all mountain on park.

+ that K2 i posted. It just has a good price there :D

could you suggest something for around price i wrote? (200-270$)
 
#15 ·
Latvia makes a huge difference. I'm assuming you need to find something local? Look into Nitro, they make good boards accross the price spectrum and their manufacturing is based in Europe. Nidecker also makes some good boards, I'd avoid anything that comes out of their Tunsina (sp?) factory. I have one of their Megalights and really enjoy it, high quality build and construction.
 
#17 ·
For park riding..
cant you use all mountain for park?
You can use anything you want for park. Doesn't mean it'll perform well. A stiff, heavy all mountain board makes for a clunky and clumsy ride in the park. But you can still use it yeah. It'll be harder to press, though it may give you some great pop. Maybe harder to air out of things, and to spin. Less forgiving on the sketchy landings. But yeah you could use it.

look more for a freestyle all mountain as opposed to freeride, and you'll be more pleased with the performance

Tl;Dr - The brigade would work fine :thumbsup:
 
#23 ·
It depends on the brand. Some brands use a low flex to high flex rating scale and some use high flex to low. It's all about how you want to ride. I've already told you the difference between riding a stiffer board and a flexier board. The choice is up to you.
 
#24 ·
Stepchild boards ride really well. Awesome quality, very good rides. They have a great team. Peeps Joe Sexton.
Drake is a shitty budget brand. They're like Liquid or Ltd. Don't get it. If its between Drake and stepchild and Drake... Get stepchild.
 
#26 ·
you're so cute

Jibbing is any trick that involves a feature. A grind (that is, a slide of any sort on a rail, box, bar or any other feature) is, of course, a jib.
But a stall, tap, or any other trick you can think of that involves a feature, is considered a jib.

Zero Camber is a board that has no shape to it.
A regular cambered board will have an arch between the bindings and will be flat at the tip and tail, whereas a reverse camber board will be flat between the bindings and curve up at 1 degree progressively towards the nose and tail.
zero camber is flat up until the curved nose and tail. this gives you flex as well as stability (however in my opinion, zero camber is a kind of "jack of all trades, master of none" board shape)

Once again, it all depends in what you expect from your ride. A medium flex board will give you good pop, but wont skimp out on presses. It's your call really. Pop is important, but to me, pressing and smooth butters were more important, so I finally opted for a reverse camber board. Snowboarding is subjective like that.
 
#32 ·
Zero camber, given more contact with the snow, in my opinion, grants the rider a larger margin of error. Connection to the mountain may be the wrong eay to put it, but is say that zero camber would be for a more advanced rider who knows what he wants to feel.

And yes street boards are gonna feel WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more flexible.

Addendum. Be jealous. I'm writing this after a good day in whistler.
 
#33 ·
The stepchild street recession is cheap because it's meant to take a beating in the street and be disposable :

IT HAS NO EDGE.

so it will be awesome to boardslide urban features without catching an edge....

But in the mountains it won't track at all...

Seriously even if you are short on cash, don't get that board, it will be useless anywhere else but the streets.

Out of all the boards you posted i'd get the nidecker or the atomic.
Both are decent, maybe an advantage to the nidecker for the sintered base.
 
#34 ·
The stepchild street recession is cheap because it's meant to take a beating in the street and be disposable :

IT HAS NO EDGE.
I didn't research but... Really?
What kind of a board has no edge?!
What the fuck is THAT?
 
#35 ·
Yeah no edge , it's meant to be super cheap and catch free for pure jib.

from stepchild site :
This board was built to be destroyed. Unlike most jib specific boards, the street recession has no metal edges. This opens up more jib terrain like wood and aluminum rails where steel edges will catch and rag you down the stairs. With a tip to tail wood core construction this board can take the beating its given. This deck is designed for urban specific for the streets. Keep your mountain board fresh and let the Street Recession take the beating from the streets.
It's not something new though , Forum street dweller in 2005 i think and Burton dominant slick around that same year had a similar concept with edges only on some parts of the board.

I wouldn't use that on any slope though
 
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