Suggestions for all-mountain? - Snowboarding Forum

squishydonut · 01-31-2008, 03:02 AM

I'm 5'6" 140lb. Looking for suggestions for a good all-mountain board. Price isn't so much an issue if it'll last me a long time. Although of course I'd like to save some $$$ if possible.

squishydonut · 01-31-2008, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by squishydonut

I'm 5'6" 140lb. Looking for suggestions for a good all-mountain board. Price isn't so much an issue if it'll last me a long time. Although of course I'd like to save some $$$ if possible.

I like the style of Rome. Crail and Manual seem like the most logical choice but I was also looking at the quite a bit more expensive Anthem. Any insight?

snowsam17 · 01-31-2008, 10:32 PM

My friend rides the rome anthem and he loves it. Unless ur really pressed for cash u should probably go with the anthem because it is a much better board with the sintered base and better technology. U can also probably find a pretty good deal on an older one if you look hard enough.

squishydonut · 02-01-2008, 07:55 AM

I sometimes ride in icy conditions with the possibility of some fresh powder. Is it pretty good for both?

EDIT: n00b question. Researching with the wonderful "search" button.

02-01-2008, 10:27 AM

If your riding lots of groomers and icy conditions, you should look into board with magnetraction. I'm 1 inch taller than you and weight 120 and I bought a Lib-Tech TRS with magnetraction 154 2 weeks ago for an all mountain board.

If you havn't head of magnetraction, its basically a wavy edge on snowboards to give your board 7 points of contact versus 2 on regular boards to cut into the ice and hard pack better. I havn't been able to take mine out yet but I have heard great stuff about it.

BRsnow · 02-01-2008, 11:51 AM

I have been riding a salomon strobe and think it is a pretty great all mountain board. I have a 157, but you could probably go with the size lower. Also nothing changed with 07 and 08's so you can pick up a pretty great board for fairly cheap at this point...

snowsam17 · 02-01-2008, 02:52 PM

yeah i live in new england so i ride a lot of groomers and ice and the anthem seems to work pretty well for my friend...
however go with magnetraction if you want something that is built to turn on the ice

squishydonut · 02-02-2008, 03:03 AM

Cool, thanks everybody.

sedition · 02-02-2008, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by snowsam17

built to turn on the ice

Funny. I didn't think it was possible to turn on ice.

snowsam17 · 02-02-2008, 10:10 AM

haha sorry... you know what i meant

01-31-2008, 03:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
squishydonut Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 496	Suggestions for all-mountain? I'm 5'6" 140lb. Looking for suggestions for a good all-mountain board. Price isn't so much an issue if it'll last me a long time. Although of course I'd like to save some $$$ if possible.

01-31-2008, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
snowsam17 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 207	My friend rides the rome anthem and he loves it. Unless ur really pressed for cash u should probably go with the anthem because it is a much better board with the sintered base and better technology. U can also probably find a pretty good deal on an older one if you look hard enough. Last edited by snowsam17; 02-01-2008 at 02:49 PM. Reason: my friend rides the anthem no the manual my bad

02-01-2008, 07:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
squishydonut Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 496	I sometimes ride in icy conditions with the possibility of some fresh powder. Is it pretty good for both? EDIT: n00b question. Researching with the wonderful "search" button. Last edited by squishydonut; 02-01-2008 at 08:37 AM.

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02-01-2008, 10:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
ndiggity Guest Posts: n/a	If your riding lots of groomers and icy conditions, you should look into board with magnetraction. I'm 1 inch taller than you and weight 120 and I bought a Lib-Tech TRS with magnetraction 154 2 weeks ago for an all mountain board. If you havn't head of magnetraction, its basically a wavy edge on snowboards to give your board 7 points of contact versus 2 on regular boards to cut into the ice and hard pack better. I havn't been able to take mine out yet but I have heard great stuff about it.

02-01-2008, 11:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
BRsnow Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 186	I have been riding a salomon strobe and think it is a pretty great all mountain board. I have a 157, but you could probably go with the size lower. Also nothing changed with 07 and 08's so you can pick up a pretty great board for fairly cheap at this point...

02-01-2008, 02:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
snowsam17 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 207	yeah i live in new england so i ride a lot of groomers and ice and the anthem seems to work pretty well for my friend... however go with magnetraction if you want something that is built to turn on the ice

02-02-2008, 03:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
squishydonut Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 496	Cool, thanks everybody.

02-02-2008, 10:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
snowsam17 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 207	haha sorry... you know what i meant