Solid board, easy to ride, good enough for M McMorris. I forgot who, but someone said, a lot of people that end up on a custom should really be on a process, and I think thats pretty accurate, for the camber version, rocker can eat shit

 

Thanks for the reply 16gkid! Yeah I am only considering the Camber version but can't decide if I should try something different instead, like the Bataleon Whatever

 

Couple buddies of mine swear by that board. Good freestyle board for sure.

 

If it's your first real board, get something more traditional like a Process instead of something like Bataleon. If you go enough and find yourself wanting to branch out to something new you can always pick up another board, buy new bindings for your main board, then put your old bindings on the alternative board. Twin camber medium stiffness is about as tried and true as you can possible have a snowboard be. I am a big fan of progressing on true twin camber boards because if you can ride that well, you can ride anything. When you start going with different camber profiles and stuff they ride differently and you might end up with bad habits from doing things like getting a 3BT board that requires a different technique to get on edge.

Some tech is very useful, some is a gimmick just to change riding. But if you want to progress the best thing you can do on groomers and light park riding, is have a medium stiffness true twin camber board.

 

Word!

 

Where do you ride? Burton isn't my favorite, but the Process is a decent all mountain board as long as its the camber model and not their horrible flying V profile.

 

Hey Greg thanks for the response! I mostly ride in Europe (French and Italian Alps), I am only considering the Camber version, however I can't decide whether I should try something different/more modern in terms of tech, like the 3BT base of the Bataleon. As far as I can see online, the Whatever is quite similar to the Process

 

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Process is still a wonderful all-arounder. No it doesn't have some of the latest tech, but with how the board feels you would think that it does. I would certainly recommend demoing it if you're able before buying, perhaps alongside a few alternative options.

 

3bt you have to like. The way that Bataleon uses it (at least the boards I've tried), I don't like in riding. It feels quite 'loose' and you really have to put it on edge to get the grip. Then again, I have an Airheart that has the spoon shape, which has slightly raised edges. I do like that, but a normal camber is also fine.