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The Good Ride TakeThe DC Tone Snowboard Review by The Good Ride Size- Lauri 156
We had high expectations for the DC Tone mainly because of the Good Wood Award and the fact that we loved the DC MLF as much as the Good Wood crew did. We weren't dissapointed but at the same time we didn't feel that it blew us away like the DC MLF did. So here is the review.
Groomers- Pretty fun and playful on groomers and it came a long way from their first flat/rocker shapes. We had a good time riding switch, stopping to hit something on the side and we weren't uncomfortable when we opened up and got a little speed going. Not a bad groomer board for clean or messy and chewed up. This is great for one footing and flat basing as well.
Turn Initiation/Carving- The Tone didn't have that super easy edge to edge transitioning that many hybrid rocker or hybrid camber boards have but it is not sluggish in any way. We like this type of ride because its fun to work a little more with your turn. It's fun to make medium turns on this board and a little better than average when leaning into a carve.
Edge Hold- The day we rode the Tone we also rode a few other boards that day from Mervin, Rome and Capita that had better edge hold. We felt the Tone was fine for the medium soft conditions we didn't feel like it had the grip when we came across patches of harder snow like some of the other boards we rode that day. So this is a little more than fine for good conditions but that's it. If you ride in hard to icy snow you might want to look somewhere else. We would call this borderline average but still on the good side.
Flex- The flex is more aggressive than you would think and it wasn't a super playful board.
Switch- Twins are perfect switch
Rails/Jibbing- This isn't the most Jib friendly board but you can take a lap or two through the jib park without too much pain.
Pipe- If the Tone had better edge hold it might be an excellent pipe board instead of good. As long as the pipe isn't icy you'll have fun.
All in all we felt the DC Tone did most things good but nothing excellent. DC is very freestyle focused when it comes to their gear but it would be nice to see this in a directional twin with a little set back to appeal to a more all mountain audience. We'd also like to see a little more grip to The Good Ride Take on DC Snow
Company InformationDC Tone 2012 Our most versatile board ever, with new mid-wide sizes for this winter season. The TransWorld SNOWboarding " Good Wood" award winning Tone board is going to ensure epic rides. It's anti camber profile floats effortlessly in powder, while the Structurn Base keeps you cruising in sluch and ice, and the Camber core holds it down in the park. Imported. DC Tone 2011 The TONE delivers a whole different look and feel for snowboarding. With high performance drive combined with smooth transitional flex, it’s a true twin tip and a versatile all mountain freestyle board. |
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DC Tone Snowboard Review
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I've tried this board yesterday (15 okt 2011). The edgehold was excellent and the same goes for all kinds of turns with this board. I also tried the ride machete, burton custom and k2 parkstar. The DC Tone had without a doubt the best edge hold, even on icy patches it just held beautifuly!I really don't know how you got your info. Is it of last year or something??? |
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Reviewed by sjaak
October 16, 2010 |