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Flow Drifter and Drifter Wide Snowboard Review

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Flow Drifter and Driter Wide Snowboard Review

Drifter
$399
Intermediate to Expert All mountain to Mostly Mountain
Continuous Rocker Dirctional Shape
The Drifter is an interesting board for those that like powder but also want to ride when it's not dumping.  It's a contnuous rocker that is not too loose between the feet with a directional shape and set back stance.  This makes it really easy and fun in powder if you like to ride one direction. This border line excellent ride in powder is probably the Drifter's best quality.  After that it's fun on groomed runs and not terribly difficult to butter if you want to take a mellow to moderatlly aggressive all mountain freestyle approach to groomers.  Carving isn't ideal but it's not bad for a continuous rocker snowboard.  There is nothing terrible about the Drifter but nothing exceptional either.  It's one of those boards that can do everything average to good and give a predictable and smooth ride.  

How It Rides

Groomers Good

Speed Good

Flex Medium

Rails/
Jibbing
Average
Powder Good

Weight Light

Carving
Average

Pipe Average
Turn Initiation
Easy

Edge Hold Good
Switch Good

Jumps Good

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Flow Drifter 2012 Description

 

Drifter

 

$399.99
ALL-MOUNTAIN / FREESTYLE
125 156 159 162 159w 163w

 

The Flow Drifter is designed to take on all aspects of snowboarding, whether it be pow, park, pipe, or rails, making it one of the most badass snowboards you can ride. Flow’s Dual-Transitional sidecut utilizes a combination of two different sidecuts in one. Together, these sidecuts allow for rough terrain riding, high-speed forgiveness, and smooth transitions while jumping.

Technology Boards

Reverse camber combined with a convex base for a more natural feel on rails and smoothness in the chop. This, in combination with camber starting before the binding area, provides stability and camber-like pop no matter where you mount your bindings. The I-Rock combines a surfy feel with pop and stability.
Flow's lightest and most responsive core gives you the highest strength-to-weight wood construction known to man. Focused response where you need it, and more low-to-mid-density woods in specificlocations throughout the board increase strength while decreasing weight, and make your ride all that much easier.
All new Whiskey Rocks tech increases agility while adding pop and grip. Four Basalt plates beneath the heel and toe areas directs the rider's energy to the board's key control surfaces and doubles the breaking strength to increase edge hold in all conditions with a Cadillac feel.
All New Whiskey Shooter uses 4 precured carbon plates with a unique shape that tapers into the tips in a reverse "V" for the most pop without chatter while freeing up the nose and tail for any transition, rough terrain, and heavy pressing.
The 0/+30/-30/90 fiberglass & carbon orientation increases pop with the majority of fibers running tip-to-tail giving you stability and torsional freedom between the feet while distributing binding pressure over a larger area from the 30 degree axis fibers for a more natural flexing ride that can't be reached with Triax.
Speed, wax absorption and durability are the main ingredients of the Sintered 4000. This is done through focusing on quality over speed-robbing additives. For an even faster base, the Graphite Sintered 4000 only has speed on its mind.
The DT Sidecut utilizes a combination of two radii. First, a tight radius for quick, responsive carves is blended into a mellow radius right before the nose and tail of the board for rough terrain, high speeds and the forgiveness you need while jumping.
With a little more nose than tail, a setback insert pattern and flex for more performance and better float in powder, the Directional boards in our line thrive in any terrain. From the park to the pipe to the pow, the directional twin takes shape to do it all.

 

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