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Ride DH and DH Wide Snowboard Review

DH
$459
Intermediate to Expert All Mountain Freestyle
Camber Twin Snowboard
2008 and 2009 Best in the park Good Wood Award Winner
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The Ride DH is a fun cambered board that has made a good name for it'self as a more than a park ride. Camber isn't very Hansel these days but the Ride DH will do very well just about any where in the park and most places on the mountain.  If you are looking to go big the DH is what you want.  It's not forgiving like the other DH's but it is a ride that many like.  Ride normally has a dull quality that some hate and some love.  Like they say it does generate a smooth damp ride most places around the mountain.  Some complain that their dampening techniques gives it a dull feeling where others like this type of construction and feel.  It's up to you to decide.  It's camber shape is very springy and it's really fun to transition from edge to edge.  It's also very easy to generate your own air.  It's only weakness is powder.  Not much has changed for 2011 in terms of performance.  The "pop stix" were changed to "pop rods 2.0".  What does this mean? Not much to us in terms of how the ride changed but there is just a bit more pop.  So if you aren't into hybrid or rocker shapes you still have a good all mountain freestyle camber board in the DH. For 2012 the Ride DH is almost the same board as the 2011. This is still a fun camber board for those who aren't into the new shapes. 

How It Rides

Groomers Good   Speed Average
  Flex Medium   Rails/
Jibbing
Average
Powder Rough
  Weight Medium
  Carving
Good
  Pipe Good
Turn Initiation
Moderate   Edge Hold Good   Switch Excellent   Jumps Excellent

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The Good Ride Take


A quick Look at the 2012 Ride DH

        

 

The Good Ride Take on Ride

They are from the same parent company as K2 and have many similarities in terms of board design and company policy.  Ride’s customer service is better than K2’s and actually has a # to call on their site instead of just an on-line form.  Ride, like K2 seems almost secretive when it comes to having third party entities like us or end users like you review their gear.  So many companies like Burton, Rome, YES, Arbor ect. are really proud of their gear and try to do everything they can to get you to ride them.  Ride seems to do the bare minimum and despite its large size has very few demo products. Their policy seems to be if you want to try it you have to buy it.  Ride chooses mainly to work with variations of flat/rocker snowboards but has recently started to work with hybrid camber.   Their hybrid camber is different than YES and Rossignol and leans more on the flat camber side of things but we still like to see them go in this direction.  We have found that we like some of their shapes but other boards we weren’t fans of .   Like K2 Ride’s rocker shapes always seem to be pretty flat between the feet and it makes for one of the better rocker set up out there.  Ride makes pretty good bindings and many people swear by them.  They have more parts than most bindings but all in all they do a very good job despite the fact that a lot of the binding is metal.  We are big fans of the canted foot bed but can’t say we are a fan of their Contraband strap system.  They make good boots that last for a long time but boots are so personal all we can speak to is their build and longevity.


Company Information

Ride DH 2012

DH snowboards

What Legends Are Made Of

$449.95
SIZES: 151, 153, 155, 157, 159 
STYLE: All Mountain Freestyle, Park & Pipe
SHAPE: Camber
STANCE: Centered

Upholding the status of this reputable twin, the classic Ride DH snowboard features our traditional Camber shape paired with Ride’s Pop Rods® 2.0 for an added boost of ollie pop. Complete with 85A Slimewalls® and Cleave Edge™ for a durable smooth Ride, the DH is Seb Toutant’s go to competition snowboard as it’s designed to charge hard with unwavering response, precision and consistency.

SNOWBOARD FLEX-O-METER:
Snowboard Flex Rating: 9
CONSTRUCTION:
Camber
Thin Con
Cleave Edge ™
Hybrid Glass
Fusion 4000
2x4
85A Slimewalls
Carbon Array 3
Standard
Pop Rods 2.0

FEATURED TECH

CAMBER

Traditional camber profile with precision consistency.

85A SLIMEWALLS

Ride’s exclusive Slimewalls® are forgiving and ductile, absorbing impacts rather than defending against them. Just like your skate wheels, the urethane in Slimewalls® smoothes the interaction with the snow, wood or metal surfaces you may Ride on. On top of all that, these babies are virtually indestructible, the most durable sidewalls in snowboarding.

Pop Rods 2.0
POP RODS 2.0

More pop and smoother landings without added stiffness. Available in 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.

SETUP OPTIONS
Capo BindingFUL BootMessiah Backpack AccessoryRainier Jacket Ride Outerwear

 

Ride DH 2011

DH SNOWBOARD
WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF
$459.95

Upholding the status of this reputable twin, the DH snowboard features Ride’s Pop Rods® 2.0 for an added boost of ollie pop. Complete with 85A Slimewalls® and Cleave Edge™ for a durable, smooth Ride, this snowboard is sure to stoke out the park/jib guy and launch riders to the next level of mobility.

STYLE: All Mountain Freestyle, Park Pipe

SHAPE: Camber

STANCE: Centered

SIZES: 151, 153, 153 Wide, 155, 156 Wide, 157, 159, 159 Wide, 162 Wide

CONSTRUCTION:
Thin Con
85A Slimewalls®
Carbon Array 3™
NEW! Pop Rods® 2.0
Cleave Edge™
Hybrid Glass
Fusion 4000 Base
2x4 Inserts

SNOWBOARD FLEX-O-METER:
Snowboard Flex Rating: 6

SNOWBOARD TECHSNOWBOARD SPECS

New!   What Is Camber? Video
WATCH New! - What is Camber? Video

SETUP OPTIONS
FULNitrane  ContrabandDeuceDelta MVMNT

Ride DH 2010

WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF

Upholding the status of this award-winning twin, the DH features Pop Stixs™ for the perfect flex with added ollie pop. Complete with 85A Slimewalls® and Cleave Edge™ for a durable, smooth Ride. Continuing to be a favorite Darrell Mathes and Marco Feichtner, this deck is sure to stoke out the park/jib guy and launch riders to the next level of mobility. Now offering this reputable Ride in wide!

MSRP: USD 459.99

SNOWBOARD STYLE: Mobility

SHAPE: Twin

SIDECUT: Radial

STANCE: Centered

SNOWBOARD SIZES: 151, 153, NEW! 153 Wide, 155, NEW! 156 Wide, 157, 159, NEW! 159 Wide, NEW! 162 Wide

CONSTRUCTION FEATURES:
Thin Con
85A Slimewalls®
Carbon Array 3™
Pop Stixs™
Cleave Edge™
Hybrid Glass
Fusion 4000 Base™
2x4 Inserts

SNOWBOARD FLEX-O-METER:
Snowboard Flex Rating: 6

Specs

Ride DH 2012 Specs

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