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Antic
$399
Beginner to Advanced All Mountain AKA Mostly Mountain

Flat/Rocker Directional Shape
The Antic is like a low cost version the 2011 Highlife UL. The ride Antic continues to evolve with an almost flat camber profile that works rather well in allmost every condition.  We like the extra rocker in the nose for deeper powder days.  The Antic still misses the pop and ollieing power that a camber or even some hybrid shapes do. That being said it has the same stability as a cambered board when flat basing and carves pretty well.  It's a very smooth ride that can almost be too smooth.  To some the ride is dull or almost ultra damp. To others it's just what they are looking for.   So it's up to you to decide what type of feeling from the board you are looking for.  If you are into an ultra smooth/damp ride the Atic is a good all mountain choice for the price.  If you are an intermediate to advanced rider that is looking to learn how to straightline groomers then the Antic might be the call.  If you want a ultra damp super stable board feel then the Antic will be a great choice.  The 2011 and 2012 Antics are almost the same boards. 

How It Rides

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

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The Good Ride Take



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 ANTIC 2012

Antic snowboards

Epitome of All Around Performance

$399.95
SIZES: 151, 154, 157, 160, 163 
STYLE: All Mountain
SHAPE: LowPro™
STANCE: ¾” Setback

Delivering versatility for everything the mountain has to offer, the 2012 Ride Antic snowboard features Ride’s LowPro™ shape with playful LowRize™ rocker in the nose and the grippy stability of ProRize™ in the tail. Complete with 90A Slimewalls®, Carbon Array 3™ and Fusion 4000 base™, this directional Ride snowboard will take you from peak to park, with a responsive feel that won’t let you down.

SNOWBOARD FLEX-O-METER:
Snowboard Flex Rating: 6
CONSTRUCTION:
LowPro™
Thin Con
Standard Edge
Hybrid Glass
Fusion 4000
2x4
Performance
90A Slimewalls
Linear Carbon
Carbon Array 3
Standard

FEATURED TECH

LowPro™
LOWPRO™

A directional profile with LowRize™ rocker in the front and the stable flat ProRize™ in the tail.

90A SLIMEWALLS

 

SETUP OPTIONS

Revolt Binding Jackson Boa Coiler Boot Squares Tee Clothing Sodo Jacket Ride Outerwear

 

Ride ANTIC 2011

EPITOME OF ALL AROUND PERFORMANCE

$399.95

Delivering versatility for everything the mountain has to offer, the Antic snowboard features Ride’s new LowPro™ shape with a playful rocker in the nose and a grippy, stable tail. Complete with 90A Slimewalls®, Carbon Array 3™ and Fusion 4000 base™, this Ride will take you from the peak to the park, with a responsive feel that won’t let you down.

STYLE: All Mountain

SHAPE: LowPro™

STANCE: ¾” Setback

SIZES: 151, 154, 157, 158 Wide, 160, 162 Wide, 163, 165 Wide

CONSTRUCTION:
NEW! LowPro™ Rocker
Thin Con
90A Slimewalls®
Carbon Array 3™
Performance Tuned Core™
Hybrid Glass
Linear Carbon
Carbon Array 3™
Fusion 4000 Base™
2x4 Inserts

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

Specs

Ride Antic 2012 Specs

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