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The Good Ride TakeThe Ride Farah Snowboard Review By The Good Ride.Many hybrid camber boards with a directional rocker shape have a much shorter camber between the feet but this has a long camber starting behind the back of the binding and running almost to the tail. The Farah also has a good bit of rocker on the nose end. It's definitely unique so here is our take on how it rides. Groomers- We found the Farah to be a fast but playful board on groomers. It was damp, stable and pretictable. If you don't like to turn much the Farah will be a good board.
Turn Initiation and Carving- The Farah has less of a sluggish feel than many Ride boards when making quick edge to edge turns. When making longer/wider radius turns we had a good time. We were a bit dissapointed when it came to carving. We thought this would be excellent but the board rode more like a board with a minor taper that could wash out if you turn like you would with a camber board. We think this was because of the rocker that starts right at the front binding. So you get less of a carve but much more float in powder.
Speed- The Farah is a bomber! It has a pretty good base and a very damp design. The typical ride ultra damp feeling was in effect but it didn't feel as dull as some ride boards. If you are into straightlining then this will be a fun board and this is also one of the Farah's best qualities.
Edge Hold- We had varied conditions of snow but most of what we experienced was hard to medium pack with some chewed up spots in the traffic areas. We thought the edge hold would be better than it was. We found it to be fine in the better snow but there were some areas where we didn't feel comfortable laying into a carve in firmer condtions and held back. We would say that this is on the average side of good and we wouldn't want to rely on this edge in icy or very hard conditions.
Flex- This is a medium to stiff flex so it aint no butter board. The nose is a little easier than the tail because of the rocker but it still isn't ideal.
Rails/Jibbing- This will be ok in the jib park because of it's mostly flat design but the Farah is far from ideal.
Pipe- This isn't much of a pipe board either. It was ok but if you like to lap the pipe there are many better boards out there.
Jumps- We fount the Farah to be middle to above average when it came to generating your own air. This will be fun hitting a natural jump at higer speeds and keeping it simple off the kickers in the park but there are many better jump boards out there.
All in all the Farah missed a by a tiny bit on edge hold and carving but made up for it with its float in powder and bomber speed. So if you are the kind of rider who likes to bomb the hill, ride powder and get out when the conditions are good then you will really enjoy the Farah. 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 InfoRide Farah 2012Farah snowboardsThe High Style Hybrid$489.95
STYLE: All Mountain, All Mountain Freestyle
SHAPE: NEW! Hybrid All Mountain
STANCE: ¾” Setback
The 2012 Ride Farrah women's snowboard features our new Hybrid All Mountain shape with a surfy, effortless full rocker profile in the nose and cambers’ responsive grip through the remainder of the Ride. Featuring our newly developed LSD Pop Rods® 2.0 along with 90A Slimewalls®, Membrain® top sheet, and Carbon Array™ 5, the new Ride Farah is perfect for advanced hard charging ladies like Ride’s Megan Ginter who demand versatility, stability and a smooth response for all Riding conditions. SNOWBOARD FLEX-O-METER:
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Thin Con Standard Edge Hybrid Glass NEW! Hybrid All Mountain Fusion 4000 2x4 LSD Pop Rods 2.0 90A Slimewalls Carbon Array 5 Membrain® SETUP OPTIONS    FEATURED TECH LSDAll LSD board shapes feature a narrower waist width, a ladies specific flex pattern, sidecut and finely tuned rocker profile.  NEW! HYBRID ALL MOUNTAINFeaturing rocker in the nose and a level micro-camber zone extending under the feet and through the tail.  LSD POP RODS 2.0LSD Pop Rods® feature an entirely new shape for the Ladies. These new rods taper in thickness to place more carbon closer to the inserts and less carbon towards the tip and/or tail. This enables ladies to pop with ease onto features and smaller transitions, but retain maximum carbon fiber when needed on bigger kickers and in the pipe. Available in 2 levels, 1.0 and 2.0.  90A SLIMEWALLS
 MEMBRAIN®Weighing less than half of traditional plastic top sheets, Membrain® maintains a smooth feel by infusing urethane into fabric. Along with pushing limits in the world of lightweight, this process also allows us to push the boundaries when it comes to graphics by utilizing the textures and aesthetics associated with a variety of fabrics. |
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