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Ride Promise Snowboard Review

$399
Intermediate to Advanced All Mountain or Mostly Mountain
Flat/Rocker Twin Like Directional Shape
The Ride Promise has been around for a while and is a good mid level all mountain board. In 2011 the Promise added an all mountain rocker called Lowpro which isn't bad and it's pretty much the same board for 2012. It doesn't have the washout trappings of many continuous rocker snowboards. The Rocker is very minimal and most of the board is flat so it makes for a stable ride in almost any condition. Ride's all mountain boards are very damp but not very lively. They have this ultra-damp feeling that makes you think the board is 1.5 times thicker than it is. Some love this and some aren't too stoked on it. If you like speed you will probably like this feeling. That being said the better than average float in powder for an all mountain board and all around forgiving ride makes for a pretty good board for the price. You won't get blown away but you can do a lot worse.

How It Rides
Groomers	Excellent	Speed	Good	Flex	Soft	Rails/ Jibbing	Average
Powder	Good	Weight	Light	Carving	Good	Pipe	Good
Turn Initiation	Moderate	Edge Hold	Good	Switch	Average	Jumps	Good

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The Good Ride Take

A quick look at the Ride Promise 2012

The Good Ride Take on Ride Snowboards
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.

SETUP OPTIONS

FEATURED TECH

LSD

All LSD board shapes feature a narrower waist width, a ladies specific flex pattern, sidecut and finely tuned rocker profile.

LOWPRO™

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

90A SLIMEWALLS

Ride Promise 2011

PROMISE SNOWBOARD

PLEDGING ALL AROUND PERFORMANCE

$399.95

The Promise snowboard vows to be a fun and fulfilling Ride no matter where the day may take you. Now featuring Ride’s new LowPro™ shape with loose, playful LowRize™ rocker in the tip and stable, grippy ProRize™ in the tail. Combined with 90A Slimewalls® and Carbon Array™ 3, this responsive smooth Ride will not disappoint…we Promise.

STYLE: All Mountain

SHAPE: LowPro™

STANCE: ¾” Setback

SIZES: 141, 145, 148, 151, 154

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

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

Ride Promise 2010

PLEDGING ALL AROUND PERFORMANCE

The Promise vows to be smooth and stylish on the highest peak and the city streets. In addition to 90A Slimewalls® and Carbon Array 3™, this all-terrain Ride now features the new Performance Tuned Core™ to create a smooth, responsive Ride that will not disappoint…we promise.

MSRP: USD 399.99

STYLE: ATV

SHAPE: Twinish

SIDECUT: Quadratic

STANCE: 3/4" Setback

SIZES: 141, 145, 148, 151, 154

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

FEEL-O-METER: