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Get your Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails at Snowboarder Mag
07 months ago
by Chris
in Contest & Event News
Bear Mountain’s is ready to kick off the early season contest circuit with Hot Dawgs & Hand Rails on September 24th.
Fifty riders will be dropping in on “The Scene” at Bear Mountain for an all day jib jam. If you’re in the So Cal area, you can head up to Bear Mountain to watch the day go down, while everyone else can watch the action on snowboardermag.com. The live webcast presented by Red Bull begins at 3:00pm on snowboardermag.com and ends at 7:00pm with the HDHR awards ceremony.
Snowboarder Mag’s Video Recap of the 2010 Hot Dawgs & Hand Rails Contest
For more information, scope the press release below, or head over to Snowboarder Mag: http://www.snowboardermag.com/exclusives/hot-dawgz-hand-rails-live-webcast-sept-24th/
08-09 Arbor Abacus 160 Review
03 years ago
by User Review
in Men's Snowboards
Slay the fresh all day long and love it with this board, keep it at home if there is no snow in sight. There is an old adage of “No friends on pow day”, on pow days the Abacus is your only friend.
If you ride east coast ice, hard packed, groomers and never see powder days nor yearn for them. The Abacus will not be your friend, Arbor has many others to fit your needs the Abacus is not it.
However if you are looking to ease out those bad ass pow days with something that will ALWAYS perform on the fresh, be it on the groomers, in the trees, slaying a bowl, dropping into the fresh stashes .. this is your new companion on the mountains no matter how large or small.
Riding Revelstoke during a 30cm snow and accumulating was spectacular. The Abacus slayed the pow, kept me up top and grabbed as much speed as possible. It split the tight trees with ease, sent me off rollers and landed without any nose dive. Carving ?? Who needs that in the pow, just lean back and cruise. However, throw a spin and watch your landing gear ! The Abacus sits you so far back in your stance that rotations soon become corked and off axis. Even BIG AIRS will tend to lean towards the back … grab a mute to correct or else you’ll be rolling down some windows !
Riding the day after and following sessions without fresh snow saw the humidity, cold, groomers, and chop to create a packed surface. And it became clear this board does not like to hold an edge. As well, the edge it does hold is pretty weak. This is not a carving board, if you know you are going to be in more than 4? of snow this is the board for that day, otherwise leave it at home.
07-08 Arbor Cadence Review
04 years ago
by Maggie
in Women's Snowboards
Arbor has a niche for high-quality, high-performance pieces of artwork and this board definitely belongs to the family.
The Cadence is a directional twin that holds an edge for all mountain riding and provides a solid and dependable ride. I found the board to be of medium stiffness, and not my preference for lots of jibbing, but was very pleased with it as a bomber board for trees, bumps and naturally-sculpted terrain. From the wood core to the wood inlaid topsheet, riding an arbor is like being one with nature. I adore the graphics/presentation and consider many of the Arbor boards I have seen to be some of the most intricate, hand-crafted jewels of snowboards ever constructed.
Arbor Snowboards and Rogue Status Collaborate on Limited edition, Mid-Season Release
04 years ago
by Press Release
in Industry News
Rogue Status, the controversial, pridefully non-conventional, “luxury goods brand†– and Arbor, the surf/skate/snow industry’s forerunner in the use of environmentally friendly, beneficial materials, announced today that they will release 333 specially designed and numbered snowboards – a collaborative, limited offering that will be sold exclusively through select Arbor and Rogue Status dealers in the US and Canada. (more…)
06-07 Arbor Abacus 160 Review
05 years ago
by Graham
in Men's Snowboards
The Arbor abacus is a great board for the intermediate/ advanced rider looking to push their skills to the next level. Unmatched durability and performance, this is your ultimate form follows function board. Break the mold, ride an Arbor! To learn more about Arbor’s sustainable materials and “green” business practices go to arborsports.com.
Keeping true to their roots Arbor has continued to build durable, quality boards of ecologically sustainable products. The goal from the beginning (1995) was “to do right by the planet” leaving the lightest ecological footprint possible. And in the process this small rider-minded company has advanced ahead of their times. The Arbor Abacus as an example utilizes a tapered-tail shape for a more fluid backseat ride. Some call it ‘surf-inspired.” I found the abacus to perform as good on groomer’s as it did in the Colorado backcountry with a stiff but consistent flex. I noticed a greater ability to land big cliff-huck's with this board’s unique shape creating amazing stability and control in out-of-control situations. Expect your stompability factor to increase ten-fold with this stick!
Arbor constructed the abacus with a full-length lacewood topsheet lending improved performance and an unbridled aesthetic exclusive to these boards. You can expect a sintered base with a Structurn finish to round it off. This unique technology gives the board’s base a golf ball-like pattern, essentially preventing a vacuum from forming between the snow’s surface and your base material. This translates to you accelerating past your friends on catwalks with a smooth and fluid ride. Top this off with a standard 2- year warranty and we are talking about your all-mountain, go anywhere one board quiver!