Staff Review
Dave here at the house, definitely one of the sicker twins I got in the shop here.
We're looking at the
Flow Era snowboard, obviously were going to start it off with the awesome iron maiden-like graphics. Super, super cool snowboard. This one is going to be rocking some reverse camber, some rocker to it. It's the rocker that I like too; the one where you stand on it and it goes completely flat. The benefit here to these kind of rockers is that your going to have full edge contact, full base contact when your 50-50ing on rails or if your at an icy hard packed sub flat base. You've got full contact, ready to rock.
From there they blend the side cut really nice on this one. It makes it less hooky than the some of the other kinked up rocker patterns can be. Just a really, really light weight high performance twin this thing is going to absolutely crush it anywhere on the mountain but definitely is going to be best suited for a free style rider, and a high end one at that.
From there side wall construction; now your going to see this on pretty much every snowboard out nowadays you have to have it to make snowboards durable and to give you better edge grip. Based on this one is their Optics 2000. It's basically an extruded base, but it actually does hold quite a bit of wax; doesn't require waxing quiet as much thought. Really kinda the best of both worlds in that one. You're looking at their Whiskey Royale construction on this one. They've got impact plates right below the snowboard bindings to protect the insert patterns and to take up the shock of that area that gets it a lot when your jumping.
From there it moves into a bi-axial glass. The snowboard is going to be torsionally forgiving. It's going to be softer flexing, not super soft though. One to ten scale I'm rocking this one probably about oh 3.5 or 4. Definitely can handle any kind of free style terrain.
Just a really, really versatile super fun well balance playful snowboard.
Flow Era snowboard. Yeah, Iron Maiden.
Description
Flow Era Snowboard 158
Tricks are for Twins. The Era, featuring EZDT sidecut, is designed around the I-ROCK rocker technology. This design offers added grip towards the nose and tail but still offers the freedom to press without folding your nose. The TruFlex core lets you get down with any natural or man made feature that stands in your way. With a skate inspired feel for the more park savvy savant, this is a new Era. Get on one and get down.
Key Features of Flow Era Snowboard 158cm:
- Whiskey Royale
- TruTwin
- I-ROCK
- EZDT Sidecut
- TruFlex Core
- Biax
- Optix 2000
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