2011 DC PBJ Snowboard Review

By Published On: April 23rd, 20110 Comments

The DC PBJ. One thing that you guys may be noticing about all of these new Dc boards, is that they don’t have the traditional DC logo on the bottom, or basically on the top. Do you guys know why? Hit the blogs, find out. I’m not going to tell you here – have some fun researching. I love the new graphic – it’s big, it’s bold…whatever. The PBJ is a anti-camber board. It’s flat pretty much on the inside of where your bindings are going to go, and has a 6mm rise from the flat spot to the nose and  to the tail. The stance, you can max this thing out at 25, you probably won’t have to t-bolt this thing. Inside this core, it’s called the Stratus core. It’s 100% vertical laminates of poplar wood, and it also has a camber core so even though this an anti-camber board, the core shape inside is actually camber. DC PBJ Anti amber SnwobaordIt gives it a little bit more pop, it makes it a little bit more snappy and responsive. Inside you also find the core sandwiched by ex-fiberglass, so it’s going to be two sandwiches on the top and on the bottom two pieces of fiberglass woven throughout this baby. One of the cool features about this new DC PBJ board is the Structurn base. Can you guys see that? So you guys know that golf balls have dimples on them to reduce friction in the air. Well this base also has that same thing. There’s pretty much little dimples that reduces water friction and just friction in general when you’re riding on the snow. It doesn’t matter if you’re riding in parks or pow or ice, here in the Midwest that’s what I ride a lot. The Structurn base is a pretty cool base, it’s going to stay fast. The flex is a 6, right in the middle, or a little bit stiffer than in the middle, and this baby comes with OneBallJay factory wax, so you know once you mount your bindings on this thing it’s going to be fast off the bat. The DC PBJ – Fun, buttery, jibby…come enjoy it.

If there’s one color scheme that tells people you mean business it’s black on black. The DC PBJ is a mean-lookin’ stick that lands right in the middle of DC’s flex rating system with a 5/10. The PBJ features an anti-camber shape that’s flat between the binders and raises off the snow ever-so-slightly as it runs towards the nose and tail.

 

The PBJ has a camber core, however, so on the inside she’s all old-fashioned which gives it great pop and keep it super light. The base on this board is dimpled like your grade-school crush to reduce friction and comes straight from the factory with a One Ball Jay wax so it’s ready to rock.

 

The PBJ is Aaron Biitner’s board of choice, and he even has his own pro model colorway of it. All of the sizes and colors are great for an all-around park board, and it comes in 144, 149, 153, 157, 155w, and 159w. -EM

 

 

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