The Salomon Ultimate Ride is new for 2017 and has been designed by professional snowboarder, Bode Merrill.
It's a true twin freestyle board with a 'Quad Camber' hybrid profile which Salomon claim to be more forgiving than a traditional camber, whilst still retaining an element of the pop. We certainly found this to be the case as well as being very responsive, but, we found it difficult to initiate a high speed big carve in the softer spring like snow conditions we were faced with - the board felt as if it needed to be a bit longer to be able to hold the edge well.
We feel the Ultimate Ride should not be pigeon holed as simply a freestyle snowboard, as it is more all-mountain suited than that. Good at higher speeds, with Salomon's Gunslinger Sidewalls soaking it all up for shock absorption and handling uneven terrain well. We also had great fun in the Spring powder as it gave excellent float.
This is not a jib stick and not suited for park rats or urban street riders that hit the rails all day, but is a powerful weapon on park style kickers, with great pop and forgiveness for sketchy landings, as well as holding an edge superbly for the pipe enhanced by Salomon's Quadralizer sidecuts.
