Description Like a surfboard for big wave, mountain riding.
Ok, so it’s no fun to ride this board in moguls.
But even in crud, just point this monster down the hill. For speed, more speed, and a powerful f...
Summary: Quite a good board in deep snow and holds quite well on steep runs, just let it ride for you and turn it gently in the podwer.
This board needs long runs although as it requires long anles to turn at high speed.
Not very suitable for tight runs where fast moves are needed.
This board has a week ability to turn forward on prepared slopes of harder snow due to its long nose and lack of rigidity I ended on my knees.
This board has to be your second board linked to another more nervous and more rigid one.
Strengths: Very confortable board in deep snow.
Very gentle.
Easy to ride.
Weaknesses: Not made at all for hard snow.
Slightly to soft, could be more rigid.
Similar Products Used: Slalom boards : Mistral Ecstasy and F2
Border cross board : Palmer Titanium
Review Date February 9, 2000
Overall Rating 1 of 5
Value Rating 1 of 5
Visitors rate this review 3.67 of 5,
3 votes
Reviewed by: Chris Major(Unregistered User)
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, from Avon, CO, USA
Favorite place to ride: Vail/Beaver Creek
Riding Style: All Mountain/ Freeride
Product Year: 1999
Summary: This board is the worst dog that I have ever ridden. Even in powder it performs poorly compared to regular boards. The Undertaker has a negligible side-cut, so you must skid it on packed terrain to turn it, but the real disappointment is its powder performance... True, the standard, rear weighted stance will have you floating, but with so much board length/weight in front (not really needed to float), you have to muscle it around like an ocean liner. For powder, just move your bindings all the way back on your regular board and go.
One telling example of the poor design of the Undertaker is that the overly long nose begins to curve inwards towards the tip before it curves upward off the snow, so that when travelling a cat walk at slow speeds, the inward curving edge tends to push the board in the opposite direction of the sidecut!
Of all the pros in all the photo shoots on Alaskan heli trips, how many of them do you see riding dedicated powder boards? None. Guess why!
Strengths: None!
Weaknesses: Works in powder and on groomers, but not as well as a regular shaped board.
Similar Products Used: K2 Eldorado 164 for ski-descents,
Sims T-Sims 159 for resort all mountain,
Burton Johann for early season groomers/ice.
Review Date January 24, 2000
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5,
1 votes
Reviewed by: mike murray(Unregistered User)
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Advanced
, from stratton,vt 05155
Favorite place to ride: stratton-not favorite,close
Riding Style: All Mountain/ Freeride
Product Year: 1999
Summary: great second board if you can find one. like no other ever.
Strengths: PERFECT FOR POWDER, holds on ice and groom. very quick on turns. nice for landing big air. I have even been known to take it in the pipe and run boardercross with it!
Weaknesses: one directional, although on groom can be ridden backwards.
this is not what this deck was designed for anyway, but snowboarders never tend to do things a little different...
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