Equipment

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lonerider wrote:
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I found an another board, I think I'm gonna go for this one. Palmer
Ride 160 with same shoes and same bindings. I liked it. Any
suggestions? Should I buy this?

I was unable to find any information on the internet about a "Palmer
Ride", there is no mention of such a model on the current Palmer
snowboards website either. Can you double check on the board name, also
what about it did you like? Did you get a chance to demo it?


I am sorry, it is a Palmer Burn 160. I mixed things up I did not get
a chance to demo it. I've heard that Palmer is a good board
manufacturer and the specs looked good to me and read couple stuff from
internet. I've read that it is a Freestyle board that will go well at
high speeds. Anyway, I only know a liitle about boards.

Do you have any opinions about this board. I'll appreciate your help.

Palmer is a good brand and the Burn looks like a good board. However,
the board is still a freestyle board, it might be better at high speeds
compared to some other freestyle boards, but a freeride board is going
to be better for all-around riding and if you plan on doing more
all-round riding, you should get an all-around board. Within Palmer's
lineup I would recommend the freeride models the CarbonCircle2 158 or
Honey Circle2 158 because they have sidecut radii greater than 8. The
Burn 160 has one of like 7.6m - if you are going to be doing a lot of
tricks I think it will be a really fun board... otherwise you might
consider something else.

That is just my opinion.