Hey it’s been awhile I just wanted to say thanks to Avran and Kevin for their reviews and hope they continue to make content. This channel didn’t make me any better at snowboarding but a slightly better snowboarder atleast
Well I did it, bought another board, a Benchwarmer. Someday the madness will end, maybe. Back in the day the Helix was my daily, loved it, ran over a few skiers, couldn't really butter that thing.
You’re a better reviewer than me so I’ll save my two cents and leave it at this: this board rips, best park board I’ve ever owned (as a jump leaning rider).
Hey man, thanks for the review, very helpful! I've been eyeballing the benchwarmer for some time as a camber park board that carves well (around 50/50 park/ all mountain freestyle). I'm stuck between this or the capita indoor survival. The Benchwarmer looks to be a better fit for all mountain but is probably overkill in the park for my current level (no beginner by any means but not throwing quad corks corks either). Would greatly appreciate if you could give me your thoughts on that
Hi Avran, I like to carve a lot on mellow slope, but I also enjoy doing a little butter and 360s, and sometimes pow when theres fresh snow, should I buy the excavator or super pig? I appreciate your advice!
Would the 157W be a good replacement for my 157MW Nitro Beast? I am 200 lbs size 9.5 boot. I charge hard on groomers with the occasional large natural features.
could a female rider handle the Benchwarmer in size 142 as an all mountain-carving board? Found one used to a great prize, debating buying. (122lbs, boot size 6)
Looks like a great deck and nicely done review. I'd asked this in a follow up on the Twinpig review, but as far as volume shifted boards go do you find there are specific bits of engineering that separate them from wide boards or could you jump on the wide version of this and get the same effect?
I got the twinpig as a gift. Very stable, good before and after jumps. But doesn’t go very fast. Stiff is only 1. The wide shift volume makes the board stay flat longer than others boards. I can’t stay flat too long on my gnu board, had the use the edge more to avoid uneven surface. The gnu does turn fast with the lib technology.
@@wizardng Yeah I have had mine a couple months now and really like it. I was more asking Avran about if there is that much difference between a board designed as volume shifted vs. a shorter version of a deck but wide. Say instead of riding a 158 you go with the same in 154 wide is that similar enough to what they are doing with purpose built volume shifted decks?
Hello Snowboard Reviewer of the internet. I stumbled one of your posts from 2008 about Intuition liners and how you put them in all your boots. Has this changed or are you still an Intuition liner user. If you are, what would you recommend? Specifically for a Vans boot and for someone whose feet tend to splay out (wide feet).
Have you seen next years Ride Shadowban and do you have any thoughts on it/plan on testing it? Looks like an algorithm but with a ride zero core which sounds really fun, or it’s just the previous alogorithm and they decided to beef up the existing algorithm but I can’t tell
Will a size 159 be ok for a rider between 175-183lbs? Mainly All mountain freestyle with some park riding. I currently ride a 154 Shadowban, which is a great size, but might lack in powder.
Sure, meaning go for it, or sure because you don't really recommend it. Your board size was 154 for this reviw, but you're usually on longer boards than this. So I'm concerned the 159 might just be too much board for my weight.
Interesting you've never reviewed Nitro Team Pro, really keen to hear your thoughts on it especially that I don't have a chance to demo... If possible, love to hear your advice on Ride Benchwarmer vs Nitro Team Pro for an all mountain daily driver (I am determined to get a true camber this time as daily drive, fell in love with true came for the past few seasons). I don't do park, I butter only a little. Perfecting the turns, carving and venture off piste is where my interest lies. Local terrain rarely has any pow, most of the time uneven, bit icy at the start of the season, gets into slush towards the end.
@@AngrySnowboarder hmmm, love true camber though, the clean edge and the precision and the pop, so quite determined to get a true camber daily driver. Rode benchwarmer before, was good, but wrong size, so felt can't push it too hard. Have high hopes for Nitro Team Pro, but can't demo. Any recommendations?
@@AngrySnowboarder Thank you so much! What would you recommend in the range of true camber directional board then? Was thinking about that, but local resort can get quite icy, many narrow tracks, and often over populated for weekend warriors like me, thought to keep it versatile by going for something less stiff yet still long effective edge (have Burton Custom X, nice, but painful when slowed down, lack of nimblness in crowd and slow speed turns). Current daily driver is a camber dominant rcr on stiff side with serated edge, was and still supposed to be right, but once on camber, feels like there is no going back, I constantly miss that clean edge, precise and stable feel...
Yo! Do you remember the Capita Totally F'kn Awesome (2012)? Feels like a comparable board from you description. But maybe I´m just weak when trying to butter the TFA :)
Well you didn’t really miss much, it’s cambered (a lot), it’s heavy, dead damp and playfull like a bus. But it’s super stable and crushes anything in it’s path! A true rocket 🚀 And the 159 that I ride has a skier on it 👍😆
