You crack me the fuck up Avron. I feel the passion in these rants/reviews. I respect the hell out of you for picking a side, sticking with it, and putting a middle finger up to the shit that doesn't make sense. You can all say what you want about Avron, but he deserves nothing but respect because he doesn't pull punches and is brutally honest when he needs to be. He does what he does for all of us, and I deeply appreciate that.
This channel deserves soooo much more subscribers and credit, unfortunately a very underrated channel. I find this the best snowboard channel on RU-vid… seriously it should have more subscribers. Angry Snowboarder is really professional and provides useful snowboard info to my opinion. And he's honest!!
ha ha I’m 6’2 and first board I bought was 2006 Salomon Driver 163 with 47EU (13US) Salomon boots - i bought it used because it was cheap and it was a set with boots for really good price. I normally ride 44 and in most cases 156w - but I was short in money, didn’t know if I actually will even snowboarding in future or I will learn few days and leave it for good. Luckily I really liked snowboarding, I learned on this board how to carve, ride switch and all the other basics, all this in 2 numbers overs-sized boots 😂. Now I ride boards from 151 to 159, and 151 was not a wide version - yeah i know it was a stretch and my weight overpowered it, but I actually liked feeling how short it was, just in softer snow had to be careful with carving, it was my son’s board and occasionally I rode on it just for fun :). Great Top5 combo Avran 👏!
Oh man, thank you so much for bashing sizing by height!!! Simple physics, the board can’t tell how tall you are, it can only feel the force applied to it (mostly weight…)
Now this is what I’m talking about haha!! This is the Angry Snowboarder we don’t deserve, but the one we need lol! Happy new year man, love the content and the banter ✌️
I’m a former stevens employee and still ride there a ton, it’s heartbreaking what Vail has done to that mountain. At first I was pretty stoked on the epic pass because it meant my stevens season pass got me 10 days at Whistler too, but this year less than half the mountain is open! Vail actually did raise wages but they eliminated most of the employee housing which made it possible to live and work at the mountain comfortably. Now I’ve heard most employee housing is in Wenatchee, over 1.5 hours away. It’s totally fucked
@@AngrySnowboarder ha they got banned from using it years ago I recall by the FS. The Yodelin building got condemed tho 💀 a lot of the housing is basically what would normally be airBnBs in the summer
Even though they raised the wage it needs to be higher for stevens pass due to the housing. The mcdonalds in Sultan pays the same or more. My girlfriend is a liftie at Stevens and it's a labor of love for her. If it wasn't for my job it wouldn't be feasible. I love subsidizing a multi billion dollar company.
More like Butthose. He's promotion on his "sponsored" goggles are gonna get some beginners killed in their first black run on an overcast day. True evil if you ask my opinion.
I work 2nd shift and have a season pass for a local mountain and the Ikon Base Pass. My local mountain may not be the biggest mountain but has night skiing every single day.
As a pretty short woman, I have no choice but to ride a snowboard that’s a bit longer than what I’m “supposed” to ride. I’ve been fine with my snowboard. So yes, height being the main way to size your snowboard needs to go out the window. Also, Steven’s pass situation sucks. Mt baker, here I come
I will admit, was a big snowboard pro camp follower. The guy tries on so many boots from Burton to 32 to Salomon, back to 32. Then makes an announcement that Vans are the most comfortable boot EVER!!!! Than, out of nowhere with no explanation, "hey I only ride Adidas Sambas and you should too"!!! I lost respect to this channel after this. Clearly he got paid to switch boots. Keep up the great work Avran !!! Love your unbiased opinion, review and knowledge!!!!!! Keep the Stoke alive
On this note, Vans have been the poorest quality boot I’ve ever ridden lmao. Figured I’d try their most expensive boot out cause I have an employee discount, the BOA knobs popped off after riding them for maybe 6 days.
Snowboard pro camp has some of the worst\wrong riding instruction ever. I know…speaking as a 30 year rider and 8 season AASI Level 2 instructor. I teach advance snowboarding for local colleges. Stay away from nearly all RU-vid “snowboard coaches” most have bad to meh form and have even worse instruction.
Really feeling the housing price increase. Live near snow town in Australia, and prices have gone up 30%+ in 2 years I've been here(currently renting). Season just gone, staff accommodation was getting pretty hard to find. Most owners just want air bnb for the extra cash. What's going to happen when there's no one to run the lifts? Won't get any bookings with closed resorts. Covid had also had a large impact with it. So many people realising they can work from home now, and moving to remote areas. Going to be interesting to see what happens when our lease is up.
I was thinking of doing the winder season at Thredbo/Perisher. I currently live in St George area in Sydney. Do you think it's worth it? Does the resort help finding accommodation?
@@Andytheevien there have already been people looking for accommodation. I believe perisher has more staff accommodation to go around, but that I've heard, Thredbo is much better to work for. Again, just that I've heard, as I haven't worked for them personally, but all that I have spoken to say perisher are shit to work fir sine Vale took over. Start looking for accommodation now if you're coming down. There are a few groups on Facebook for it.
Vail bought our hometown resort (Stowe) a couple of years ago. Don’t know what’s worse, the EPIC pass Jerry patrol or the COVID refugees moving here from Mass, buying skinning set-ups & skinning their asses up the middle of the trail… bad snow year so far, but the fist of EPIC is real. Stowe will never be the same.
Dude! I just recently stumbled across your channel. And I really like the reviews. But your rants are so funny! Now I keep scrolling through your videos looking for the videos like this one! And I agree with the switch rant. Twin/ direction twin or strait directional. It really doesn't matter. I suck at switch on all of those. So it really doesn't matter.
Hey, i love that you bring up supporting companies who support the snowboarding community. I’m ready to upgrade my snowboard wardrobe soon. I was wondering if you could reply to this comment (or maybe even do a video) with the top brands that, in your opinion, do the best job of giving back. Thanks again! Love your content!
Structure on premium boards. He’s right on about Ride, K2 and especially Capita. I’ve owned all of those specifically for this reason. The most drool worthy part of a Black Snowboard of Death is it’s base, seriously. I briefly considered the E Jack knife until I saw the base was not only unstructured, but not even sintered. F that. Inexcusable for a $600+ board.
This is why I am a huge fan of marhar. They are overbuilt for what they charge. Plus, the bases are amazing. They hold wax better than Burton. I will say that I still love my dom, but my lumberjack is an amazing all around snowboard. I was going to buy a new board after last season, but stuck with it because it has held up. I have the first edition of it, and it is still doing the job. Plus, I'm happy to support a real snowboard company run by snowboarders. Definitely the best in my opinion for big footers. If you prefer camber then go for the ljx.
On point with every one of these. People pointed this all out back when Snowboarding was becoming a mainstream sport and now it's all come true (apart from the rolled pant's, god knows where that came from). Good 5hit always gets ruined when it gets popular.
i have terible pains on my metatarsial so i always play with my boots BOA, here the runs are 4 mins max so my pants are on the way so i put them in the middle under the BOA... never knew this was a trend though...nobody does it here and i believe it will be here in couple of years as trends come from US later on
Bought the 2022 Jones MT after coming from a hard charging board for a more easier ride, Rule 1 couldn´t apply more for this board and the sizing from them is excellent. Looking to ride it this season and then maybe add a Capita Mega Merc to the lot. Keep up the good content Avran.
Is this what you mean ? : structurally reinforced snowboard comprising upper and lower reinforcing components positioned at upper and lower surface regions of the snowboard. The upper and lower reinforcing components have reinforcing strip portions which are vertically aligned with one another. You help make us better snowboarders
THANK YOU!!! So accurate. All your points. You sound like me. Grew up riding Stevens pass, lived at the summit for 5 years which there is no town, just shred. When I heard the news that Vail bought it, I got a pass elsewhere predicting what would happen. My community there are suffering. The lucky ones have gotten out. My Pops just got off the phone with me, he and his friend left by 11am yesterday because it was such a shit show
I have a bit of a bias when it comes to Vail Resorts. Being a military member, and especially over the past few years , our discount rate on the Epic pass is absolutely insane. It takes 1-2 days of riding to pay our pass off. Really worked out well when I spent 5 years in the NE and could ride VT mountains that Vail bought out, and now being back out west. I come from the time of support local and small, but given my current job, Epic/Vail has been amazing!
@@AngrySnowboarder I just avoid weekends and holidays at all cost. Paying sub 200 for a year pass, and covering numerous resorts outweighs the shit out of waiting in line. Even at smaller resorts out west, you might get lucky to spend $60+ per day. So my 3 days at a Vail owned resort is still paying this off, and having a lot more terrain to ride. Pow days are the only concern for the lines on my days, I know the risk, and fully understand the monopoly that is being taken place, but for the military members scoring access to such a great discount, the time is worth the money.
Can't agree more with the structured bases I was surprised how nice the Scott Stevens Pro base was. Also there's an insane amount of boards that are only extruded or sintruded in the $500 range, not a fan of those. Womens boards especially gotta up the base quality too.
Totally agree about Vail...they bought a few of my local resorts here in DC region and VAIL'd it up and both are always crowded on weekends and just doesn't have the same vibes they did before. Sucks they killed a whole town tho....thats really got to suck for locals. Love the vids and the blunt straightness. Keep it up.
I live in the PNW and the only thing worse than the lines at Stevens Pass is the traffic jam on the way home. It takes 2-3 times as long to get home if you get stuck in that 4pm Saturday traffic on highway 2.
Pants rolled up. Hahhaha. Second that one. What do you think about whoever bought A-basin think it will change the mt? was thinking about maybe going there in the spring. heard their park didn't have many jumps that right? all rails/boxes?
It was bought by Alterra pending DOJ approval, right now it's running how it normally does. If you're going to go there to ride park just go to Mammoth instead.
Would love to see a top 5 snowboard lessons RU-vidr/RU-vid channel. Curious who you recommend. Also would love to see top 5 worst channels just for the smoke but trying to be positive
Love watching you Avron. So many channels now that spew out wack ass info 😂. I just revisited your boot fitting playlist after buying some new boots…. FUCKING GOLD!! Please make more educational videos like that. I know you don't get many views on those type of videos but its so invaluable and its for the people that really care. Thanks!
Ah yes the legend of landing on knuckles on kiddie jumps. The legend of waving his body around and doing counter intuitive movements. Legend of riding into an avy bomb zone because his entitlement will protect him. He's a legend at being a kook.
Smaller board because the snow is lighter - meaning less snowfall / less pow less volume required for float. Or you mean lighter as in consistency of the snow (colder lighter v wetter heavier maritime for example?
Hell yeah! The switch comment got me haha. I got a ride super pig and didn’t think I could do it until I, you know…tried harder. Getting better at it but definitely is not the boards fault.
Watching from Australia here. Mt Hotham is my local and we live at the bottom of the hill, 30 minute drive to lift. Vail resorts bought up and no more discounts for locals on season tickets or resort entry. Shitty management means fewer locals find it worthwhile to work on the mountain. Many lift operators were older locals doing it only in return for a season but Vail stopped that.
Right on. The height thing is dumb, I have a 158W (the "correct size for my height").. and two 150s (a $40 ebay K2 ex-rental beater and a Rossignol I bought recently as a very considered purchase after watching your reviews - thank you). What I ride depends on what I where I am, the conditions, what I feel like that day, etc. The quality gear thing is true. I buy good stuff from companies that know the sport, and in addition to performing well, it lasts and lasts. People I know with cheap shit are having a bad time using it, and then replacing it when it falls apart a year later. False economy really. And I also see the creeping change that's pricing employees out. The big conglomerates are really getting their teeth into the mountains - they've figured out that the lift tickets and passes are just whatever the market will bear, for better or worse (mainly worse for ordinary people I guess), but the wage issue needs to be dealt with immediately or the whoie thing is untenable.
Hahah! This list! 100%. Why I left 13 years ago. But think about how why the term “liveable” wage. Start using “thriveable” wage instead. Why should one be content with just living when they can thrive!
I recently just tried out a never summer Proto slinger and really liked it. After watching this video i am reconsidering buying it. Does anybody have any comparable models from other companies they recommend.
My wife bought a pair of outdoormasters googles... She didn't know any better and I wasn't there to stop her. At least I know what to buy her for Christmas next season.
The only boards I've bought that had a proper agressive stone ground structure in them are Ride and Option (yeah, it was a while ago). SO FAST compared to the regular belt finish.
@@Minwary no I haven't. Just giving an example of how rare it seems to be. Currently have a ride, endeavor, nitro, rome, and wired. Have ridden probably 10 other brands and only those 2 had strone grinds, it's way too rare even for $6-700 boards considering how well it makes them ride.
I just had a grind put into a 20 year old burton(my first board) and I’m kind of psyched to run it again. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know structure was a thing until recently.
Ever since Afton alps in MN got bought buy Vail/Epic, the quality and authenticity of that hill slowly degraded. Lot of locals who skied the place when it was a mom and pop shop are not happy
Wildcat in NH was truly an old school mountain only a local could love. Until Vail bought it and didn't blow snow and deferred maintenance on a lift that fell off and sent a dude to the hospital with broken ribs.
Hey Avran, love this top 5 I have watched it a few times now. I have been watching a couple of Fuckhouses videos the past couple of days because he was out on the East Coast riding some of my local mountains, watching him try to ride on the ice is comical he is literally about to fall down the entire time in the videos. He is without a doubt king of the kooks never knows what he’s talking about and riding on a bullshit blank snowboard and with bullshit googles! Love your videos and your extensive knowledge of the industry and products, you have helped me out on most of my snowboard purchases, thank you for what you do!
The closest resort to me (2 hours away) is seven springs and after watching this it makes me very happy that Vail sold seven springs to the nutting family.
I dig the list. Currently boycotting my local Schweitzer mtn. after their’ Vail buyout/sellout. If don’t mind, I’ve got a gear question…I’m looking for a board to bomb the mountain in firmer conditions. The board would be paired with my 154 K2 Excavator. Suggestions?
The only reason I've been able to get away with not having my boards structured at a shop is probably because I've lucked out and selected boards that came with structured bases. I have Capita boards and a couple DCs.... they all have structure. My switch thoughts: you def. CAN ride switch on a non-twin. But for me, I literally ride both ways equal time, 50-50, so I like to have a twin simply to BEST facilitate that. At this point I wouldn't know which of my stances to even call "swich." But of course switch is possible on other boards as you say.
