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Ride Kink Snowboard
You know what turns your crank—a durable park-slayer that won’t hook during your transitions and jibs. The Ride Kink Snowboard is totally into that. It is that, in fact, thanks to Ride’s Radial Blendz sidecut.
- Radial Blendz sidecut lengthens the blend zone from the sidecut to the tip for straight, true tracking
- Skate-inspired 85A Slimewalls use urethane to smooth interaction with snow, wood, and metal
- Graphics appear when the board gets cold, then fade when the board warms up so you can freak your buddies out
- Cleave Edge means 50% thicker steel edges (than standard) for durability and so you can de-tune without worry
- True, centered twin shape for riding switch
- We can't control what base color you'll get, but we're sure you'll be stoked no matter what
Bottom Line: Your smooth kink.
Leave your mark on The Wall.
Rail & Box Killer
By: Mr_Tidbit
August 12, 2009
Are late night jib sessions your primary focus? Do you hike one particular jib feature at your resort over and over until you get your trick dialed? Then the kink should be on your short list of boards to take care of your jibbing needs.
The Kink has a few features that are going to progress your jibbing sessions:
85A Slimewalls - First of all, they take a beating... so when you're hitting boxes, rails, tree stumps, etc.. you don't have to worry about cracking a sidewall. The slimewalls also flex more naturally with the rest of your board, so you have better feeling under foot. So setting up to spin on your heel or toe edge is much smoother because you have so much more feeling. Last, the naturally absorb vibration, so you'll find that a lot of the chatter you get while riding is absorbed in your sidewalls and you never feel it under foot.
Cleavedge - The metal edges on the board (along with all ride boards in the mobility lineup) are 50% thicker than a normal metal edge. You benefit from this because when you slide down a rail, your edge heats up.. then you pop off and land on cold snow which can occasionally cause your metal edge to crack. Having thicker edges on your board really helps prevent this and you being without a deck.
1500 Extruded base - This base takes a beating and is very easy to repair when you do get a base shot.
This is really one of the best rail boards on the market. If you're looking for the same feeling with Rocker, check out the Ride Crush as that board is just a lighter kink with Rocker. If you're looking for a more all around park deck that can still handle rails just as well make sure to look at the DH & Machete.
Lastly, if you're boot size is bigger than a 10.5 make sure you check out the wide model of the kink so you don't get toe drag.
Change me.
Research out-of-stock versions:
Tech Specs:
- Lengths:
- 147, 152, 155, 158cm
- Shape:
- Twin
- Effective edge:
- [152cm] 1208mm
- Waist width:
- [152cm] 25.2cm
- Sidecut radius:
- [152cm] 8.6m
- Stance width:
- 22in (55.9cm)
- Stance setback:
- Centered
- Core material:
- Foundation Tuned Core (wood)
- Base:
- Fusion 1500 extruded
- Recommended Use:
- Park, rail
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 1 Year
2 Comments Last Comment: October 31, 2009 by: JABOODYxROCKER
By: Chris
August 16, 2009
yo i got a question for you... im debating between the WWW and the Kink cause they are relatively the same in price. Which one do you think would be a better longer lasting choice?
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By: JABOODYxROCKER
October 31, 2009
I would get the K2 www because it has rocker. Plain and simple rocker is personaly far better than traditional camber. But, the Kink has slimewallz which is a huge plus and its cheaper. They are both really close, but i think the K2 WWW would be best for the long term because of rocker.
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