This 2017 Ride snowboards overview will cover the snowboards in Ride’s lineup for the 2016-17 season and which category I think they belong in.
Some of the boards in the line-up will belong to more than 1 category.
Ride has 13 different men’s boards and 5 women’s boards for the 2016-17 season plus a few different kids/youth boards.
Ride has a board that fits into most categories (as I’ve defined them).
If you’re not sure which category best describes how you like to ride, check out the following article:
>>What Style of Snowboarder are You?
Beginner Boards
All of the beginner boards below are also in other categories.
Men’s
- Ride Agenda (see full review)
- Ride Crook
- Ride Manic
Women’s
- Ride Rapture
- Ride Compact
Jib/Street Boards
Men’s
- Ride Kink
Freestyle/Park Boards
Men’s
- Ride Kink
- Ride Crook
- Ride Agenda (see full review)
Women’s
- Ride Rapture
All-Mountain-Freestyle Boards
Men’s
- Ride Machete
- Ride Warpig
Women’s
- Ride Hellcat
- Ride Saturday
- Ride Compact
Aggressive All-Mountain-Freestyle Boards
Men’s
- Ride Machete GT (see full review)
- Ride Helix
- Ride Burnout
Women’s
- Ride OMG
All-Mountain Boards
Men’s
- Ride Wild Life
- Ride Manic
Aggressive All-Mountain Boards
Men’s
- Ride Berzerker
Freeride Boards
Men’s
- Ride Timeless
Powder Boards
Men’s
- Ride Alter Ego
Ride Youth & Kid’s Boards
- Ride Lil’ Helix (138cm to 146cm)
- Ride Machete Jr (130cm to 148cm)
- Ride Lowride (90cm to 130cm)
- Ride Blush (90cm to 130cm)
Thanks for reading
So, that’s Ride’s 2016-17 line-up by category. Hopefully this gives a clearer picture of the boards they have on offer for this season and the categories they fit under.
There’s a men’s Ride board for every category (at least the categories that I go by). There are less options for their women’s boards (which is typically the case) but they do still cover a number of different categories.
If you know the type of snowboard that you’re looking for, check out more boards from that category at the link below. The page at the link has a list of my top snowboards for 2016-17 for each category listed above.
>>Snowboards Top 10’s lists
Hi Nate,
Thanks for a great and informative website, I’m looking into getting my first board and feel I’ve learned a lot from your posts.
I’ve been boarding for a couple of years, always on hire boards but want to get my own to improve on and would really appreciate your advice. I’m 6’4, weight about 85kg and have a 10.5-11 boot size. My most recent outings have been on boards about 160w, I’ve mainly been on groomed pistes but have been trying to move onto more powder runs and trying some park stuff. I guess that all sounds pretty general and might not be a great help…
I’m posting here as a couple of the sticks I’ve been looking at are the ride Machete and Manic. Other options I’ve looked at are the Burton Process Flying V and Yes basic. What are your thoughts on how these compare for what I’ve described? I think the Manic and Basic are maybe lower end and I know they have extruded bases which don’t tend to be as fast, how noticeable is the difference with this? I think my preference is leaning towards the Machete or possibly the Process. I’ve seen the Machete being described as for more advanced riders, not sure I’m quite there yet but this is what I want to progress towards.
Thanks in advance,
Don
Hi Don
Thanks for your message. Sounds like you want to be able to do a bit of everything. In which case I would suggest an all-mountain board. They tend to be able to do a bit of everything without specializing in any areas – a good choice if you just want one board and want to be able to do a bit of everything. A good choice usually for either the all-rounder who only wants one board or an intermediate rider that’s still figuring out their preferred style. And since you’re already getting out onto some powder and into the park, it sounds like you’re heading down the all-rounder path.
The Manic and the Process FLying V are what I would consider to be all-mountain boards, whereas the Basic and the Machete are all-mountain freestyle boards – the only downside to all-mountain freestyle boards are that they don’t tend to be the best in powder – but they will generally be better than all-mountain boards when it comes to riding switch and jumps.
I would say that the Manic is a more lower end board (if you take budget brands out of the picture but still better than budget brands) and the Basic is a lower end price but still pretty good quality – though you are right that it does have an extruded base. This is slower than a sintered base (but also requires less waxing).
Out of the boards you’ve mentioned, I think that the Process Flying V would be your best choice, unless you ride in hard/icy conditions a lot – it’s not quite as good in those conditions. In terms of size I think that something in the 159 to 162 range would work well for you. In terms of width, you’re on that cusp of wide and regular widths – depending on the board. For the Process Flying V you’ve actually got a few options. You could go 159W (260mm waist width) or even the 159 regular (255mm waist width) – I think you would fit on that. Or you could go to the 162cm (257mm waist).
Whether you go to 162 or 159 would depend. There are pros and cons to going longer and shorter. Shorter will feel a bit more nimble, a little quicker edge-to-edge and better for spins and for riding switch. Longer will give you better float in powder and more stability at speed and a little better edge hold. Shorter will be a little bit easier to ride and longer will be a bit more challenging at first.
The Machete is probably intermediate and up, whereas the other 3 are beginner and up – IMO.
But if you want some more all-mountain options – assuming that’s what you’re after – check out the link below. I’ve also put in a link for some other all-mountain freestyle options.
~ My Top 10 All Mountain Snowboards
~ My Top 5 All-Mountain Freestyle Snowboards
Hope this helps and gives you something more to go off – let me know if there’s anything else that you’re interested in and I can let you know if I think it would be a good fit.