Endeavor Scout Snowboard Review

Who is the Scout Most Suited To?

The Scout is a great option for anyone looking for a powder board for their quiver that isn't too stiff and one that can also carve well on hard groomers, when the powders all tracked. 

Could be a daily driver/quiver-of-one type board depending no your style. If you see a lot of powder, prioritize powder and otherwise mostly just carve up the groomers and like something around that mid-flex level, then it could work as your daily driver - but otherwise it's a good little powder-that-can-carve addition to your quiver. 

Not for beginners, but something that an intermediate rider would be fine on - so a great option as a freeride board for an intermediate rider. 

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 560mm (22″) 

Stance Setback: Setback 50mm

Width at Inserts: 275mm (10.83") at front insert and 268mm (10.55") at back insert

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 185lbs

Rider Boot Size: US10 Vans Aura

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M 

Weight: 3100g

Weight per cm: 19.87 grams/cm

Average Weight per cm: 18.45 grams/cm*

*based on a small sample size of 51 boards that I've weighed in 2019 and 2020 models. The Scout is quite a bit heavier than normal. However, it is quite a wide board for it's length. I imagine the weight per surface area might still be on the heavier side but not as much as the weight per length suggests. Ideally that would be the measure but surface area is a rarely published spec.  

Powder

Unfortunately didn't get much in the way of fresh snow to test it in, but felt good in the small amount I got. 

And the specs are well suited to powder - good surface area, rockered nose, setback, and some taper. 

Would particularly like to get this board in powder in the trees, given how nimble it is too. 

Carving & Turning

Carving: Surprised me how good this was for carving - but then again there is a fair bit of camber, so shouldn't have been that much of a surprise. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Nice and nimble at slow speeds 

Skidded Turns: Not what I would call easy to skid turns on but also not super hard, either. 

Speed

Decently stable at speed, without being an out and out bomber. Limited to how good at speed it is, being mid-flex, but for it's flex it handled speed well. 

Uneven Terrain

Was fine in crud and was really good for bumpy uneven terrain, going over or weaving in between. Was a fun board in the trees - even though it was quite hard in there - would love to get it in the trees on a powder day. 

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Jumps

Pop:  Decent pop. Not massively explosive, but decent - and easy enough to access. 

Approach: A nice mixture of stable and nimble for approaches. 

Landing: Nice and solid on landings - good camber and wide landing platform - and also forgiving enough too. 

Side-hits: Enjoyed it more on side hits than I was expecting. Not super explosive, but decent enough pop and was good for setting up for trickier approaches.

Small jumps/Big Jumps: Good for small. Sweet spot is probably medium and can handle large jumps fine too. 

Switch

Not the weirdest I've ridden switch that's for sure. Definitely doable, but not ideal, of course. 

Spins

Wasn't too difficult to get spins around and overall was OK. Landing/taking off swithc for 1s, 5s etc wasn't ideal, but overall OK. 

Jibbing

OK, but not great. Definitely not what it's designed for though. 

Butters

Not easy to butter on but not overly hard either. Middle of the road. Pressing felt different off tail vs nose of course too. 

Overall, the Scout is a nice nimble semi-short/wide board that is most suited to powder, but for a powder board it's a great little carver too - so a great option for powder days, when you want to also carve up some groomers too. 

Also a nice accessible freeride option for intermediate riders or just anyone wanting a slightly more easy going freeride option to the big burly stiff options.