Never Summer Easy Rider Review

Hello and welcome to my Never Summer Easy Rider review.

In this review, I will take a look at the Easy Rider as an all-mountain-freestyle snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Easy Rider a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other all-mountain-freestyle snowboards.

Overall Rating

Board: Never Summer Easy Rider

Price: $689

Style: All-Mountain-Freestyle

Flex Rating: Medium (5/10)

Flex Feel on Snow: Medium (6/10)

Rating Score: 87.2/100

Compared to other Men’s All-Mountain-Freestyle Boards

Of the 33 current model all-mountain freestyle snowboards that we tested:

❄️ The Easy Rider ranked 8th out of 33

Overview of the Easy Rider's Specs

Check out the tables for the Easy Rider's specs and available sizes.

Specs

* the 152, 153X and 160 are all new sizes as of the 2025 model

Who is the Easy Rider Best Suited To?

The Easy Rider is most suited to anyone who wants a versatile mid-flexing board that can do a bit of everything well. Particularly well suited to those who incorporate freestyle into their riding, but can work for a predominantly groomer rider too. 

Not great for powder, but doable, and for everything else, it doesn't show any real weaknesses, IMO. 

Not for a beginner, but suitable for anyone from intermediate to expert levels, if it's the type of board that suits their riding style or fits in their quiver. 

The Easy Rider in More Detail

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 21.5" (545mm)

Stance Setback: Centered

Width at Inserts: 264mm (10.4") 

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 180lbs 

Rider Boot Size: US9.5 Adidas Response ADV

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M 

Weight: 6lbs 8oz (2960 grams)

Weight per cm: 18.85 grams/cm

Average Weight per cm: 18.71 grams/cm*

*based on a sample size of around 250 models that I’ve weighed in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 models. So the Never Summer was very close to average - and felt that way when testing. 

Powder

Was a little better than I though it'd be in powder. I had some good areas, especially higher on the mountain to hit some powder, and I was a little surprised. Still not epic in powder or anything - and never going to be as a twin, centered board, but doable with some back leg burn. 

Carving & Turning

Carving: Found that it held carves nicely at moderately fast speeds, without washing out. Was better on a carve than I expected. 

Ease of Turning/Slashing: To start with I felt it wasn't as easy as I was expecting to initiate turns and slash, but as I got used to it, it got easier. Was certainly easier in softer snow. Not quite as easy as my control board still though (Lib Tech Terrain Wrecker)

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Again, to begin with found it not amazing in terms of quick turns at slower speeds, but as I got used to it and got a feel for how it liked to turn it ended up being really decent. 

Catchiness: Apart from one area where the tail felt catchy when I was trying to do quick, short, sharp turns at slow speeds, it wasn't too catchy. Very very subtly had that feeling of wanting to pull you to flat when on edge, if you weren't putting enough weight/pressure over the edges, but it was very subtle. 

Speed

More stable at speed than my control board, and generally stable at speed. Not an out and out bomber, but decent enough. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: Handled it well. It's not a crusher or anything, but has a reasonable amount of dampness and doesn't get bucked around too easily. 

Bumps: Felt good to maneuver in trees. Not lightning quick edge-to-edge but decent enough. Felt at it's best in trees when the snow was softer. 

Jumps

Pop: Was relatively easy to access the Easy Rider's pop - it was a little harder than on my control board but not by match. It wasn't effortless to extract, but not super hard or anything either. In terms of total pop, it was decent, a touch more total pop than my control board, when winding it up.

Approach: A good mix of stable enough for faster approaches and maneuverable enough for when you have to make adjustments. 

Landing: Could stomp landings on this thing. But if you didn't stomp it, it wasn't going to destroy you either - good amount of forgiveness when you don't get it quite right. 

Side-hits: I enjoyed it for side-hits. Not like top tier of boards I've tried, I'd prefer a little more easy maneuverability and easy access pop but good nonetheless. 

Small jumps/Big jumps: Medium jumps are its sweet spot, but can handle bigger jumps and small jumps fine too.

Switch

Really good for riding switch, which was no surprise given it's a centered twin. Had to concentrate a little when transitioning, but all round really good for riding switch. 

Spins

Naturally good for spins given it's shape and how it sets up and lands switch.

Jibbing

Not perfect but I felt pretty confident on it and I'm not a strong jibber.  

Butters

You've got to put a little weight/force to get the tail/nose to press, but not that much - and then it locks in nicely, once you've put in that little bit of effort to get it pressing. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.

The Easy Rider is a super versatile and fun board that can take you anywhere on the mountain and ride any style when you get there. Powder is it's weakest point, IMO, but still doable with some effort. 

It feels at it's best when you ride it a little more aggressively, but it responds to more casual input too - as in, you don't have to ride it aggressively all the time, you can get casual and playful on it too. Holds up well in icy conditions too.