Ride Deep Fake Snowboard Review

The Ride Deep Fake is first and foremost a board you get when you value the trifecta of speed, carving and powder above all else, but it displayed a more laid back side to its personality that gave it a more versatile, balanced overall feel.  

In this review, I will take a look at the Deep Fake as a freeride snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Deep Fake a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other freeride snowboards.

Disclosure, as this was an atypical test for us

Note that the day of testing, as you'll see in the conditions section below, was particularly slushy and there weren't really any harder conditions to test in on the day. Typically I have a good variety of conditions to test in, but this was tested on a public demo day, so I was unable to choose the day or the location. So this was a less comprehensive test than our typical reviews.

We typically try not to test at public demo days for this reason, unless we know that there will be favorable (and by favorable in this context, I mean variable), but we were unable to acquire any Ride or K2 boards outside of this demo day, so it was our only opportunity to test them.    

Overall Rating

Board: Ride Deep Fake

Price: $759

Style: Freeride

Flex Rating: Aggressive

Flex Feel on Snow: Mid-Stiff (7/10)

Rating Score: 84.2/100

Compared to other Men’s Freeride Boards

Overview of the Deep Fake’s Specs

Check out the tables for the Deep Fake’s specs and available sizes.

Who is the Deep Fake Most Suited To?

The Deep Fake is best suited to those looking for a board that will be there for you on a powder day, but when the snow has been in hiding for a while, can battle the groomers valiantly and it a variety of ways. It can bomb, carve but also has an element of forgiveness that allows you to ride more casually, when you feel for it. 

Could certainly make a one-board quiver for the right rider and would also be a good quiver addition paired with a more park/freestyle or all-mountain freestyle ride and/or a powder specialist for those particularly deep days or cat/heli/backcountry hiking days. 

While it was more easy going than I expected, it's definitely too much board for beginners, IMO. And I imagine a majority of intermediate riders might find it a bit too much, but higher end intermediate riders with good strength/fitness could make it work, IMO. 

Deep Fake DetailS

O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Deep Fake is capable of.

Demo Info

Board: Ride Deep Fake 2025, 159cm (252mm waist width)

Date: March 23, 2024

Turning

Ease of Turning/Slashing: While it wasn't the easiest turning board I'd ever ridden, it wasn't too bad, even in the conditions. I surprisingly preferred it here to the Shadowban and Algorhythm (which I also tested on the day). 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Really decent and not a huge amount of effort required. It wasn't lightning edge-to-edge at slow speeds, but still felt enjoyable for short/sharp turns at slow speeds, even in the conditions.

Catchiness: Certainly not catch-free, but not a huge amount of catch-risk either.

Carving

Really decent on a carve - at least as much as I could tell in the conditions. Held up better than most for carves in the conditions on the day. 

Speed

Felt nice and stable at speed and I couldn't get it to go fast enough in the conditions to find a point where it started to get shakily, though admittedly, I wasn't able to generate the same speeds as I typically would during a speed test. But relative to the other boards on the day, it was better than all except for the K2 Antidote. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud/Chunder: It was a lumpy, bumpy mess on the day, so plenty of messy snow to test in - it was all soft, being that the mounds were formed of slush, so didn't get it in harder types of rough snow, but in what we had it did really well. Again, I'd say best on the day, bar the K2 Antidote.

Trees/Bumps: With it's decent agility, I found it really decent for exploring trees, and should hold up well in deep powder too.  

Powder

Definitely nothing on the day and the slush didn't really help, though I do wonder if part of the reason this board felt better on the day was it's ability to keep it's nose more on top of the slush than going under it. Which would be a good indicator that it would handle powder well. 

And the specs suggest it would be good too, with a 6mm taper, a 19mm setback on effective edge, a longer nose vs tail and a generous heaping of rocker towards the nose. 

Jumps

Hitting jumps is likely not the primary reason you would get this board, but as an added bonus, it wasn't too bad. 

Pop: Fairly easy to access pop and there was more to get when you put in some energy to load it up. 

Approach: A good balance of agility and stability for a variety of approaches.

Landing: Again, a good balance of being stable on landings, but not too punishing of skewed landings. Tail heavy landings not ideal, but not too bad either. 

Switch

Despite being quite directional, it was pretty decent for switch. Never going to be ideal riding with its tail first, but it was certainly doable and while transitions weren't devoid of catch-risk, there wasn't an abundance of risk there. 

Spins

Not too bad for how directional it is. Never going to be amazing, but I was happy to spin with this board and landing/setting up switch was fine. Though not perfect in terms of finishing an under-rotation after landing, it was doable - which is saying something given the conditions. And I didn't find any tendency to over rotate after landing. 

Butters

I found it was surprisingly fairly easy to press the tip and tail and surprisingly good for butters, given it's flex and shape. Still certainly not butter ideal, but better than I would have thought. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

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

The Deep Fake displayed a more casual side to itself that I wasn't really expecting. Don't get me wrong it's still the kind of board that feels best at speed and with a bit more of an aggressive input, but it's got just enough forgiveness to it, that it does have a more laid back side to its personality as well.