Salomon Huck Knife Snowboard Review

Who is the Huck Knife Best Suited To?

The Huck Knife is best suited to an experienced park rider who wants to be able to hit bigger jumps/features, as well as more moderate ones, but the ability to go big. And one that also carves well and feels stable at speed. 

Not for beginners. It's not super catchy or anything, but it's not catch-free. Not completely forgiving if you don't ride it confidently and technically well. 

The Huck Knife in More Detail

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 560mm (22″)

Stance Setback: Centered

Width at Inserts: 263mm (10.4") 

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 180lbs

Rider Boot Size: US9.5 Adidas Response ADV

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M 

Control Board for Control Laps: Lib Tech Terrain Wrecker

Weight: 2980grams (6lb 9oz)

Weight per cm: 19.10 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 Huck Knife was a little heavier than average on snow, but felt normal on snow. 

Powder

We had some good leftover powder to test in. The Huck Knife felt pretty sinky in it. It handled it OK as it wasn't super deep or anything. But could tell by how it felt that it would struggle in deeper powder - and even in what we had was getting that back leg burn. 

And the specs don't suggest it would be good either -with very subtle rocker in the profile and being a centered stance, true twin. 

Carving & Turning

Carving: For a predominantly park board, the Huck Knife could lay down some good carves. The predominantly camber profile and a flex that's stiffer than most park boards, helps here for sure. 

Turning: It's not an effortless turner, but still nice and easy to initiate turns on and slash the tail out.

Maneuverability at Slow Speeds: Pretty agile edge to edge. Felt good for short/sharp turns at slower speeds. 

Catchiness: I wouldn't describe it as catchy. It's not the most catch-free ride you'll ever experience, but it wasn't super catchy or anything.   

Speed

Pretty stable at speed. Not an out and out bomber but decently fast and decently stable when at moderately high speeds. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: It's not super damp but it's not super chattery. It handled crud decently well without being amazing. 

Trees/Bumps: Decent edge-to-edge quickness so always going to be OK when no powder in trees. Not as good when powder in trees. 

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Jumps

Real good! 

Pop: Really good pop and its pretty easy to access most of it. You've got to put a bit of effort in to access it but you don't have to put everything into it. When you put more in you get more back though. 

Approach: Nice and stable and pretty good in terms of making adjustments and doing speed checks when you need to. 

Landing: Stomper. Some mild catchiness on speed check after landing jump but nothing crazy. 

Side-hits: Really fun. Not the perfect side hit board but still really good. 

Small jumps/Big Jumps: Really well suited to larger jumps, but just as good for medium/small jumps.

Switch

Really good for riding switch. Transitions weren't completely catch-free feeling, but decent enough. 

Spins

Great pop and does well setting up and landing switch. 

Jibbing

Decent. Not my ideal jib board - I prefer something a little more consequence free and softer/more playful, but decent and if you're a confident jibber, it should do well for you. 

Butters

It doesn't take too much effort to press the tip and tail. And naturally, being a true twin, the tip/tail feel the same, so you get that consistency between tip/tail. Can lock in nicely. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

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

The Huck Knife's biggest weakness is powder, which is typical of a predominantly park board. 

It's biggest strength is jumps, particularly bigger jumps and it's ability on groomers, when you don't want to be in the park or no your way to the park. It can lay down decent carves and has decent stability at speed too.