Never Summer Boards

[coolcheech]

Can anyone give me any reviews on Never Summer as a company? I very rarely see those boards anywhere, but I was just on their website and it looks like they are dedicated to their freeride line of boards. Are they quality?

Since where I'm from most every rider knows how to jib and not turn, I'm usually riding with a gaggle of skiers or solo, so not many people to chat about boards with.

[yodaottis]

I own a summit from NS and a buddy of mine has a premier.
I'd say they're slightly heavier than other manufacturers, board and base are very tough and should last quite a long time.
If I had to limit it to one word, "quality" would be high up in the running.

[jmars]

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Excellent company but not focused on the park rat gymanstics othere companies are. Outside of weight I highly doubt you find bad info on their product. Guys that buy NS usually stick with NS.

[blunder]

check angrysnowboarder.com and shayboarder.com for all your board review needs.

you can also try splitboarder.com, they have reviews of a few solidboards aswell as alot of splitboards

[coolcheech]

Thanks for the info guys.

[shimstack]

I ride an 04-05 SL and an 08-09 Legacy-R. Both make me jizz in my pants.

As others have said, these aren't the lightest sticks out there. In return, you get a bomber snowboard with a 3 year warranty. I've beat the ever-loving shit out of both of these boards, and neither has required (or even come close) to needing anything more than a base grind. Early season thin coverage? No problem. I use the older one as my rock board, but I can't seem to hurt it.

As for shapes- both of these boards are symmetrical sidecut with a small setback. I ride with a mostly symmetrical stance, and the inserts offer plenty of options for width.

The older SL has conventional camber and lots of pop, but is very comfortable going mach looney.

The Legacy-R has NS's version of reverse-camber, RC technology. The board has reverse camber between your feet, and normal camber from the inserts to the shovels. When you evenly weight each foot (not leaning forward or back), the board is basically flat on the snow. Rock back a little and take some weight off the front foot, and the front thrid of the board is slightly off the snow.

On softer packed snow, it doesn't feel much different than a conventional board. The tips are less catchy, and laying an edge into a carve takes much less initiation. I was up to speed on the pack in 1/2 a run. On hardpack/icy conditions, it takes a bit more uphill edge pressure to maintain a line, and the center section of the board gets catchy on ice. I wouldn't recommend the -R boards to anyone riding primarily hardpack- its hard trust this shape while hauling ass down ice.

Where the Legacy-R really excels is in the cut up, tracked out pow. I reserve excellence in untracked for the reverse-reverse boards, like the Lib Tech Banana Hammock. The L-R is no slouch in the fresh, but it lacks the float and the speed of a true reverse-reverse deck. In the choppy fluffy stuff, if you can sack up to a big line, this board will get you through it. It just motors over everything, completely unaffected by the terrain. I can't believe how much faster I can go on this board.

Additionally, these boards are built by in Denver, and the quality of workmanship and customer service is outstanding. I'm hoping to see a reverse-reverse deck from these guys so that I can fill that spot in the quiver.

/sweet satisfied NS customer blog

[el penoso]

They are really nice boards one of the few companies that dont outsource to generic factories. Only gripe is they are not the lightest but the build quality is unmatched, go for it.

[coolcheech]

Cool, I think I'm sold.

[Driver]

incredibly high quality, DAMP, freeride boards. I had a heratige for a bit. They are a bit heavier, but nothing lays down turns like a never summer.

[arild]

Own a Heritage (normal) and a Premier split, they are both beasts. The Premier (old T5 - reg. sidecut/camber) is, even though it´s a split, capable of going faster than what´s healthy - really no speed limit. The Heritage is also a reg sidecut/camber, and is capable of going very, very fast, but reaches a speed limit at some point. The Heritage is described by an e-buddy as the SL on crack, and that pretty much sums it up. Both boards have been abused like hell, and still behave like new. Don´t see myself getting any new snowboards for the coming few seasons. DAMP DAMP DAMP.

[givethepigeye]

I have a Summit and a Titan TX - bought them several years ago and havent even winked at a new board since. I switched over to skis and if I went back, I would jump right back on them.