The Ride Compact Snowboard is jam packed with fun. This easy riding directional snowboard is the perfect all-mountain progression machine. It has a smooth flex that bends easily into any turn shape, provides plenty of edge hold thanks to its cambered midsection, and allows for catchless turn initiation thanks to the rockered tip. If you're looking for a board to help you thrive all over the resort, mastering groomers and stepping up to the steeps, the Compact is exactly what you've been seeking.
Profile: Camber
Terrain: Park/All-mountain
Response: Playful
Features:
- Directional Standard Camber: A directional shape with a hybrid profile that has more camber than rocker.
- Quadratic Side-cut: Blending of three radii to improve turn initiation/exit while providing the best grip possible. This design is uniquely formulated for each model based on its shape and riding style.
- Extruded Base: The industry standard extruded 1500 P-tex base material. Good wax absorption and easy to repair.
- WMNS Performance™ Core: Specially formulated for the women’s line, this core combines lightweight Paulownia wood stringers with high strength Aspen. Available on every women’s board.
- Slimewalls®: Ride’s exclusive Slimewalls® are forgiving and ductile, absorbing impacts rather than defending against them. Just like your skate wheels, the urethane in Slimewalls® smoothes the interaction with the snow, wood or metal surfaces you may ride on. On top of all that, these babies are virtually indestructible, the most durable sidewalls in snowboarding.
- Biaxal Glass Fiberglass: 90° and 0° angles, fun and forgiving.
- Impact Plates Laminates: Added underneath each binding area to improve compressive strength and prevent board breaks where it matters most. Offered in two levels, Single and Double.
- Standard Top-sheet: Durable Urethane top-sheet material with graphics only Ride can bring you.
- Warranty: 3 Years
Profile: Camber
Precision, control and pop. The side profile of camber looks like a rainbow. Tried and true, camber has been the dominant board bend in the snowboard industry for almost 40 years. Adopted from the bend of alpine skis, camber snowboards deliver precise turning and edge control, with spring-loaded pop due to the bend in the board, providing better jumping characteristics. Advanced riders tend to prefer this bend, especially for hard carving and high-speed riding. Even when it comes to softer park snowboards, camber boards deliver exceptional pop and control.
However, they are not as forgiving of mistakes and can be more difficult to learn or progress on than a rocker or hybrid bend.
Shape: Directional
A smooth, reliable ride.
Directional shapes generally feature a longer, softer nose and a shorter, stiffer tail. These shapes thrive in an all-mountain environment, as they possess the ability to ride more smoothly than their twin-tip counterparts and behave more reliably in variable snow conditions, anywhere from choppy snow to deeper powder. More twin-looking directional shapes where the difference between nose and tail appear minimal will perform best as crossover freestyle snowboards for those looking to still access the park, while more exaggerated differences will excel for additional float in deep powder.
Flex: 2 - 4 (Scale 1 - 10)
Jibbers delight. Butter it all.
Base: Extruded
Low and easy maintenance, less expensive. Great for beginners and Freestyle riders.
