Bataleon Jam Snowboard 2010/11 Review
- Price: £395
- Sizes: 157, 161, 161W, 164
- Width: Normal, Wide
- Flex: 7
- Gender:
They say: The Swiss army knife of snowboards.
We say: Towards the stiffer end of Bataleon’s range, the Jam is designed for aggressive freestyle riders. The Triple Base Tech will help you not to catch your edge as you’re charging down pistes. Probably too stiff for beginners or jibbers, but great if you wanna go big in the pipe.
Tester says: Really grips on the hardpack and cuts through all crud easily.
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About Bataleon
- Building boards since: 2003
- HQ: Tacoma, Washington State, USA
- History lesson: Bataleon burst onto the snowboarding scene a couple of years back with a blizzard of publicity surrounding their patented Triple Base Technology (TBT). The idea – that the sides of the base were angled upwards near the edges – was embraced by jibbers the world over who were sick and tired of catching edges and eating shit. This was back in the murky days before the arrival of reverse camber changed everything. Of course, Bataleon would tell you that reverse camber changed very little and it’s actually a poor man’s TBT…
- Ridden by: A few years ago all the cool kids riding Bataleon boards wore tall basketball tees, trousers that hung round their ankles, and plenty of bling. Now the same bunch seem to be rocking tight pants and lumberjack shirts. Go figure.
