Gnu Zoid 2015-2018 Snowboard Review

Amazingly high speed stable, long heavy carver. Slices through choppy stuff very well, great on smooth groomers. Long turning radius gives big long carves. Not a tight, nimble carver, but worth it for the high speed open blacks. Surprisingly stable jumper on both natural features and large park hits. I never ride switch or spin so this is perfect for me. Very fun, playful, surfy pow board. Nice float and deep hard slashes. Still nice in the rolling glades, but it's a bit of work to throw around quickly. Awsome ride for higher intensity resort shredding. Amazing high speed carver.

There is no more snowboarding for me...only Zoiding.
Possibly the most fun I have had on a snowboard in 20+ years. This thing is an all around weapon. It carves really well (I would also give this an excellent rating), floats in pow and is extremely quick edge to edge..which makes it a super fun tree riding board.
I own 3 other lib/gnu boards and they havent seen much snow this year. This thing is just too much fun.

This was very refreshing! Amazing carving snowboard I mean wow! It really deserves a excellent in that category if you ask me.

Rode it for 4 days preseason and it was such fun. I was smiling all the time a VERY surfy feel.
I tried it on a couple of jumps as well and i would say that its ok there but nothing special.
Perfect board if you have a more aggressive snowboard like Libtech TRS, Slash ATV or a Custom X and want to surf for a day or two. This board would be sick in pow aswell iam certain of it! Perfect grip on ice like all magnetraction boards. Try this board just try it, if you like surfing and skateboarding you will love this snowboard. A very nice board if you are on a longer trip riding everyday and are feeling tired in your legs, then you can choose this board is very easy to ride you won't be tired from riding this carver.

Picked up the Zoid while on a trip to Revelstoke BC, Lake Louise, and Banff Alberta.

I love tinkering around with new tech, and always find myself going through gear (sometimes too quickly). Current quiver - Rossignol XV Magtek, Lib Tech Gold member, T.Rice (just sold), Capita TFA, and of course the Zoid.

I have approximately 7-8 days on the Zoid, mostly hard pack and icy conditions (unfortunately), and one pow-ish day. I have to say that I'm quite impressed, especially as I typically ride boards in the 160-164 cm range. Conditions this season (Western Canada), have not been great.

I found the not-so-pronounced magnetraction to be more effective. than the exaggerated Mag found on my T.Rice - especially in bullet proof conditions (I'm not sure why, it just seemed to better penetrate super hard ice - instead of scratching around on the magnetraction bumps).

The snow conditions on my trip were a confidence killer, until I got on the Zoid. I found carving to be surprisingly good (in the hard stuff), very good in fact - perhaps my footing was better placed over camber zones than the good folks at TGR? I tend to board with intermediate - advanced skiers, and they were very uncomfortable in the conditions. Surprisingly, I wasn't.

The board handles chop well, floats very well, feels nice and surfy (I like - said with Borat's accent), and has good snap out of the tail (what tail? - LOL). Overall I'm very impressed. Thanks GNU.