Salomon Rumble Fish Snowboard Video And Written Review Review by The Good Ride

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Size: 144

Days:  30+

Conditions: All conditions, we both own this board so get quite a few days on it.

Riders: Steph and Paige

Boots: Vans Ferra

Bindings: Union Milan , Burton Lexa

Approximate Weight: Feels normal to light

Flex/Buttering: Its medium difficult to butter/flex. But that just means you get to have more pop off of jumps and into turns and such.

Sizing: 140,144,148,152

On Snow Feel

The Rumble Fish has a very stable feel on snow. The flat camber between the feet helps you to feel stable and confident but you also have the camber under the bindings to keep the board feeling lively. It has a semi-locked in feel when riding flat based or turning. It prefers to ride at medium to higher speeds and gets a little slower to turn at slow speeds.

Edge Hold

Salomon’s EQ side-cut makes edge hold on ice stress-free. It still has the feel of a normal side-cut but you get the extra help from the three straight lines that are incorporated into the side-cut without really noticing they are there.

Turn Initiation

The camber underfoot helps make the board responsive in turns. It turns quicker at higher speeds, and medium fast at slower speeds.

Turning Experience

Very fun in small, medium, and large radius turns, but can feel aggressive sometimes in harder snow conditions. It mostly feels medium fast to turn. There are times at slower speeds where the board starts to track on its own. It preforms best when ridden faster. It has enough camber for higher edge turning but can also skid turns.

Carving

Making carves is fun. It’s not the elbow dragging type carving board but you can definitely lay some trenches if you want.

Speed

It’s a fast board with a sintered base that can hold it’s line when you decide to charge. and it isn’t super chattery like some freestyle specific decks can be.

Uneven Terrain

The Rumble Fish feels pretty good in uneven snow. It can charge through crud and over smaller bumpy snow. In bumps that require quick turning you have to be on top of it and tell it what to do. If you don’t, it can get away from you.

Powder

For a true twin, this board rides pretty well  in powder. I think the mix of medium flex and the reverse camber in the tip and tail kept it afloat rather easy for a shorter board. It doesn’t have much room for setting it back, so this board is more for the rider that likes to stay centered all the time even in powder.

Switch

Rides great switch.

Jumps

Really fun to jump around on, and stable enough for bigger kickers too. It has carbon stringers to add more pop to the board for added liveliness. Spins are fun on this board if you already know how to spin. It is really stable in landings. But it can be a little mean for first time park riders. The Rumble Fish is great for jumps. But a little hard for learning jumps since it has this more aggressive feel to it sometimes.

Jibbing

I like this board profile for jibbing. The flat between the feet help it to feel stable on boxes, and the camber underfoot should help you lock into rails. It also has plenty of pop and is easy to spin for more technical tricks too. But also isn’t very forgiving at the same time.

Pipe

Rides great in the pipe. The added edge hold from the EQ side-cut along with the camber underfoot make for a stable and fun pipe board.

Overall

This board has a couple different personalities. It’s a true twin so it gives the impression that it wants to play. But sometimes feels like it takes things too seriously. The Rumble Fish rides powder great for being a twin board and has a very damp feel that can take you all over the mountain. I think this board would be ideal for high intermediate to advanced riders who like to ride switch a lot and like to send it in the park as well.

Paige’s Perspective