Smokin KT22 Snowboard Video and Written Review Review by The Good Ride

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Size: 159
Days: 1
Conditions: Really good mid-winter sierra snow with hard snow in only a few places.
Riders: James, Peter, Jimbo, Kyle,
Boots: Burton SLX, Burton AMB, Deeluxe Deemon
Bindings: Union T.Rice
Set Up: 15 front -19 back approximately 23″ wide

Approximate Weight: Felt normal

Flex: It’s a flex that’s med/stiff bordering on medium.

On Snow Feel: Stable and it’s a little catchy in the tail but not the nose as it has more rocker than a lot of mostly camber boards.  It tracks really well on long cat tracks, one footing or getting off the chair.  It’s got an interesting feel to it.  It’s a twin in shape for the most part with directional camber and a set back of .50″ or approximately -12.5″ so it’s got a freeride kind of nose/tail, an all mountain freestyle twin shape and a mostly camber profile for those that love to turn. It makes it a hard board to define and it’s a lot more versatile than you would think.

Edge Hold: Love this mellow mag from Smokin and it’s just right.  Not too much in the soft stuff but enough to hold in the hard.  When you set that edge it should hold in everything but ice.

Turn Initiation: Pretty quick but not super quick edge to edge. Just the right kind of turn initiation that can handle tight spots but also straight line.

Skidded Turns: It’s not the easiest on you if you get off your game but if you are an accomplished rider you can

Carving: Man this was fun to lay out a carve on and there is lots of poppy camber going underfoot on where you need it.  I really had a good time laying it over in the flats.

Speed: It’s got a feel to it that is fine for pointing on most mountains without at the same time being a bitch in uneven snow. Yeah, there are faster boards but that big nose and tail won’t clown shoe that much on you.  We actually thought they would bounce around a lot more.

Uneven Terrain:  Pretty easy to ride some messy chopped up snow and you don’t feel like you are on an unforgiving plank. You feel the dampening tech and you don’t feel like you are on fiberglass wrapped around wood.

Powder: We didn’t get any powder on this board but hope to one day.  However there only seems to be a minimal set back on board so the early rise in the big ass nose and the .5 set back are the only things keeping it from being a true twin.  Still, it seems like it should be great for a directional float when the board is set all the way back.

Switch: Much better than we thought.  You think at first that it’s not going to be easy but it’s pretty doable and the only real issue is there is no rocker in the tail and a good bit of early rise in the nose.  So pretty easy to ride switch for sure when centered.  It’s something that won’t take too long to get used to when you own it.

Jibbing: Nah…..

Pipe: Yeah we all had a pretty fun time with the Smokin KT-22 in the pipe and it was something we could lap the pipe with. Very nice drive from wall to wall and nice pop off the lip.

Jumps: There is some spring off the tail and it’s got a good feel to it for directional air.  It’s also very doable landing fakie so it’s kind of one of those boards that prefer directional air a little more but still says take me switch if you’re feeling it. It’s not an ideal board for spinning off kickers but it can handle jumps of all sizes for sure.

Man what a great improvement going to hybrid camber/mostly camber with this ride and adding that big shovel nose and tail to it. Very well done.  It’s got a nice modern aggressive all mountain ride that gives you some twin aspects if you want it, carving power for most days and directional floaty aspects to it when you need it.