Igneous No Name 168 Snowboard Review 2019-2020

TESTER: Eric Odlin

BOARD: Igneous No Name 168

TEST YEAR:   2019 SHAPERSUMMIT SNOWBOARD REVIEWS

OVERALL IMPRESSION FROM  1 TO 7:  6

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS BOARD?: Great JH top to bottom shred stick.

WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS BOARD?: A hair soft in the tail, a bit long in the sidecut.

OVERALL COMMENTS: A great Big Mountain ripper. Feel at home in Jackson variable snow conditions. Floats in the fluff, pushes through in thick stuff, quite quick in the trees for a such a large board (was just wide enough:), and carved nice too. The tail felt a touch soft, and a tighter sidecut would have taken up it groomer game a few notches. This is very close to what I would design for a daily JH driver.

BOARD STYLE:    FREERIDE BOARD    

CONDITIONS TESTED IN: HARDPACK    POWDER

RATE THE SHAPE FROM 1 TO 7:  5

SHAPE COMMENT: NOT JUST GOOD BUT GOOD ENOUGH

ADDITIONAL SHAPE COMMENTS:  Classic big nose directional shape.

RATE THE FLEX FROM 1 TO 7:   4

FLEX COMMENT:  TOO SOFT

ADDITIONAL FLEX COMMENT:  I

RATE STABILITY THROUGH TURNS FROM 1 TO 7: 

STABILITY COMMENT:

ADDITIONAL STABILITY COMMENTS: Could benefit from an overall slight stiffening.

RATE THE POP/ PLAYFULNESS FROM 1 TO 7:  4

COMMENT ON PLAYFULNESS: OK

ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON PLAYFULNESS:  More tail pop please.

RATE FLOAT IN POW FROM 1 TO 7:  6

COMMENT ON FLOAT IN POW: EASY TO STAY UP

ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON FLOAT IN POW: Set way back with a long nose meant I stayed up!

RATE THE GRAPHICS FROM 1 TO 7:  6

GRAPHICS COMMENT: I’M FEELING IT

ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS COMMENTS: Not graphics whatsoever, just wood. Nice wood;)