World Boards Powder slayer 163 Snowboard Review 2019-2020

TESTER: Jeff moran

BOARD: World Boards Powder slayer 163

TEST YEAR:   2019 SHAPERSUMMIT SNOWBOARD REVIEWS

OVERALL IMPRESSION FROM  1 TO 7:  5

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS BOARD?: Love the simple all-black graphics.

WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS BOARD?: Stance options

OVERALL COMMENTS: This board looks and feels awesome, but wasn’t the right board for me. It’s a bit too big for what I was riding (right trees, deep snow). I can see it being a good big mtn board. Biggest issue was that I couldn’t set the stance far enough back or get it narrow enough for my taste. I Had bindings on the last set of inserts both front and back and the stance was still a bit too wide to be able to handle it well. Seems like a killer board. Would be stoked on a 158.

BOARD STYLE:    FREERIDE BOARD    

CONDITIONS TESTED IN: HARDPACK    POWDER

RATE THE SHAPE FROM 1 TO 7:  6

SHAPE COMMENT: AT THING OF BEAUTY

ADDITIONAL SHAPE COMMENTS:  Very rad, Subtle shape. Classy.

RATE THE FLEX FROM 1 TO 7:   5

FLEX COMMENT:  JUST RIGHT

ADDITIONAL FLEX COMMENT:  Didn’t get a great sense of the flex. Definitely wasn’t too stiff, but because my stands was too wide (i.e. im an idiot) that’s all I could focus on

RATE STABILITY THROUGH TURNS FROM 1 TO 7:  5

STABILITY COMMENT: PRETTY GOOD

ADDITIONAL STABILITY COMMENTS: Seemed to be a stable as snowboard can be when you’re snowboarding on snow with it.

RATE THE POP/ PLAYFULNESS FROM 1 TO 7:  4

COMMENT ON PLAYFULNESS: OK

ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON PLAYFULNESS:  Too much snow to really tell. I blame Mother Nature.

RATE FLOAT IN POW FROM 1 TO 7:  5

COMMENT ON FLOAT IN POW: OK

ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON FLOAT IN POW: For a board called the Powder Slayer, it seems like more of an all Mtn board. That said, it did well in the deeps

RATE THE GRAPHICS FROM 1 TO 7:  7

GRAPHICS COMMENT: AESTHETIC AND INSPIRING

ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS COMMENTS: I like my graphics like I like my coffee- black.