BATALEON · Chaser Men's Snowboard
Chaser Men's Snowboard
25/26 season
Colour
Color makeup
Solid
Design
Simple solid
Expert reviews 1
A soft directional twin with low camber and 3BT, a progression board optimised for beginners learning butters, jibs and basic carving without worrying about catching an edge. Pop and high-speed stability are lacking, though, so intermediate riders quickly feel its physical limits and usually start considering an upgrade within a season or two. Competing products in a similar price bracket include the Ride Manic, Arbor Formula Decon and Rome Mechanic.
Base shape (camber)
Hybrid camber
A low-camber base with 3BT (three-stage base taper) technology. It maintains traditional camber's pop and drive while lifting the contact points to reduce edge catch and improve powder float. With little camber, the springy feel is limited.
StiffnessHigher means stiffer
A soft flex, more flexible toward the tips with a comparatively stiff midsection. Very high torsional flex makes ankle steering easy and favours buttering, though it can over-flex at speed or under hard riding.
Where it shines
Who it suits
A beginner's progression board; intermediates and up may feel a lack of stability, a lack of pop and carving limits. Upgrading after a season or two is recommended.
Good
- ✓3BT reduces edge catch, effectively preventing beginner edge-catch crashes
- ✓The soft, flexible tips make buttering and press tricks easy to learn
- ✓Easy ankle steering suits short quick carves and mellow carves
- ✓Manoeuvrability that follows terrain contours well at low speed
Not so good
- —Tip flutter at speed reduces stability
- —Lacking pop and snap, which limits big jumps and hard carving
- —The low camber means weak rebound after loading the tail
- —Less snap than competing boards in its class
