BATALEON · Chaser Men's Snowboard
Chaser Men's Snowboard
25/26 season
- Colour
- Green · White
- Design
- Simple solid
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25/26 season review
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.
A closer look
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Board profile
The profile describes the curve of the board when viewed from the side.
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.
How stiff is it?Closer to 10 means stiffer. It does not mean better performance.
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.
Terrain suggested in the review
Rider levels suggested in the review
New
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.
What the review liked
- ✓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
What the review found lacking
- —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
