BATALEON · Whatever Snowboard
Whatever Snowboard
25/26 season
Colour
Color makeup
Gradient
Design
Simple solid
Expert reviews 1
An all-mountain freestyle board combining traditional camber with 3BT, with excellent pop and snap and quick edge responsiveness as its strengths. The base is somewhat slow and there's a washout limit in high-speed carves, but overall it delivers a consistent, predictable ride. It's recommended to upper-intermediate all-mountain freestyle riders who enjoy jumps, jibbing and powder.
Base shape (camber)
Camber
Traditional camber between the contact points with 3BT (3D shaping) applied at the nose. The centre camber section provides load, pop, snap and drive, while the 3D section improves powder float and reduces edge bite.
StiffnessHigher means stiffer
A middle-range flex overall. The carbon layup gives it slight directionality, with a nose softer than the tail. Torsional flex is abundant so twisting during steering is easy, and loading the camber produces strong spring from the carbon.
Where it shines
Who it suits
A very lively, highly responsive board that beginners may find hard to control. The nose flexes a lot through chop and chunder and it can bounce on rough snow, so knee absorption technique is needed. It suits intermediate and above all-mountain freestyle riders.
Good
- ✓Excellent pop and snap when you load the camber, giving strong jump and side-hit performance
- ✓3BT and Sidekick prevent nose/tail contact point hook-ups and make jibbing easy
- ✓Fast edge-to-edge power transmission suits short and medium carves
- ✓A consistent ride feel that's predictable and dependable
Not so good
- —The base is somewhat slow, which is a disadvantage for holding speed
- —Washout can occur in fast, aggressive deep carves — there's a limit point
- —Heavy nose flex in chop and chunder transmits vibration to the front foot
- —Tail presses are harder than nose presses and care is needed on kinks
