BATALEON · Whatever Snowboard
Whatever Snowboard
25/26 season
- Colour
- Lavender · Blue · Black
- Design
- Simple solid
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24/25 season review
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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.
A closer look
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Board profile
The profile describes the curve of the board when viewed from the side.
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.
How stiff is it?Closer to 10 means stiffer. It does not mean better performance.
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.
Terrain suggested in the review
Rider levels suggested in the review
Intermediate · Advanced
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.
What the review liked
- ✓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
What the review found lacking
- —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
