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DC PBJ Snowboard

DC PBJ Snowboard


Taking a look into the DC PBJ Snowboard, they’ve built in their performance wood reinforced core that we see in most of their snowboards. This core structure provides the PBJ snowboard with that medium pop and buttery feel. You know that feeling, if that’s what you’re looking for in a shred sled, check out the PBJ snowboard from DC.


To achieve that buttery feel, DC puts in Anti-Camber, aka reverse camber, aka rocker, technology to work in the PBJ board. Do you like to ride powder, the Anti-Camber or rocker snowboard will keep the tip up for that float-y, buttery flow.  DC’s take on reverse camber keeps their boards fun and playful. The Anti-Camber gives the pop of a traditional camber but the powder performance of a rocker snowboard.


Let me take a step back and explain different camber for snowboards. Calling the Anti-camber a reverse cambered board may not be politically correct. But to put it in English, a traditional camber is shaped more like an upside down U. The board touches the snow (contact points) where your feet are positioned and it curves up between the contact points. A reverse camber or rocker shape has more of an arching U shape throughout (better for powder). A flat board has no rocker or traditional camber. It’s flat from foot to foot with just the tip and tail curve up, of course. Now..the Anti-Camber is flat between your feet, which gives it a fast and stable performance, and curves away from the snow just outside of your stance. Not quite a flat board but not quite as arch-y as a reverse cambered board.


Adjusting the length of the flat portion of the snowboard can make the board perform in different ways and how you pick a board should depend on your riding style. Try making it out to a demo day and try a few boards to see what fits your shred style. By lengthening the flat area, the board will perform fast and stable, while shortening the flat portion not only narrows your stance but provides a more maneuverable board.  As DC puts it…more Anti-Camber equals a more playful and forgiving board while less Anti-Camber gives you a more drive-y, power carve board. Based on reviews, the PBJ snowboard has less Anti-Camber and is a stable, fast board that will ride powerfully through thick powder.


DC PBJ Snowboard Reviews:  Fast, Good flexibility, Stable, Lots of pop, performs well in powder and the park.

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DC Ply, Mega, Lauri Series Snowboards

 

2013 DC Snowboard Line Up: Ply, Mega & Lauri Series


DC Snowboards continues to innovate with their snowboard manufacturing technologies in 2013.


The DC Ply and Mega Series snowboards are cored with a poplar wood which provides a poppy and light ride. With a sanded finish they create a snowboard fast and durable. The lamination process consists of multi-directional glassing adding to the loose shred functionality.


We will make sure to point out any “reverse camber” aka rocker boards in their 2013 snowboard line up, but for the most part DC is pushing a new approach to the traditional snowboard camber with their Lock and Load Camber which is featured on their Mega and Ply series snowboards. Basically, keeping the core traditional snowboard camber through the midsection but lengthening the contact points a little bit in order to create a flat and stable platform.  You could call this a collaboration between “traditional camber” and the hardly ever seen, “non-traditional” flat or no camber snowboard. Or, as DC puts it, Radius 2 Flat-flat surface at the tip and tail (contact points which they’ve lengthened). Whatever you call it, DC Snowboards have been getting good reviews in 2013 with the Ply and Mega Series. These boards provide the lift you need in deep snow to keep you floating, with effortless transition ability from edge to edge.


Reviews on the DC Ply Snowboard:  Fast, Flexible, Poppy, Stable, Balanced.


Best Uses: All terrain, Parks, Powder, Speed, Spin Tricks.


Reviews on the DC Mega Snowboard: Control, Lots of pop, Skate Inspired.


Best Uses: All terrain, Park, Powder, Speed, Spin Tricks.


The DC Lauri Pro Snowboard features a poplar wood core for a medium pop and light feel. DC breaks out their secret ingredient in this board with another twist on camber with the Camber Core or as they say, Anti-Camber. This trade secret provides the pop of the traditional cambered board while effectively integrating the fun and playfulness of a reverse cambered snowboard. Camber core adds a unique arc shape that creates a bridge-like geometry to the fiberglass finish.


Unlike the u-shaped, archy profile of the common rockered snowboard, the Camber core keeps the board mostly flat through the center, then adds positive (upward) rocker or camber in the nose and tail. This technology provides the ultimate performance in powder while giving you the feel and pop of a traditional cambered snowboard.
The DC Lauri is finished off with a stonegrind finish for that super-fast and durable shred sled functionality. With all that speed, DC knows how to integrate control features which they’ve done with their quadrax, four-directional glassing technique.


Reviews on the DC Lauri Pro Snowboard: Fun, Poppy, Playful


Best Uses: Park, Powder, Speed, Tricks.

Add to the conversation by adding your own review on one of these DC Snowboards.

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Holiday Shopping Deals

Wrapping up Black Friday and Cyber Monday (or Cyber Week)!

 

After quite an impressive Thanksgiving shopping spread, we are excited for whats still to come this Holdiday shopping season. 

Already we've seen a big spike in sales of Surf, Skate and Snow gear online. Snowboarding and Ski products are easily found and shopped online and with our Action Sport product guide and comparison shopping engine, we are providing online shoppers an easy and efficient shopping experience. We offer one of the largest selections of core action sport lifestyle brands and products on the web. With a product count of 250,000 from over 60 online retailers, you are sure to find the gear you want at the best price.

We have some great new features coming out in the next few months that will surely keep our customers stoked. But we are really happy to be adding lots of new retailers and brands to our roster. Make sure to keep checking back for the best new gear and the best deals on last seasons gear as new products and prices changes occur daily.

Well if you're anything like me, I hate to shop and hate writting about shopping even more. So I'm cut this short to go back to working on making your shopping experience as painless as possible.

 

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O'Neill Joins shop2shred

O'Neill Joins shop2shred

We are happy to welcome O'Neill to our growing roster of retailers and brands.

O'Neill is one of the most recognized lifestyle brands in action sports. Jack O'Neill started the O'Neill brand over 50 years ago which quickly became an industry pioneer by developing and manufacturing wetsuits and starting the first surf shop. Today the brand has a strong international presence and is a prominent leader of men's and women's lifestyle clothing and accessories.

O'Neill has some of surfings top pro's on their team roster including Jordy Smith, John John Florence, Cory Lopez, and Timmy Reyes on their mens team. Their womens team includes Malia Manuel, Sage Erickson, Alize Arnaud and Celia Miller. With names like this, it's no wonder you can't avoid O'Neill's presence in the surf scene.

Not only does O'Neill manufacture some of the wetsuits available but they are an industry leader in action sports fashion. Check out some of their Mens and Womens clothing at www.shop2shred.com.

Trust O'Neill to have the highest quality in everything from boardshorts to wetsuits.

 

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Agenda Trade Show

The Agenda Trade Show is headed to Long Beach, CA this week. We will be there to catch up with the biggest and the newest brands in Action Sports.

We are excited to see what new products/designs/technologies are coming out in the Surf, Skate, and Snow categories. There's sure to be some great new product lines and fresh new designs.

We will be making our rounds to every booth to catch up with brands and discuss a little about which direction the brands are headed and what new products they are launching.  All the major brands will be there; Quiksilver, Roxy, DC, Burton, Sk8mafia, Billabong to name a few and we hope to catch up with some of the up and coming new brands to see what they plan on bring to the table.

Stay tuned as shop2shred will be bringing you the information you need this year and what products and brands to keep your eye on.

As always shop2shred, strives to keep the best products in Surfing, Skating, Snowboarding, and Skiing on our site so you can find out where they are and who has the best price.

 

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