The Endeavor Board of Directors (BOD) Legacy snowboard is designed as a daily driver with a forgiving 3D camber profile and a true twin shape that works well in any conditions, making it a fine pick for both beginners and experienced riders alike.
This review delves into the specifics of the Endeavor B.O.D., exploring its performance in various conditions and its suitability for different riding styles.
As with the other Legacy collection boards, it has a core of poplar and paulownia with birch reinforcements, along with the Phonon Pre-Tension topsheet that merges carbon with fiberglass to remove the need for a traditional plastic topsheet + lacquer and provide extra pop on the slopes.
Sizing and Set-Up
Set-Up: Approximately 22” Wide.15 Front -15 back, 18 to 21 front and 0 to -6 back. 22” Wide. 21 front -6 back set to the end of the stance markings on the Channel.
Sizing: The width of the Endeavor B.O.D. is a little bit narrower than the Pioneer and Ranger but they are still both technically regular-sized boards in the sizes we rode. The 156 felt great for my size 9’s but Grant’s 10.5’s were booting out to the point where he wasn’t much help in the review. I think anything 10 and above should consider the mid-wide sizing. Felt great at 8-9.5 and maybe some really reduced footprint size 10’s.
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Flex and Buttering
There is a lot of camber energy in the tip/tail of the Endeavor B.O.D.
It is definitely a little softer than advertised. I’m on the 157W, rated for up to 230lbs, and even so it feels like a 5 or 6 flex.
On-Snow Feel and Ability Level
Even though there is mostly camber in this profile the Endeavor B.O.D. does a great job at being catch-free without feeling washy. It has a pretty consistent feel underfoot in all conditions. One footing and flat basing in some semi-hard snow didn’t feel weird and it skids turns pretty well.
The Endeavor Pioneer is on the border of being semi-locked in but still more on the stable side and it has this consistent feel underfoot in all conditions. It can skid turns well but it’s not the most forgiving hybrid camber board we tried.
In comparison to full camber, it’s super easy to skid turns but compared to many hybrid camber boards with a little less camber.
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Edge Hold
Pretty competent edge hold.
For a regular looking camber it holds an edge in hard packed snow, light ice my shadowed areas.
I thought the lifted edges would cause issues but the Endeavor B.O.D. Turn Initiation: Really quick and it went wherever I needed it. The Clout felt maybe a touch faster.
Performance in Powder
Because of the extra setback on board you can get with the Endeavor Clout it is better than most boards with this kind of camber tech but it was still a good bit behind the Ranger and Pioneer.
So even though the Endeavor Pioneer doesn’t have a super high rocker you can make up for that by setting it super far back for a directional twin. Even just using the last markers at a 22″ stance width you can get a difference between nose and tail of 4″ or 2″ back from the center of the board.
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If you go all the way back with non-Burton EST bindings (highly recommending not getting EST) you can get more like 5″ back on board and 2.5″ back from the center of sidecut. All specs aside, the Pioneer can float well when set all the way back and the only boards that were better than this were the Powder Quiver Series.
Well, the Ranger was the same as the Pioneer because it’s a lower-cost version but these two boards really out floated the other twin/twinish rides in their line.
Ok in powder, but best as an all round.
Performance in Uneven Terrain
We were pretty impressed with how poppy this board was without being a bucky mess in uneven snow.
So we thought a board like this poppy lively energy underfoot, would buck and bounce us around but even the 154, which was slightly smaller, did a great job in uneven terrain. Usually a board this poppy can shit the bed in uneven snow but somehow they pull it off.
It powered over chunder almost as well as it turned around bumps.
Jumps and Pipe
The Endeavor B.O.D. had loads of pop and really did a good job at helping to send you much higher from where you started. We liked the slightly wider platform of the Ranger and Pioneer but the B.O.D.
Such a poppy, stable air oriented board. In some ways, we liked the Clout and BOD better because they had more camber pop and in other ways, we liked how well this hybrid camber profile set an edge in comparison to their 3D camber profile.
The BOD and Clout just took a little more time to get used to the lifted areas on the effective edge but they definitely had more pop. Still, the Endeavor Pioneer had more pop than most hybrid camber boards we have tried. That is often part of the compromise with a lifted nose/tail but with the Pioneer the compromise was minimal.
I had a couple of laps through the pipe and thought it did pretty well.
We all really enjoyed how this board rides pipe and it really drives well wall to wall.
Switch Riding
Almost exactly the same either way.
Overall Impression
So, all in all, the Endeavor B.O.D. might not be a perfect one board quiver but it really shines if you want a camber board in your quiver that doesn’t catch like camber.
Nice lightweight mid flex traditional camber board with raised contact points and to my surprise they really make a difference. It’s mellow enough for laid back cruise but carves like a dream.
It’s not a super tech packed miracle board but it’s rare to find this perfectly balanced snowboard these days.
Tons of pop, very low swing weight, edge hold like the old pure camber boards, super nimble, and damp enough to be great through rough snow. It excels at side hits, buttering, generating air off any little feature, floats well in pow, and surprisingly carves like a beast... the list goes on.
Awesome board & killer design.
Here's a quick comparison table of the Endeavor BOD Legacy and similar boards:
| Feature | Endeavor BOD Legacy | Endeavor Pioneer | Endeavor Clout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profile | Camber | Hybrid Camber | 3D Camber |
| Flex | Mid | Mid | Mid |
| Terrain | All-Mountain/Freestyle | All-Mountain | Park/Freestyle |
| Pop | High | High | Very High |
| Edge Hold | Competent | Excellent | Good |
| Powder | Good (with setback) | Good (with setback) | Average |