The Salomon Ace snowboard is designed for exploring the whole mountain. It's a versatile board that feels at home on groomers, powder, park runs, and almost anything in between. The vast majority of snowboarders choose all-mountain boards for their great versatility.
If you’re just getting started or unsure of exactly what you need, an all-mountain snowboard is a great choice.
This Salomon Snowboard has a traditional cambered shape, you don’t see that very often now. Camber is the traditional profile for snowboards, and still popular among high-level park and pipe riders because it offers maximum energy and pop. A cambered board has a smooth arch underfoot and touches near the tip and tail when unweighted; when the rider’s weight is added, it provides a long, evenly pressured running surface and edge.
The directional twin shape is pretty unique. Directional twin allows for freestyle moves with a directional flex for power and speed.
Key Features of the Salomon Ace:
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- Directional Twin Shape
- Traditional Camber
- All-Mountain Versatility
The Quadratic sidecut radius of the ACE is going to keep you up at slow speeds and at high speeds. There’s four different sidecut radius’s that make the sidecut - mellower sidecut radius’s on the nose and the tail and a little bit deeper, steeper and tighter sidecut radius’s in the center.
The Biax fiberglass is a medium weight fiberglass that runs in two different directions at 90 degrees and at 0 degrees.
The base that you’re looking at right now is an extruded base, and it has a standard stone grind on it. A lot of boards out there out of the factory aren’t stone ground. Salomon does a great job at stone grinding the bases and making them ready to ride right out of the bag.
It feels good, it’s lightweight, it’s poppy, and of course it’s very fast. The flex rating is a 3, so it’s going to be a little bit softer, but it’s still going to have the snap and the pop that you need to alley and to initiate an exit out of turns.
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Understanding Snowboard Flex
The amount a snowboard flexes varies significantly between boards. Snowboard flex ratings are not necessarily standardized across manufacturers, so the flex may vary from brand to brand. Many manufacturers will give a number rating ranging from 1-10, 1 being softest and 10 being stiffest. Here at evo we have standardized the manufacturers' number ratings to a feel rating ranging from soft to very stiff. Generally you will find flex ratings of 1-2 as soft, 3-5 as medium, 6-8 as stiff, and 9-10 as very stiff. Flex ratings and feel may ultimately vary from snowboard to snowboard.
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Snowboard Flex Ratings:
| Rating | Feel |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Soft |
| 3-5 | Medium |
| 6-8 | Stiff |
| 9-10 | Very Stiff |
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