Ride Moderator Snowboard Review 2025 | What's Good?

[@mikeyseifert80]

I only have one season under my belt. I got a gig as a snowcat operator at Keystone, this year I'll be on fresh groomers around 3-4 days a week here in Keystone, Breck, and Copper... is this the board for me?

[@kingsnowmag]

This board seems like it has a lot of dynamic range - it's stiff and stable at faster speeds, yet can still be nimble as it's not super wide. It would be awesome on fresh groomers.

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

They can rebrand it as much as they want, but it's full cap, and it had its benefits, but also its problems, like they used to open and that meant a dead board. Let's see how it goes.

[@brianp9268]

See how what goes? They have been using their roll-in construction for a while.

[@philchevrier]

There's still a sidewall to it (just read on "slimwall" if you haven't yet), which should prevent the "blowing out" that happens/happened with full-caps back in the days. I've beaten my Zero on rails for two seasons and there's no problem at all. Will there eventually be? Time will tell but the tech makes sense compared to the old caps that were everywhere on cheaper boards in the '90s.

[@joeykewer3246]

I’ve had an algorithm for two seasons and the sidewalls and edges have held up soooo much put over 100 days on the same set up not real issues besides the top sheet chipping which happens an basically every board

[@AlexanderKontsevoy]

It’s not a cap construction. You can call it hybrid, but even that will be a stretch. There’s a urethane sidewall that narrows down towards the edge. Ride and K2 boards use this and similar roll-in construction for a number of years on different boards.

[@ninjamagic5150]

So is it a true twin or different nose tail setback holes. ?

[@jonbrown9490]

It's a tapered directional deck.

[@adamcamp1916]

What goggles is homie wearing ???

[@jonmartin7975]

It’s the Dragon NFX Mag colour is called kaiju, will be available at The Circle

[@kingsnowmag]

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[@ronniew5461]

Hey! Thanks for the video. I’m 6’1” and weigh between 165 and 170 lbs usually And wear an 11 or 11.5 boot depending on brand (11.5 Burton boot currently) Usually ride 157 wides but wondering if I should go up to a 161 wide for the moderator. I have volume shifted board currently and am looking at this as a more aggressive but not too aggressive free ride option that will do well in powder and trees (I’m 42 and my knees don’t need the most aggressive board). I want the float but don’t want to sacrifice the maneuverability. Thanks in advance for the advice.