I’m looking to buy new snowboard boots, and was wondering about the quality of Salomon brand boots? I don’t have any experience with this brand, but the fact that they make a lot of ski stuff makes me wonder if their snowboard gear is as good as companies who specialize in snowboarding only. I’m specifically looking at the Salomon Ivy boots – http://www.dogfunk.com/dogfunk/SAL1418/Salomon-Ivy-Snowboard-Boot-Womens.html
Any reviews or comments on Salomon boots would be greatly appreciated.
Salomon makes pretty good stuff.
Burton is the big name brand for snowboard gear, but I wore Salomon boots (I think they were Salomon Malamutes) for a few seasons and was very comfortable. The boots held up well and were the perfect stiffness for me.
I would recommend trying that exact model of boot before you buy it though. Buying online is great, but you want to make sure you have the right fit and desired stiffness. And all boots run a little different on size. Also, make sure your boots fit your bindings. I bought Vans boa boots a few years ago and they wouldn’t fit into my Ride bindings.
But there’s nothing wrong with Salomon boots. It’s a quality brand.
I need a review on these games
1. Skate it
2. skate 2
3.shaun white snowboarding
Are they good games?
Are the graphics good?
Are they games that people can actually beat or are they extremely hard?
The skateboarding genre might have started with many contenders, but when the dust settled you pretty much had one choice: Tony Hawk or nothing. And it’s been that way for more than half a decade. Last year, however, Electronic Arts decided we’ve had enough of the same ol’ Tony Hawk Neversoft design and developed an ingenious skateboarding “simulation” called Skate for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The way the designers made you work for basic skateboarding maneuvers gave a sense of satisfaction when you successfully complete it. Skate was good. And you know what happens with successful games, right? They get sequels, and more importantly, they get ported to the handheld. Skate It isn’t exactly a port of the original game, but it is a conversion of the unique experience in a stylus driven design. The DS game is incredibly ambitious and is also a lot of fun. It’s just a little too rough around the edges to give it high praise.
The Nintendo DS game lifts the same title as the Wii game released day and date, but the portable version doesn’t really share a whole lot beyond the core concept of skateboarding and offering a unique way of controlling your skateboarder. In fact the DS game feels a little more along the lines of the original skate does, as there are many similarities to the locations and challenges from the console original in the portable rendition.
Skate It’s development duties fell upon Electronic Arts’ dependable DS team over in the UK: Exient. With the company already working on top handheld projects like Madden, FIFA, Need for Speed, and Tiger Woods, it’s not surprising to see that the studio was put to the task of bringing the ambitious skateboarding design to the dual-screen handheld. And for the most part, the team got it down. Not only is the 3D tech solid with open environments, detailed visuals, and realistic skateboarder animations, but the game feels right in controls, too.
Touch screen control is a little overwhelming at first, but you’ll get the hang of it.
Performing skateboarding maneuvers is handled entirely on the touchscreen with handwriting and flicking gestures taking the place of the analog trick stick of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game. The lower screen has an image of a skateboard which is used as a sort of guide to let you know an Ollie from a Nollie — by default it’s displayed at an angle, but you can orient the controls to be straight up and down if that fits your fancy. Flicking from the bottom up performs an Ollie (a nose-up jump), top to bottom a Nollie (a tail-up jump). Skewing the angle causes a kickflip, and adding a bit more curve or angle points will add more flair to the move. The game has dozens of moves to master, and luckily the in-game trick list does a great job showing the exact drawing points to do with the stylus in order to pull them off. Combining those moves with a left/right on the D-pad will add the 180/360s, and a shoulder button will include a grab to the performed move.
If it sounds a little intimidating, don’t worry: it is. This game isn’t easy: just like the console game the DS version is actually enormously challenging but it’s also amazingly satisfying due to its complexity. Skateboarding isn’t an easy sport to pick up and play, and Skate It does a great job representing the sport in a game that has a learning curve to match. But once you get it, there’s almost no going back to the alternative; Tony Hawk, you had your day in the sun, but we’ve had our fill of auto-combos and grinds that can go on forever. The Nintendo DS game is a little more forgiving than the console versions, but that may be due to technological restrictions than actual, intentional design choice. Grind rails are a little more magnetic than in other Skate games — it’s not quite as automatic as Tony Hawk because you still have to have an accurate jump move towards the rail you want to boardslide.
This is not my review for Skate it. But this is the best I can get you xD
Shaun White Snowboarding – Road Trip Review: Great balance board use, but limited variety
I have been snowboarding for 3 years on and off. I consider myself an intermediate rider. I love to carve, and do some flat ground tricks but nothing really in the park except some boxes and rainbows, partly due to my currently crappy board. I currently ride a LTD Muse. I now want something with a lot more flexibility and forgiveness so if I do decide to enter the parks I feel I have better control. I am currently looking at the Burton Social. Can anyone give me some recommendations on great boards. I have also tried to research RIDE but am just confused on what I should buy.
forum manual or forum youngblood……manual is the flexiest board on the planet, and the youngblood is a great park board. i currently have a rome graft and it’s friggin amazing in the park….it was also relatively cheap. if you’re looking for something COMPLETELY park specific, definitely go with the forum manual (so flexy you can barely ride it on blacks), but if you’re looking for a still-amazing park board but you still wanna ride the doublke blacks, go with the rome graft, rome agent, forum youngblood, rome artifact, burton clash, or a dc PBJ. hope i helped!
Stoked for Xbox 360 by Destineer, and developed by Bongfish, brings you the thrill of back country snowboarding and the chance to explore real-world locales in the comfort of your living room. With five huge renowned mountains all yours to play with, Stoked lets you bypass the typical stale resorts for a unique and exhilarating ride experience every time. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helveti…
