Snowboards for kids who rip: Never Summer Bantam

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Never Summer Bantam

This is another new board for 2017, and it replaces the Evo Mini which got consistently good reviews on the “dads overthinking their kid’s board” forums that I frequent 🙂 From the spec list, they seem very similar: rocker-camber-rocker-camber-rocker (banana!), their form of magnetraction, damping underfoot, and a sintered base.

In fact, this is the only little kids’ board out there that I could find with a sintered base – the rest all went for extruded. Why is that? As far as I can tell, extruded bases are slower, and they require waxing all the freaking time!!

So: fast, good profile, magnetraction. “Super soft flex” is the only question mark for me. Available sizes: 119, 125, 130, 136, 142.

All sizes currently available on Amazon for 279.99.

(So’s the Evo Mini, in some sizes and for a few bucks less, and I have to say I dig the graphics way more!)