THE FREESTYLE BOARD THAT CHARGES LIKE A FREERIDE BOARDDesigned to deliver the ultimate in feel, control and durability, the Kink is the jib machine of the Ride collection. As the board of choice for Jed Anderson and most of the Ride team when hitting up the street, the Kink’s credentials are beyond reproach. Built around a fully balanced blunt tipped twin shape, the Kink cuts swing weight to an absolute minimum. This gives the rider full control of the board, ensuring that even during the most technical riding, you’ll never feel like the board is taking over. Match this with the lively Hybrid Camber that features rockered zones at the tips to lift the contact points clear of the snow and poppy camber through the middle, and you have a board that delivers the optimum balance of performance and feel, ensuring that when you want to take the kink out onto the mountain, it’s not going to feel like its out of its element.Rider Style: Park and all-terrain.Park and snowdome riders who are looking for a board that will kill it on rails, boxes and urban terrain but which will still be great fun to ride as your everyday board.Shape Overview: Twin TipThe Kink’s twin tip shape features a reduced swing weight blunt tip and tail design. This fully balanced form reduces weight at the extremities of the board, stepping up rider control and feel. The advanced Quadratic sidecut blends three different radii to improve turn initiation/exit while providing the best grip possible. This design is uniquely formulated for the Kink to deliver the ultimate balance of freestyle and all-terrain performance.Profile: Hybrid CamberThe Kink’s Hybrid Camber profile combines rocker zones at the contact points in the nose and tail with camber under the feet. The rocker at the contact points delivers a more reassuring hook-free feel when playing in the park as well as creating lift and float in deeper snow. To give the board a more dynamic and responsive ride, the camber under the feet powers up the sidecut, ensuring that when you need edge hold and stability, the Kink won’t let you down.ConstructionInternally the Kink has been optimised to deliver the perfect balance of all-terrain performance with freestyle friendly feel. Heading this up is the Performance Core. Constructed from a combination of high strength Aspen, poppy Bamboo and lightweight Paulownia, it provides the perfect balance of strength, power and weight. Sitting on top of this are the Double Impact plates, these cushion the bindings from hard landings as well as adding an extra layer of defence against core compression. Now to give the Kink its more playful overall ride, the structural layers are formed from bi-ax glass. These give a softer torsional flex stepping up both feel and control. Finally, the Urethane Slimewalls help to absorb edge impacts and also helps to dampen out unwanted vibrations.Base: SinteredThe Kink’s high performance sintered base gives a faster glide across a wide range of snow temperatures and conditions.KEY FEATURESTwinBlunt Nose and TailCleave EdgesHybrid CamberStiffness 5/10Twin FlexPerformance WoodcoreDouble Impact PlatesBi-Ax GlassSlimewallsSintered Base