2013 Never Summer Evo Used and Reviewed
This board has been a staple of Never Summers freestyle commitment to snowboarding. We decided to send Ted our over analytical writer out on it to see what he had to say about it. Surprise surprise he liked it, you can read more below.
Board: Never Summer Evo
Size: 154
Camber Option: Camber underfoot, rocker between the feet.
Bindings: Burton Mission
Stance: 22
Boots: Burton Moto size 9.5
My Weight: 140 lbs.
Resort: Arapahoe Basin
Conditions: Very soft spring slush.
Flex: Comfortably flexy without feeling too noodley. I noticed it was a little easier for me to do presses on boxes.
Stability: For a reverse cambered snowboard, I felt fairly stable approaching and hitting jumps. It gets kind of choppy when you’re riding through slush moguls, but otherwise it’s fine.
Ollies: No issues here. I felt totally in control with plenty of pop.
Pop On Jumps: There’s plenty of pop in this snowboard. The jumps at A-basin were a bit lippy on the test day, but even when you consider that, the pop was nicely transferred to the snowboard.
Butterability: This board is a little on the soft side, so butters come naturally to it.
Jibbing: I tried some front boardslides and 270s with this snowboard, and I felt completely stable on the rails. No edges were caught, and plenty of fun was had.
Carving: The board felt a little slow on the heel edge, but that could have been the super sloppy slush at the very end of the season. Toe edge carves are fine.
Rider in Mind: An intermediate slopestyle rider who does not preference jumps over rails or vice versa.
Personal Thoughts: The flex and shape of this snowboard is a nice balance for both jibbing and jumping. It’s probably not the ideal ride for the spin-to-win type, but it does well enough for those who flip-to-win and are good at rails.
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Morning,
Firstly thank you for the reviews.Enjoyed both your reviews on the evo and proto.
Am thinking of getting either the evo or proto. I will be riding in japan for 1 month so would be riding a lot of POW. I LOVE to butter. Which do you recommended and what size ??
Am about 5’6 and weigh around 138lbs
Regards
Evo
What size you reckon?? i currently ride a 150 rome artifact. Should i go for 150 or 152
52 if you want more float in pow 50 if you want more play on groomers.
will it be a big difference in pow with 150 and 152??
If you know how to snowboard probably not.
Perfect one last question what bindings you recommended ? i currently have union contact on my rome artifact
Something that doesn’t suck.
[...] Evo [...]
Hey just about to order my evo, me and you are the same weight…. im about 5’6” what size do you would be good
210cm’s
[...] the Evo 154 on BA's website.. it was made by someone who was 140 lbs and who described it as "Comfortably flexy without feeling too noodley." Remember, that I am actually 145-150lbs myself. I think a 159 cm is ok for an experience [...]
i just the never summer evo 2013
i would like to buy flow bindings
which model and type are you recomend please?
and which boots?
my weight 75 kg’
1.70 meter
thanks
I recommend the ones that fit your style.
Don’t get flow bindings- I have some and by the end of the day there’s always ice in the bottom of the binding and it makes it so that you have to re adjust the actual binding all the time. Kinda annoying but if you go with skier buddies alot their worth not having to sit down and strap up.
So what you’re saying is you’re too incompetent to understand how to get snow out of your bindings.
real real sick board!!! so siked to get this board on my birthday!!!