Tempest

This is my first board.  I bought it early this season (from the ONLY snowboard shop I go to--Sierra Snowboard!) and have rocked it many times on the mountain.  It is an AWESOME board for beginners.  Great for powder and groomers.  This board is great because it's slow when you want it to be and fast when you want it to be.  It's flex is great for learning too.  I think (and correct me if I am wrong) that the flex is not super flexie but not stiff either.  So you go off of a hump and land a little funny you might catch an edge as aposed to a different (more flexie) board that may let you ride out of it.  I think it's better to learn on a board like this.  Every time I hit the mountain I was learning more QUICKER!  The first day I was leafin, the second day I was hittin straight lines, getting more comfortable with speed, the next weekend I was semi carving and the next day I was completely carving and linking turns.  Making small and large "S's" in the snow made me so happy!  Some people look at Salomon and think, "I would never buy a ski brand!"  But the fact of the matter is, they know what they hell they are doing and do it well.  The quality is there.  Their boards are sick.  My next stick--Salomon Prospect all the way!