Bataleon Fun.Kink Review at Board Insiders ... Your Resource for Snowboard Reviews

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This board spells F.U.N. Everyone has different ideas of fun. For some of you it's the bliss of throwing a hardway down some crazy kink, for others it's popping a nollie front flip off something stupid and of course there are those that think being strapped down and peeed in the face is fun, but lets not get into that kinda stuff. For all of you that just like shredding with the fun button turned all the way up, the Fun.Kink is your stick. Throw it down a rail, hit a kicker, do whatever. We stopped counting the Dude-this-is-the-funnest-board-I've-ever-been-on raves but that doesn't mean we don't love to hear that stuff.


Controllable Great in the park Easy to spin Not catchy, forgiving edges Quick turning	Not so good in the powder

This is an easy riding park-specific board that just about anyone will enjoy, from beginners to advanced park rats. The board was easy to jump, spin, press and do pretty much whatever we threw at it . We hit all the park features with this board and it left us feeling like we'd found an old friend that will teach us some new tricks.

Poplar GoodWood Core

Extraduded 2000

Super Strong Sidewalls

3X By 2X Glass Laminates

Freestyle TBT

Custom Stone Grind

"Playful freestyle, disappointing slow base."

by Andy Cunningham on August 9th, 2010

Level of Boarder: Advanced
Bindings Used: K2 Formula

Pros: Good for piste tricks, combines right level of flex for all ground tricks and landing jumps. TBT is fun - Butters better than flat base, less edge catch, switch a doddle etc. Stood the test of a season's hammering.
Cons: Pretty average off piste (as expected), graphics not to everyone's liking, base is slow especially after weeks of use, mine is in serious need of base grind! TBT isn't the most stable at speed and isn't to everyone's liking.

Comments: Used this board for the 09/10 season in Meribel primarily for freestyle. If you want something to mess around on the piste with good park ability this may well be for you. Handles everything in the park, rails, boxes, kickers, even rode this in the pipe! (with moderate success). Balances jibby flex with firmness on the landings of kickers very well. Overall good for messing around/park.My major problem is that the base is very slow and requires frequent waxing. Granted it's a extruded base for ease of repair but don't expect to be overtaking anyone on this. By the end of the season I was waxing every 2nd day!

Flex: Medium
Weight: Average
Turning: 6
Stable: 6
Pop: 8

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2010 Bataleon Fun.Kink

"Playful freestyle, disappointing slow base."