Its official we have tested the new Omatic boards, and the results are in.

I gathered a couple of my friends during Mammoth’s demo days and we set out to find what Omatic had to offer for next season. During our quest for knowledge we put these boards through the toughest experiments, we compared boards and found the ones that were best ones to ride on different terrain. Vanessa Oelke tested out the girls boards, after all she is a girl.

Super: It held a good edge, I could go fast and never feel like it would slip or gave way. it was a stiffer board so it was good through choppy snow, but would also be a good all around board.
Likes - I loved this board because I rode it in chop and it charged through but felt good to ride in the groomers and park.
Dislikes - I really didn’t have any dislikes, it was fun.

Benetar: This board held a good edge i also was very responsive when i carved. it had more flex then the super because this board was softer.
Likes - it was a really fun board, it would be a great park board
Dislikes - I didn’t really have dislikes but it wouldn’t be a board i would on choppy snow.

I’ve been riding Omatic boards for a couple of years now and have always been stoked on the boards from the way they ride to the wicked awesome graphics they have. I always look forward to demo days because I’ m always excited to see  what they have created, this season I tested 4 boards and found a couple that I can say I loved.

Extreco: The first board I was eager to test was the extreco, this board was a winner, it rode great through all snow conditions. It’s really responsive and has good pop I was able to ride through choppy snow and felt like I had control the whole time, it also felt smooth on jumps and would be a great board to have if you ride everything from park to powder and what makes this board extra-special this year is that they have give you two options of riding it, you can also get it with B.S. technology “A no B.S. name for a great ride” which is exactly correct. This board is amazing, it has a 3D bowed surface and has great feel to it, I would recommend getting one of these for a great experience riding.

Boron: This board is a simple well rounded board and it is also really light. It was fun to ride in different conditions its carve response was great, its flexibility was good and was great to ride the park with.  The boron was the first board Ii rode a couple years back when I was first introduced to Omatic, and I always seem drawn to it because it’s just simply great board to ride.
Celebrity by LV- when I first started riding this board it felt like it was something I should be riding all the time, I normally ride a 151 but I tried this board out in a 155 and started taking speed laps and mobbing  through anything I could find. this board was great in the park. Louie Vito designed this board with all the right stuff to make it great for riding the park, free riding and carving.

Garrett Sierra tested a couple boards.

Sweet by HM: Funnest board I’ve ridden in a long time. Super flexible. It is a descent sized board so it rode great in powder and on jumps. But the flexibility made it super fun on boxes and rails too. The bigger size did not get in the way of jibbing. Definitely a great all around board and you can’t argue with the graphic either. The flex in this board makes it super fun for any feature, but it might also make landing tough on bigger jumps in the park.

Awesome by TR: This is a relatively stiff board. Rides good on jumps. Has the control needed for anything. Would be a good powder board if it was a bit longer and not what you’d want for jibbing. All in all this board would be great for jumping of any size. This board stiffness makes it great for hitting jumps, but also takes away from having fun on every feature in the park.

Hampus Mosesson 2nd at Freestyle.ch Big Air 2008 - Congrats to Hampus Mosesson for taking 2nd place this past weekend in Zurich, Switzerland for the Freestyle.ch 2008 Big Air Event.  Hampus stomping a Backside 9 Mute to Shifty secured him the 2nd place podium spot.

The three day event with over 45,000 spectators piling into  Zurich’s Landiwiese were witness to world class snowboarders hucking themselves off the massive kicker.

A stacked talent pool of snowboarders including Hampus Mosesson, Stefan Gimpl, Scotty Lago, Eero Ettala, Antti Autti, Andreas Wiig, Mikkel Bang, David Benedek, Mathieu Crepel, Elias Elhardt, Colin Frei, Marko Grilc, Torstein Horgmo, Tim Humphreys, Markus Keller, Reto Kestenholz, Danny Larsen, Wang Lei, Arthur Longo, Risto Mattilam, Stephan Maurer, Wolfgang Nyvelt, Peetu Piiroinen, Iouri Podladtchikov, Chris Sörman, and Takato Taniguchi.

OK President, Erwin Flury, following the Super Finals said “I didn’t think anything could beat last year’s event, but I was wrong. freestyle.ch 2008 has exceeded everything that has ever come before it. We’ve really reached higher ground - both terms of the sports and the atmosphere. The expansion of both the infrastructure as well as the program for Friday and Saturday has obviously paid off”

Those who missed freestyle.ch 2008 or just wanting to take it all in again, can check out diverse clips as well as a gallery of photos online at freestyle.ch

Hampus Mosesson will be touring the U S of A along with the rest of the Actionhorse Films crew to promote their new movie “PONYTALE” 

Stay tuned to omaticsnowboards.com for dates of his appearances.  While your there check out Hampus’ new board the OMATIC SWEET… IN STORES NOW!

-Hampus Mosseson at the Quiksilver Natural Selection

Todd Richards Skateboarding - Everybody knows that Todd Richards is one of the greatest snowboarders ever but many people don’t know that he is great at skateboarding too. Here we have two exclusive short videos of Todd Richards at Omatic Snowboards headquarters in Encinitas working hard. I guarantee none of the professional snowboarders at his age can street skate like him, not even close. Here Todd Richards walking the walk.

-360 Flip

-Heel Flip

Louie Vito is Great Person and Snowboarder. He is sponsored by Omatic Snowboards, Spy Optics, Kicker Audio, Boost Mobile, Grenade Gloves, Vestal Watch, Monster Energy and Skullcandy. Louie Vito kills at Pipe, slopestyle and jumps. He has great style and personality. Check out some of his pictures:

One of his great Tattoos

Always on the phone