“Anyone who has ridden the DOA (and the remaining few who haven’t), listen up: The Super DOA is maybe the best board to come out of this season. I rode DOAs for several seasons and loved their all-mountain freestyle versatility. The one downside was that I did break a couple of them along the way and felt they lacked that little bit of extra ‘oomph’.

Problem well and truly solved. The Super DOA has a lighter – but stronger – core, a stiffer flex pattern and a faster base. While it’s kept much of the same shape and profile from the original, it looks completely different. The core has been 3D milled to look like it’s developed a six-pack and staring down at this thing at the top of the run definitely made me question if I should have taken the OG out for a lap instead.

“The Super DOA is maybe the best board to come out of this season”

As soon as I was on the move things just fell into place. The core isn’t that much stiffer, and with the rockered nose and tail and flat-kicks, it’s just as easy to press and butter as before. Where I noticed the shift up was in its pop, precision on edge and speed.

The camber isn’t massive, but the new core makes it way easier to load up and release energy into your ollies with a far more rewarding payoff. I also felt it down the sidewall, the Super DOA can be worked through a turn far more aggressively than its predecessor.

In terms of speed, I rode it on the last couple laps of the day, and it had clearly been tested out pretty hard before me, so the base was starting to run dry. Even so, it continued to glide and didn’t feel a million miles away from some of the lesser specced, freshly waxed, boards I’d ridden that morning.

It’s a bit of a splurge for early intermediate riders as the DOA will sufficiently cater to your needs, but for anyone looking to push their freestyle riding (or looking for a board to it for them instead), form an orderly queue.”