“What else would you expect from a Matt Cummins board; this thing is rad – different and oozing with style. Those graphics…sublime. I rode the 159 – my go to length – for two days over varied terrain. On the surface it is an unconventional freeride board but, in terms of ride-ability, it is very versatile, tons of fun, stable, plenty of work, and particularly enjoys speed. It is somewhere in the medium to hard stiffness range, with a noticeably harder tail. It has a pronounced camber feeding out into pronounced contact points suspended between ample sidecuts, behaving as you’d expect; good pop and good carves.

“It’s pretty stiff so it wasn’t a walk in the park, but worth the effort”

Overall the carving was excellent, it enjoyed going fast and the strong camber really helped pop you in and out, allowing nice weaving carves. Whether short and tight, or fast and long, the Snake Kink always delivered. It is pretty stiff so it wasn’t a walk in the park, but worth the effort.

It’s a very comfortable board to ride, really stable. It’s got a pretty average weight but feels heavy and powerful underfoot, which I like. Little to no chatter, zero speed wobbles, like most Mervin boards the Snake Kink has a very shock absorbing core. It felt nice on kickers and for general jumping, sidehits and ollies. It felt light and stable in the air, and stuck landings light well.

The board has a large nose that unusually kinks up very sharply – I’ve not ridden anything like that before and to be honest i’m not sure if it contributes to anything. It definitely floats well in powder and feels good to turn but it doesn’t feel any better in choppy snow, or hitting gnarled out quarters or side hits. If anything, it makes such challenges worse. But I hate to end on a downer, the board is sick, a real curiosity, something to be kept forever.

Also, it 100% gets my support for best graphics winner. What a fucking great job they’ve done.As a BMX bike riding enthusiast I’m stoked to see the Mervin boys getting Damian Fulton back on the pay-roll. Fulton’s creation Radical Rick was an old cartoon that featured in BMX Plus, one that has made its way back onto a Lib Tech after many years. Hyped on that!”

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