Construction and Materials
That increased margin for error comes in especially handy when you consider the fact that the Lobster Sender is built with triax fibreglass. Less malleable than the biax equivalent, it delivers serious stability and lightning-fast response, but also means that more effort is required to twist the board through the waist. Helping out a little in this department is the carbon lay-up; two strips each in the nose and tail run from the tips to the binding inserts. This means even more explosive power than the camber profile already provides – helping to make this Lobster’s stiffest board overall – but the mid-section remains a little softer.
The base has actually been downgraded from the ‘Ultra Glide’ to the ‘Hyper Glide’ – it seems that only Halldor’s pro model gets the former from now on – but it still offers plenty of pace when you want to open the throttle.
Finally, the Lobster Sender features the brand’s most prolific core and sidewalls. Neither are particularly worthy of note but both are widely used across the line for the simple reason that they do a great job.
“This board still epitomises the caution-to-the-wind approach that made it a smash hit right out of the gate”
Roundup
The Lobster stable doesn’t cater to all tastes, and has never tried to. You won’t find anything for progressing newbies or ice-axe-weilding freeride addicts, for example. What the brand has done really well is behave a bit like a pub with a small, focused menu that pulls in the punters from miles around.
By setting some brackets around that ever-popular category of ‘all-mountain freestyle’ riders, Lobster has then been able to cater to the myriad niches within. The Sender ensures that those who dwell at the more confident, adventurous end of that particular spectrum are well catered for – so if that sounds like you, don’t pass this one over.
Pros:
- If you don’t settle for less than honest-to-goodness camber, you’ll find it here on the Sender
- For all its fightin’ talk, this isn’t so aggressive as to leave you hamstrung when the conditions call for mini-shred
Cons:
- The base, while still high quality, has been downgraded for 2023
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