Construction and Materials

The Rise sits just north of middle in the flex scale, so it’s still playful enough for buttering and pressing, but not so noodley you’ll find it difficult to push yourself. The flex is bolstered by carbon stringers in the nose and tail, these maximise pop power through those areas, and give them an extra bit of reinforcement for heavy landings, as well as soaking up some of the chatter when you’re blasting around.

Weston use their Freedom core, with paulownia and poplar to marry strength and power, with lightweight manouverability. This sits between responsive triax fibreglass, so the Rise will be on high alert to move and react to external stimuli at the drop of a hat.

“Overall, with the Rise you’ve got a solid all-mountain snowboard that does a bit of everything really well”

Roundup

Overall, with the Rise you’ve got a solid all-mountain snowboard that does a bit of everything really well. Realistically, it’ll get beaten out by a specific powder board if push comes to shove, but for one board to do it all, at a really reasonable price then it’s hard to beat.