2008 Rossignol Decoy 155 Snowboard Review
Welcome to our first official snowboard review. Rossignol is also our first official manufacturer to jump on the review sponsor list and send us a couple sweet boards, first up is the 2008 Rossignol Decoy 155. We’d like to thank Rossignol for supporting the new site and also our readers! They will be going up in our sponsor section shortly. Now on with the review.
Rossi seems to be taking over lately and some may say it’s the future of snowboarding. Riding the decoy, I’m starting to believe what people are saying is true.
Rossignol’s freestyle board of 2008 is a poppy, responsive and overall fun board. No matter what you’re into you’ll have fun on the Decoy. It handles moguls, groomers and holds an impressive edge on those icy days. The most fun had on the Decoy was carving and jumps, it was great to rip down the groomers doing all varied shapes of carves and was also a great time in the park spinning, buttering and catching some air off of small, medium and large jumps. Take off’s are smooth and the Decoy absorbed the landings very well. If you are a jibber and like to do rail’s I wouldn’t recommend the Decoy. I found it was very easy to catch an edge and the board didn’t properly flex to boxes or rails. One other problem I had was a little bit of the nose catching the snow when turning due to the shape of the nose and tail of the board. Overall if you’re looking for an all mountain board and like to do freestyle on the side this is the board for you, it held an edge on all conditions, popped like mad and buttered smoothly. And don’t forget, there’s some wicked graphics and art put into the Decoy, so check it out!
The 2008 model will sell for $549, about $50 less then last years model.
Check out the little triangle in the top right corner of the Decoy. This inlayed piece of metal creates a sound effect when you are cruising, it sorta sounds like you are in a video game.
when you say it’s ove. Corrina Eudora.
Just ordered it… giddyup!!!
sweet! shred it hard man you’ll have a good time on it.
Do you even jib? I heard that the board was good for rails and that the flex was forgiving…
of course I jib, its a great all-round freestyle board and it handle rails no problem but if you’re main focus is rails this isnt you’re best pick. I just found that it didnt lock in as well as other boards I have been on. You also want to keep this board well tuned due to how responsive it is while riding, and the sharp edges arent going to help on rails or boxes.
well I’m gonna cut those edges off fool.
or you could buy a rail specific board, something with 2 extra inlayed edges (Atomic has something along those lines) or even burton who makes a board that has only edges on the nose and tail so its nearly impossible to catch an edge. Probably save alot of cash on the board as well, But thats you’re choice I’m just here to provide my opinion and maybe help someone out on their next shred stick not to be a fool but cheers anyways dude!
hey fool, whatcha think about the Rossignol Works? Did you try it out fool?
I didnt get a chance to try the works, my buddy had the 2008 model for the end of the season and loved it. He’s an all-round freestyle rider and the board really worked for him, definite good purchase. I think he ended up keeping it.
damn all these beautiful gir. Horsa Amadeo.
Rossi comes up with another killer board! The Decoy definitely has a lot of pop. You will not be disappointed.
grind those edges down bra!!
sound effects eh?lol