A stalwart of the Salomon range, Wollie Nyvelt's resort-busting Assassin has earned itself a well-deserved reputation as one of the best all-terrain freestyle snowboards on the market. This category-defying snowboard blurs the lines between snowboarding disciplines, creating a board that's equally at home charging around the mountain as it is playing in the park. Rewriting the rulebook on all-terrain snowboarding, the Assassin is the ideal choice for seasonaires or anyone who wants one board that can do it all. However, it's not just that versatility that defines the Assassin; it's also how good this board rides. Thanks to its advanced high-end construction, the Assassin is a revelation to ride. Every time you strap into this board, it blows you away. Whether you're just cruising around, playing in the park or charging hard with your mates, this board feels like it's always in its element.
Rider Style
Intermediate to expert riders looking for a high-performance all-terrain board that can ride everything and everywhere.
Shape Overview
The Assassin utilises an advanced Wollie Nyvelt designed directional twin chassis. This state-of-the-art shape delivers a balanced overall ride, giving you all the control you could need. However, thanks to the advanced nose shape, which features extended zones at the contact points, you get that balance and control without compromising the Assassin's ability to deliver great float in the pow and blast through chop and crud. To help the Assassin deliver its outstanding performance on the piste, Salomon fit their advanced Quadralizer sidecut. This unique sidecut geometry combines Equalizer with Quadratic zones to deliver genuinely mind-blowing levels of grip and control.
Profile
Salomon utilises their state-of-the-art Rock Out Camber to ensure that the Assassin delivers excellent performance across all types of riding and terrain. This complex profile combines rocker zones at the contact points with a camber under the feet and a flat section between the bindings. This unique profile delivers a versatile ride, ensuring that no matter what or where you ride, you know that this board never feels wanting.
Construction
Internally the Assassin's advanced construction is headed up with the state-of-the-art Popster Eco Booter Aspen Select Core. This hand-selected Aspen core is reinforced with bamboo rods to deliver a poppy and powerful flex through the length. Salomon put the core through a unique milling process to give it optimum flex, creating thick and thin zones throughout the length. These different thicknesses create softer and stiffer zones through the board's length to optimise the board's flex pattern. To give the Assassin its stunning all-around performance, Salomon combines medium-density bi-ax glass structural layers and their unique ABC wrapper construction. This mix of a Bamboo top sheet, basalt reinforcing in the nose and tail and cork sidewalls steps up control and performance without overly affecting the Assassin’s freestyle-inspired feel.
Base
Salomon fits their Sintered EG base with a fine stone finish to ensure the Assassin lives up to its high-performance credentials. This Galium-infused Electra base is both super-tough and super-fast, ensuring that it won't be the board that holds you back.
KEY FEATURES
- Directional Twin
- Rock Out Camber
- Quadralizer Sidecut
- Stiffness 7/10
- BA MD Glass
- Sintered EG Base
- Popster Eco Booster
- Aspen Select Core
- ABC Wrapper
- Royal Cork Rails
