Charging down a wide groomer and then ducking into a powder stash asks two different things of a board, and the Salomon Fastlane Snowboard answers both. Backseat Camber loads camber under the back foot for control and edge hold, while flat sections under the front foot keep the nose floating in deep snow. The Tapered Directional shape sets a wider nose ahead of a narrower tail and a stance set slightly back, so this directional freeride and all-mountain snowboard lifts the nose in powder and stays stable on groomed runs. What Our Gearhead(R) Experts Are Saying:"On groomers cut up by earlier traffic, the Damplifier, a cork and ABS insert in the nose, soaked up the chatter before it reached my feet. I held a fast line through the rough patches with the same calm I had on the smooth ones."