Oxygen
Snowboard: A Serious Contender
Oxygen have been around a while and have a foothold in the
snowboard market place – odds are that you’ve seen an Oxygen
snowboard on the slope. Oxygen is part of Atomic’s
snowboard division (both Amer Sports brands) – back in 2001
Oxygen teamed up with Atomic to focus their product and
re-establish brand integrity through turnkey packages and good
solid boards.
If you’re looking for something pitched in
the intermediate price range it would be a good idea to check
out an Oxygen snowboard. Do yourself a favour though and shop
around for the best deal otherwise you’ll find yourself at the
upper end of this pricing segment. They also have a few high
end boards definitely worth considering.
Most of the boards have a
directional shape and tip-to-tail wood cores. A key to an
Oxygen snowboard are their lightweight cores. Less weight
translates into a more responsive board that is trick
focused.
Other features of Oxygen
snowboards are 3-D profiling featuring Oxygen’s Power Wing
System as well as a graphite running bases. All boards have a
micro-stone base finish, and full-wrap edges with diamond-disc
edge finish.
Various
designs in the Oxygen snowboard
range:
The Supercross series is specifically
designed for boardercross riders.
The Supreme series Oxygen
snowboard uses a 3-D profile, super-light core, Power Wing
System, and a graphite running base.
The LRS (Light Rider Series)
designed for the lightweight shredder.
For larger-footed riders,
Oxygen offers the Vibe Plus series, an offspring of the ever so
popular Vibe series. The Vibe series Oxygen snowboard is
focused on aesthetics with attitude.
The Globe series is primarily
focused on the price-conscious rider with quality boards at a
good price – if you’re just getting started this is the Oxygen
snowboard for you.
The Joker series is for up and
coming progressive riders while the Oxygen Apex series features
the Patented D-Star 3-D profile construction, designed to
reduce internal sheer forces caused by internal laminates
condensing and constricting.
If the relation to Atomic is
anything to go by I’d be taking a closer look at this
brand.
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