Let me just start off by saying that I’ve never been more excited to try out a new board. While I’ve heard insanely great things about them, I’ve never personally strapped into a Never Summer. Brothers Tracey and Tim Canaday started designing boards in Colorado in the 80’s, but it was only in 1993 that they founded their company in Denver, committing to handcrafting boards to meet the highest possible quality standards. If you’ve never heard of Never Summer, it’s probably because instead of investing in marketing and a pro-rider team, they’ve put all their efforts into their craftsmanship and working with premier materials manufacturers and engineers to build the best high performance board on the market. Through all this, the brand is now recognized by those “in the know” to be one of the best out there, and are getting all the hype that the big boys spend millions of dollars for.

Is it deserved hype? Well, I can’t say for sure. What I do know first hand is that this Revolver-R, basically a wider version of the Evo-R, incorporates RC Technology (Rocker & Camber) and Vario Power Grip sidecut geometry. Sounds scientific, I know. In layman’s terms, this rocker & camber construction looks like a wave-profile; with separate camber areas at the ends of the board that gives you ollie power and snap out of turns, yet high performance and stability at high-speeds. A best-of-both-worlds scenario; kill the park and kickers, yet stable when ripping though the trees at eye-watering speeds.

I promise you this: if this is indeed the ultimate ride, if Never Summer lives up to its pseudo cult-status on the hill, as it does in the minds of snowboarding aficionados, well than this’ll be the best assignment I’ve ever worked on. Stay tuned, all I need now is some snow…