The Academy Merit Snowboard blurs the distinction between freestyle and free-ride snowboarding. For those riders that are taking their park tricks into outback Academy has developed their Merit line. A combo of sidewall and capped constructions, the Merit will hold a line on steep runs and smooth out the hard knocks of rails and ledges. Academy's fiberglass, with carbon-fiber woven in, provides super pop and quick edge-to-edge responsiveness. All of this is wrapped around a lightweight aspen core to create a deck that can hold its own in any condition.
Bottom Line: Get on a Merit and take your park steez into the backcountry.
