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Let us start this out by saying we are not a fan of the reverse camber business. Here are our reasons:

• Bananas are not our favorite fruit. Apples are.
• We don’t like technology. The only good thing that it has given us is porn and youtube.
• We are gnarly. We want a solid plank beneath us for when we are getting extreme.
• We hate hype.

But, the Signal Omni was reccommended by Dave Lee. End of story. So we headed up to the hill to get rad. Here is the data we collected:

• First thing we noticed, our boots smell funny.
• Graphics: Simple, clean, classy. All about it. And it is black. Metal as hell. And it has Slimer green. All-time.
• Weight: Then we noticed that the Omni is light as hell. This is good because we are lazy. We suspect that it is made of clouds (or poplar/aspen).
• Turning: We like to turn our snowboard, and we were worried that riding some crazy board would compromise our ability to do so. But nay. The Omni rails like a champ. Very quick and smooth edge-to-edge. We were surprised that the flex under-foot was not super loosey-goosey. The torsional flex and lateral flex is stable and consistent, which is likely due to the camber between foot. Good stuff.
• Flex-Off: As we said, the flex between foot is solid. But from there out, things get crazy. This is where the rocker kicks in. The rocker sections are a bit softer than between the feet. But, this has its uses.
• Sending it Deep: Dave Lee likes powder, and so do we. We are also lazy, and hate nose-diving in the deep. Having the tip and tail rocker (hell yeah we ride pow switch) was a God-send for staying on top when we are getting misty. And the best part? A board that floats in pow without feeling like a canoe.
• Tom-Foolery: If we are unable to ride powder, we cry and then go get wild in the park. Because we like to send it, we need a board that is going to hang on while we get atmospheric on jumps. The Omni kept right up while we were TCBin’. Because of the “traditional” structure between the feet, we didn’t feel squirrely bombing big booters, nor did we feel that our ability to initiate 1080’s was compromised.We hate rails and whatnot, but we are damn good at them. And that is what gets chicks. The rocker nose and tail provide a solid platform to pull-off death-defying presses. Seriously, it is kind of silly. You just lean like a thug, lock into that sweet spot, and then all the girls start hollering. But rails are still dumb.
• Chicks: As we said, we got a bunch of girls because of the Omni. And that is what counts.

Initially skeptics, we walked home from the hill pleased as punch with the Signal Omni.* Kudos to all the cats keeping it “SoCal fo’ Life” at the Signal Factory at the Lodge in HB. Keep on keepin’.**

*If you tell anyone we liked a rockered board, we will kill you. Besides, it isn’t even a true “rocker.”

**The AGoodReed team was given and absurd amount of kickbacks for writing this review.