Technical information (1/2)
Sintered base
20 mm Poplar wooden core
Number of inserts: 10 + 10
TWINTIP
Size 142 cm
Front width 290 mm, centre 248 mm, rear 290 mm (short but wide enough for youngsters with shoe size 6.5 to 9)
Radius 6.3 m
Recommended stance: 470 mm.
Size 146 cm:
Front width 287 mm, centre 245 mm, rear 287 mm
Radius 7.5 m
Recommended stance: 510 mm.
Technical information (2/2)
Size 151 cm:
Front width 292 mm, centre 250 mm, rear 292 mm
Radius 7.9 m
Recommended stance: 555 mm.
Size 156 cm MidWide:
Front width 304 mm, centre 260 mm, rear 304 mm
Radius 8.1 m
Recommended stance: 575 mm.
Size 160 cm MidWide:
Front width 307 mm, centre 263 mm, rear 307 mm
Radius 8.6 m
Recommended stance: 600 mm.
Our boards are supplied already waxed. They are ready to ride.
Which size Endzone 500 should I choose?
For Freestyle use, you can go for a relatively short board: choose a 20 or 25 cm drop (for example, a person who is 1.74m tall should choose a board between 154 and 149 cm in length). A smaller board makes rotations and tricks easier. A bigger board will be more stable at high speed and when landing jumps.
142 cm => 1.55 m to 1.66 m
146 cm => 1.6 m to 1.71 m
151 cm => 1.69 m to 1.76 m
156 cm WIDE => from 1.74 m to 1.81 m
160 cm MIDWIDE => from 1.82 m to 1.9 m
A word from the product manager
The Endzone 500 is the most playful board in the range. We wanted it to be easy to handle as well as being freestyle: fun, easy to handle and fun.
We love this board but the most important thing is that you like it! Please remember to let us know what you think in the customer feedback section.
Programme/terrain
The Endzone 500 doesn't carve as well as the Allroad 500 on the slopes but is great fun in snow parks, whether for rail lines, jump lines or on the flat. It's easy to handle in tight turns on the piste and is the perfect excuse for playful snowboarding on the edge of the slopes. With its flat camber with rocker and soft torsion between the feet, it suits an experienced rider looking for a playful board as well as for a genuine beginner interested in freestyle.
Twintip snowboard
The shape of the snowboard is TwinTip. The board's sidecuts are completely symmetrical between front and rear, providing perfect symmetry and centring of the board's features for riding in both directions in the same way. The TwinTip shape also provides total balance when turning on the ground or in the air.
Flat camber + rocker
A flat camber offers the best compromise between a standard camber which provides traction and dynamic motion, and a reverse camber which provides manoeuvrability when turning but little traction. It is perfect for the park freestyler and beginner because:
- the flat camber provides stability on modules and on the slopes
- the rocker makes it more forgiving in parks and on the slopes as the 4 corners of the board don't touch the snow when the board is flat.
Slight flex (5/10)
Flex is the stiffness of the board between the front and rear.
The flex of the Endzone 500 board is approximately 5/10, making it tolerant and playful. This is a very even type of flex from the tip (nose) to the tail, which is makes the board playful in snow parks and on the piste. However, at high speed or on very frozen snow, this board cannot hold a carved turn.
Soft and forgiving torsion (5/10)
The Endzone 500 has a torsional flex, which is the stiffness of the board between the feet, of about 5/10, which makes the board easy to handle, pivot and more forgiving of edge mistakes. Soft torsion provides freedom for the feet. It is important at the beginner level: forgiving of edge errors. Soft torsion is also suitable for freestyle, jib or flat use. Perfect for shredding!
0 mm setback
The setback is when the board's compression points on the snow are not symmetrical in relation to the centre of the board, but set back towards the rear. The bindings are also set back towards the rear by the same distance.
no setback = these are fully centred Twin Tip boards, not only for riding in both directions, but also for better balance during rotations in the air and on the slopes.
Recommended bindings
With the SNB 500 binding, the board + binding combination will be very homogeneous in terms of level and the design is coherent.
When should you wax your snowboard?
Decathlon snowboards are supplied already waxed.
They then require regular maintenance like all snowboards: ideally waxing every 5 outings and at least once a year:
- either at the beginning of the season to start with a very good glide
- or at the end of the season so that the wax protects the base all summer long
Glide quality: sintered sole
The bases are made from polyethylene using 2 different technical processes:
- extruded base, with a certain density of polyethylene
- a sintered base, with a higher density of polyethylene (fewer holes, more PE)
A sintered base is the Rolls-Royce of bases. The glide is really fantastic.
What is Wide on a snowboard?
A "Wide" board is a board that is wider than normal, to prevent "large" feet from touching the snow when turning and making you fall, or to increase buoyancy on powder. The width of the board is measured at its centre.
At Decathlon, we have defined:
- up to 245 mm: narrow board / foot size 4 to 7
- from 246 mm to 255 mm: normal/shoe size 5 to 8
- 256 mm to 265 mm: Mid Wide / foot size 7 to 10
- from 266 mm: Wide/shoe size 8.5 to 13
Can the shop mount the bindings on my board for me?
Yes. On the product page, you'll find a set-up support video, however you can also ask your store to fit your bindings to suit your own preferences. Remember to take your snowboard boots with you for 2 adjustments:
1. The front/back of the binding, so that the toes or heels of the boots don't stick out on one side more than the other
2. The straps on your bindings, which should be properly adjusted to your boots.
Board weight
Size 146: 2,530 g +/- 6%
Size 151: 2,697 g +/- 6%
Size 156: 3,026 g +/- 6%
Size 160MW: 2,952 g +/- 6%
