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DC Mega or Ride Machete ?
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I'm in the US later this month and thinking about buying a board out there. I've found a couple of deals, one for the DC Mega 156.5 (Aaron Biittner model) and one for the Ride Machete 158 (white model). Both tickle my fancy, are new and last years model. I'll be using it on-piste, off-piste, regular & switch and a little bit in the park falling over.

Has anyone had first hand experience of these boards and what's the verdict? Cheers.
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I rode the Machete for two days this December in light pow and packed piste and loved it. V stable, trad camber, playful yet good at speed. I ride a K2 usually, so made in same factory and it felt just as tough and capable as my two...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

I thought the Ride Machete was rockered not traditional camber?
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The Machete is flat with rocker at the contact points. Ride call it 'low rise'. The DC Mega is camber.
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I've had a Mega and its an aggresive freestyle board. Its stiff and has a micro camber which flattens when strapped in. If you aren't at a good level then it'll be wasted on you. Its made for big jumps, hard riding for a powerfiul snowboarder. I sold it as it wasn't what I was looking for but as an all mountain board it was good though not as good as a specific A/M snowboard.
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Ooops, sorry, Machete rides so like a Trad Camber I did not even bother to check.
My K2 Spot Lite is flat with rocker and rides v differently.
Still great but diff feel, and they are both made in same factory!
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I've been riding a Machete for a couple of years now an love it!
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