Endeavor Archetype Legacy Snowboard

First off, this obviously only applies to when the snow is deep, as the board needs fresh snow to come alive.

I've owned several powder boards over the years and this board is the best of the bunch. The tail allows you to Ollie and send huge jumps that normal swallowtail or short tail board would struggle on, but because it's cut out it still sinks happily in powder to help keep the nose up. They managed to dial in the length and stiffness of the tail perfectly - you can lean on it to spring out of corners, butter, ollie, reel yourself back in after getting bucked, but still surf on it like a powder board has to be able to.

For reference I'm 6', 180lbs, size 12, and ride a 162W - it is not too stiff.

Great board

Coming in at only 6Lbs , it is super light( when counting ounces this is a good start, you know who you are ). When ashed would you bye it again ? Yes ,I have done so 5 x same board different lenghts ( best for me is 154cm , I am 5'10" 200lbs) Also I have not retired any of the boards , the oldest has 200+ days for sure . The other swallow tails in my quiver barely see the snow ( Burton Cloud splitter, Weston swallowtail, Voile split board 177 ) The archetype is my every day all mountain board. Excellent in all terrain /conditions.

So nice i bought it twice

This is flawless. Kudos to Endeavor for developing and building such a great board. It’s hard to express how much easier it is to float on powder with this tail structure and design. Many firms may try to copy this aesthetic, and try to charge more $$, but I know of none that match this board’s phenomenal performance!