Man I don't know where to start. I was just needing a board for super deep powder days but this board has excelled in many areas. For one its hard to not look like a badass riding this thing. It turns lots of heads and sparks lots of conversations. I'm size 10 us men's 5' 7" and about 140 pounds and I'm on the 159. I tend to like more aggressive board so sizing up a little was no big deal for me. Maneuvers incredibly well in tight east coast glades, and on a groomer it holds an edge very well and can even deal with a bit of ice an chunder. you will feel a littler reverberation form the nose but it dissipates before the front foot. Turning is predictable and locked in and is capable of long drawn out carve or quick aggressive ones to shoot up some powder. The swallow tail does it job of encouraging the tail to sing and make exiting turns dynamic and reactive. The float on this is amazing, and was nearly unsinkable. I got so comfortable on this board by the end of the season, and being on park crew, i had to take it into the park. it does really well on jumps and has nice rebound and it able to amplify the energy you put in to boost you past lips. While not recommended at all, I was board sliding 40ft tubes, and doing half-cabs onto rails with this too. Here's a video of m slaying some east coast powder at Saddleback on it.

This thing rips....I wanted to give 4.5 out of 5...Bataleon don't rest!...Had 21-22 (white with orange outline) now have 24-25 model. Holds a great edge. Tail feels stiffer but pop feels about the same. I kinda miss the older style tail slapping slush up in the air like annoying skiers...haha. Torsional flex is sick...dialed...This new re-design rides well with a bit better shock absorption. Please improve the longitudinal flex and dampening. Maybe increase the swallow cutout some more or decrease the "hull" length. Overall a great ride.

I rode this on a 35cm blue bird powder day and I can't say enough good things about it. Floated through pow and charged through chunder like nothing. Turns were very flowey and the board wanted to land perfectly off of every side hit and jump I took. Groomers she's pretty stable and rips down no problem. Very happy with this board and I'm sure the new gen is just as good if not better

First day out on it. She goes hard. Great board in deep pow, choppy tracks and groomers

Beautifully constructed board. Looking forward to getting some days out on it. It’s going to be a great season