Thunder Bolt
The all-new Thunder Bolt takes freeride snowboard design to the next level. Our lightest ever core is paired with premium carbon-infused fibre, cutting edge dampening and a race-grade base that will leave your buddies in the dust. Be the envy of every lift line with this state-of- the-art all-mountain weapon, produced in strictly limited numbers and delivered in a custom-fitted travel sleeve.
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Terrain
Park
Resort
Pow
What’s this board’s natural home? Full send in the park? Elbows down on the trails? Or chucking roosters somewhere off grid?
Flex
7.0
Softer snowboards are easier to press and won’t kick your ass if you make a mistake. Stiffer decks are more stable at speed and super responsive edge-to-edge. Choose your poison.
Tail
Directional Outline
Nose
medium Uplift
High Uplift
Tail
Dynamic Camber
Nose
Tail
Freeride 3BT™ + Sidekick™
Nose
Glassing
Carbon
Tri-Ax
New for 2021/22 and exclusive to the Thunder Bolt, we’ve woven carbon directly into the fiberglass for the ultimate in high speed dampening and tip-to-tail response.
Woodcore
Our lightest 80-20 paulownia and poplar wood blend for the lightest strength to weight ratio.
Special Sauce
Dual Radial Super Tube. Hollow carbon core upgrades that are inserted into the core. The hollow carbon tubes greatly increase the woodcore’s pop and reduce weight.
Carbon Stringers
Our tried and tested carbon layups. We deploy them in different areas to fine-tune the feel of each model.
Base Tech
The fastest base money can buy. This base is produced with ISO-Sport 7000 black racing series and is what spandex-clad dudes have on their ski boards. No joke.
Backseat inserts are an extra set of inserts set 4cm behind the bottom inserts. This allows you to set your bindings all the way back, so you can keep floating on those deep pow days. By shifting your weight more back on the board the nose stays up and the pressure on you back leg is reduced.
Air Ride
We incorporated a flexible composite material into the woodcore along the 3BT™ crease points to dampen vibration at high speed and make your snowboard smoother in all conditions. Think of it as a top of the line suspension system for your snowboard.
Carbon Layup
Tail
Nose
Featuring
We incorporated a flexible composite material into the woodcore along the 3BT™ crease points to dampen vibration at high speed and make your snowboard smoother in all conditions. Think of it as a top of the line suspension system for your snowboard.
Featuring
SideKick™ dramatically increases the sidebase uplift at the widest points of the nose and tail. This makes turn initiation even smoother, increases float in powder and handling of the board in rough terrain.
Featuring
SuperTubes™ are hollow carbon core upgrades that are inserted into the core in 3 different configurations. The hollow carbon tubes greatly increase the woodcore’s pop and reduce weight.
Featuring
We incorporated a flexible composite material into the woodcore along the 3BT™ crease points to dampen vibration at high speed and make your snowboard smoother in all conditions. Think of it as a top of the line suspension system for your snowboard.
| Length (cm) | 156 | 158 | 159W |
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| Waist Width (cm) | 24.8 | 25.4 | 26.2 |
156 | 158 | 159W |
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| Weight Recommendation (Kg) |
60.0-80.0 |
72.0-92.0 |
68.0-88.0 |
| Weight Recommendation (Lbs) |
132-176 |
158-202 |
150-194 |
| Boot Size (EU) |
41-45 |
42-46 |
43-48 |
| Boot Size (cm/mondo) |
26.0-29.0 |
26.5-29.5 |
27.5-30.5 |
| Boot Size (US) |
8-11 |
8-12 |
9-13 |
| Boot Size (UK) |
7-10 |
7-11 |
8-12 |
NOTE: If you are at the upper end of the boot size range, you might consider a wide board to hit the sweet spot for deep carving and float in pow.
Customer Reviews
As a rider who likes to go fast and maintain turning ability while doing so I can positively say this the fastest and most responsive board I have ever operated. This board handles like a sports car. Take it easy on your first couple laps as it gets around a turn faster than you think it will. This board will allow you to dig trench lines and euro carve while maintaining an insane speed.
If you’re a speed demon who appreciates the art of a good turn. This board is necessary.
So I got the thunderbolt. I noticed the graphic was longer on one side than the other and was thinking “it’s probably just the graphic” but when u looked it over, sure enough, the boards center is about three inches to the left. Now this will make the board ride different. I contacted customer support, wrote three emails, and even reached out on Instagram. The only response I received was on Instagram telling me to email and contact us from their page same as I already did. So pretty much I paid 830$ for a messed up board and no help. I am super disappointed. I was about to buy a evil twin sister too, but F that, I’m just gonna stick with the Jones boards, which are better. I rode the off board and it wasn’t that bad, still fun, but was definitely off. Since customer support didn’t help for one second I probably will never buy another bataleon board again, and that’s from someone who has 23 complete set up snowboards, and is obsessed with getting new ones and trying the different styles. You can even see in the pictures how many snowboards I have behind the thunderbolt.
Nico Demetrio. Snowboard guide. 5.7 /180lbs/49 yrs old Chilean American snowboarding since 1992. This is the top of the cream Bataleon freeride board. Fast, lively but yet stable and dumped. Single radius sidecut and TB3 technology makes it a freestyle feel freeride board to take your snowboarding to the next level. Want to ride it switch? no problem. Want to charge heavy steep lines? no problem. Just the right stiffness for expert and advance riders. If money is not your issue and you want to have the best materials made into a snowship dream board. dont hesitate to buy The Bataleon Thunder Bolt
I have been snowboarding since 1992...ridden so many boards...the ThunderBolt 158 is the best board I have ever owned. Fast, nimble, and super reactive. Now I don't want to touch any of my other boards!
This board is everything you guys described. I love the way it rides, it's easy to flick the board on command. So light weight...Plenty moment when shredding where at full speed I almost ate it hard but because of the board light weight and high Cambe, I was able to correct my mistake and save my face. Lol
the color scheme is awsome. Hope there is similar style with the tip marking. Definitely a fan of the all black and yellow tip. A toxic Illuminaticent vibrant yellow tip would be even better.
