Thunder
The Thunder smashed a new hole in the big mountain category when it debuted last year. It’s a straight-up freeride speed freak that’s built for aggressive resort shredding and turbo charged powder descents. Powerful riders will dig the smooth response we’ve dialed in through generous use of carbon and a beveled topsheet towards the waist. A combination of Triple Base and SideKick™ in the nose helps it float easily in the deep stuff. Bring the noise!
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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
6.0
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
New for 2021/22 and exclusive to the Thunder Bolt, we’ve woven carbon directly into the fibreglass for the ultimate in high speed dampening and tip-to-tail response.
Woodcore
Our 50-50 paulownia and poplar woods blend for optimal strength to weight properties.
Special Sauce
Dual 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
Producing two or more base color options minimizes p-tex waste. That is why you will find flip flop base options on most of our die-cut bases. This means orders can be filled with either color option which makes environmental sense.
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.
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.
| Length (cm) | 154 | 156 | 158 | 161 | 156W | 159W | 162W |
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| Waist Width (cm) | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.8 |
154 | 156 | 158 | 161 | 156W | 159W | 162W |
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| Weight Recommendation (Kg) |
60.0-80.0 |
68.0-88.0 |
72.0-92.0 |
80.0-100.0 |
68.0-88.0 |
76.0-96.0 |
82.0-102.0 |
| Weight Recommendation (Lbs) |
132-176 |
150-194 |
158-202 |
176-220 |
150-194 |
167-211 |
180-224 |
| Boot Size (EU) |
41-45 |
42-46 |
42-46 |
42-47 |
43-48 |
43-48 |
44-48 |
| Boot Size (cm/mondo) |
26.0-29.0 |
26.5-29.5 |
26.5-29.5 |
27.0-30.0 |
27.5-30.5 |
27.5-30.5 |
28.0-31.0 |
| Boot Size (US) |
8-11 |
8-12 |
8-12 |
9-12 |
9-13 |
9-13 |
10-14 |
| Boot Size (UK) |
7-10 |
7-11 |
7-11 |
8-11 |
8-12 |
8-12 |
9-13 |
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
I've had this board for 5 or 6 riding sessions now and all I can say is I'm amazed by this thing. The board just floats on top of power making catching an edge almost non existent. Super happy with this board and would highly recommend .
About 15 years I ride with Ride Prophet. I thought that it was good board. But when I bought this, I was pleasantly surprised. It has very goof control and stability. Every time I made very oblique turn, I thought it will slip out, but it holder me all times. I wanted to make slip purposely, but it didn't happen. I am very excited about this board. Recommend 100%. I have wide version.
Ordered the thunder, and it arrived damaged. No protective packing other than Seran wrap around the board and some paper. Now they won’t replace it because they’ve run out of the 22 thunder. So now they are only offering me the 21 thunder for the same price I paid for the 22. Or they are willing to send me the 23 version but are saying I will have to pay the difference, which is absurd because they’re the reason I don’t have the board I ordered. Still love the board it self but Bataleon customer service is so far below par it’s sad.
Since 2008 I've been riding a Bataleon snowboard. Until now I've always been riding a Goliath (I have 2 Goliath snowboards). But this year choosing a new snowboard, I decided to try the Thunder.. Perfect board for any conditions, I had fun with it for a week in the Dolomites and it never let me down. I highly recommend Bataleon Thunder.
Great board. Ended up with thunder after demoing a few Bataleon boards. Shout out to the distribution team from Poland for making this happen. This board allows you to push your boundaries, stiffer flex works great with the 3bt. Needs a bit of getting used to when waxing and scraping, but that goes with all 3bt boards i guess. Quick base. The 3bt saved my ass a few times. Can't wait to take her back on the slopes. 188 cm/90kg/46 EUR - riding 159W and it feels light and nimble.
