Hello. I’m starting to consider a new diy short-board for days without any new stuff around, and some of the all mountain rossignol boards have my attention. They have shorter sizes with wide models, are rated on the stiffer side, cambered center with rocker tip/tail, and and have various levels of magnetraction because it gets crusty in new zealand. I was wondering about their cores though. I was mostly looking at the wide versions of the One, Templar, and Jibsaw models. If anyone has any experience with these boards some opinions would be very appreciated.

I would likely go for the One for the stiffness and design, but I’m not sure about the core’s CBF1 which looks like some stiffening strip (basalt fibers) right in the center/cut area. And how are the kevlar/aramid things, are they through the entire width of the board or do they not get cut?

Next option is the Jibsaw, which looks the CBF2 has the stiffening strips along the outer edges, so that wouldn’t get cut, but the kevlar patches are still there so do those cause any problems?

And then a notch down on the stiffness scale is the Templar, but it looks like it’s missing the basalt stringers and kevlar patches tech, just standard fiberglassed board which could be a good consolation choice for splitting.

Any opinions or experience is extremely appreciated.

Thanks