This is an issue that seems to confuse a lot of people. Countless times on the various forums and at events people have discussed decks and what pop really is. It gets mixed up with flex and stiffness. We have therefore asked some of our riders and R&D team to contribute answers.

AJ Watkins:

Pop is the amount and speed of return from the deck that has been pre loaded by the rider.

Joel Lee:

1. The sudden burst of energy that a deck releases after a rider “loads” it. 2. The spring effect that a rider gets from a deck off the lip of a jump.

Tom Kirkman:

When I say pop I dont mean flex – they are two completely different things. For me its the way a board responds as you jump off the lip. For example on a soft, flexy deck you lose half your monentum/power when you hit the transition because it sags so much, but people think these decks are poppy. Your legs should be doing the jumping not the board because flexy pop is unpredictable and will invariably throw you off.

Lewis Wilby:

Pop is when a rider uses the deck of a mountainboard to increase the height of jump by putting pressure/ flexing the board out of shape then allowing it to return to its original shape. A board with more pop would be the one that reflexes up the fastest with the most amount of power. For me the best pop is from a board that is stiff but with the right amount of load will flex down and push me up as fast as possible.