I always said that I'd never do mountainboarding because you seem to have less control than on a snowboard, and the falls hurt more, but I'm really wanting to get into boardercross, since I just started doing that on my snowboard.

This is my 3rd season of alpine snowboard (raceboards-you use boots similar to ski boots, instead of just regular softboots). I chose alpine snowboarding over regular because I love carving, and softboots don't come close to the carving potential of a GS or SL board.  In the summer, I carve up the mean streets of boston on my Loaded Dervish which rides like a dream.

I just picked up kiteboarding, so thats something I'll be doing on Cape Cod for most of the summer, mixed in with some mountainboarding at some of the ski resorts out here.

Anyone have any suggestions for a great BX/downhill/freecarve board that I can also use around the city if I wanted to? I've looked around, and I don't know what boards are better or worse for what I want to do.

Hi Gleb,

The mbs Comp 95x is a great board for downhill riding, it's one of the bigger boards out there, so if you like the feel of big boards then that one would be a good one to consider. This one also comes with a brake.

The mbs Comp 95 or the Pro 16 would be good boards for boardercross and carving. Overall the Comp 95 and the Pro 16 are good all around boards.  

Once you get a board you can always adjust the eggshocks to get it riding how you want. If you want to carve more go with softer eggshocks, and if you want to go for speed, use harder ones.