32 XXX Pat Fava Pro Snowboard Review: A Stiff Camber Beast for Hard-Charging Riders

Introduction

The 32 XXX Pat Fava Pro snowboard is not trying to be friendly. It is a traditional camber, full-width, maximum-stiff twin built for riders who push hard, ride fast, and want a deck that never feels vague underfoot. During testing it was possibly the stiffest board in the 32 lineup, and that single characteristic shapes everything about how it rides.

This board is available in 152, 155, 158, 159 wide, 161, and 162 wide, so larger-footed riders have solid options. It was tested in the 159 wide at Copper Mountain on a bright, warm spring day with plenty of chopped, slushy snow, rocks, and dirt starting to show through, using Rome Black Label bindings and K2 Thraxis boots.

Who This Product Is For

The rider profile here is clear: someone who rides hard and fast, does big drops, and wants to stomp into everything they do. If you mostly cruise greens and mellow blues, this board will feel like a punishment. If you attack the mountain and the park with speed and commitment, it will feel dialed.

It is worth being honest about the namesake too. Pat Fava rides at a level most of us watching never will. This is his pro model, built to his specs, and it shows. You do not need to ride like him to enjoy it, but you do need to know how to turn and how to generate your own power.

Main Strengths

Traditional Camber Power and Stability

From contact point to contact point, the board carries a full arc of traditional camber, and that is where all the load, power, snap, and drive come from. The core is a little girthier than most, which genuinely helps with stability. Through mashed-potato slush and chopped chunder, this thing cut through everything, and nothing reverberated back underfoot. On firmer snow, the same held true. Realistically, it rides like a tank.

Edge Power and Carving

The sidecut is dialed. This board has power from edge to edge and cuts through everything in its path. Short, tight, quick carves feel powerful, and you can feel the rigidity of the board going into them. Medium carves lock you in completely, and changing that arc takes real effort and board-bending input.

If you want to drive hard out of a turn off the tail, push your knee into the center of the camber to force it down and slingshot out with tail power. Laying trenches is not a problem here. If you know how to turn, you will not have an issue. If you do not, this board will expose that quickly.

Jump Performance

When it comes to jumps, the bigger the better. The potential of this board is simply wasted on smaller features. Can it do them? Yes. But loaded up with speed on a bigger jump, it launches you further and higher and just stomps right into the landing, putting itself down and leaving a crater. It is aggressive and consistent: the more you put in, the more you get out. Roll off a jump timidly and it will not boost you to the moon, but load it aggressively and use more speed than you think you need, and it rewards you.

Things to Consider Before Buying

The Flex Is Extreme

On the 32 flex meter, this board is pushed all the way to the right. The tips offer a little more play, but the midsection is rigid through and through. Ankle steering still feels stiff and responsive, but you are putting a lot of effort into every input. This is an assertive deck, and some riders will love that. Others will not.

Butters, Presses, and Jibbing

Prepare yourself for a workout. Pressing means leveraging your weight far out into the nose or tail, pulling the board up, and leaning into everything you do, and even then it is not the deepest press. The board fights you the whole time, so leg strength and speed are your friends. Jibbing works the same way: full force into the nose or tail to hold a press, and it snaps out at the end of a feature, though not aggressively. Sideways on a feature, it becomes a full-on balance board you can shimmy and shuffle from side to side.

Buying Advice

Pair this deck with bindings that can keep up. Recommended matches include the 32 Team XLT Carbon, the Ride Circuit, and the Rome Katana Pro full wrap. Comparable boards worth cross-shopping are the Lib Tech Red Ripper, the Ride Burnout, and the Rome Rene Pro.

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Conclusion

The 32 XXX Pat Fava Pro is a beast of a deck: the stiffest 32 board in recent memory, absolutely dialed on edge, and genuinely fun for assertive carving on a twin. It is a chore to pop, butter, and jib, and it punishes lazy technique. But for hard-charging riders who want maximum camber power, stability in the worst snow, and landings they can trust, this board delivers exactly what it promises.