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Pre-order · Ships September 2026
PTO Verdict
“The Fun.Kink is built to be hard to catch: 3BT lifts the edges near the tips, and a soft flex smooths out progression across the whole mountain.”
Best for: Beginner-to-intermediate riders who want one forgiving board for the whole mountain and want progression to come easily. Playful, freestyle-leaning riders who lap groomers, side hits and park, ride switch, and prefer a twin with a gentle forward lean over a locked directional shape.
Not for: The Fun.Kink is the wrong board for an advanced, aggressive rider who wants a stiff, damp, high-speed charger: at a soft flex with Bi-Ax glass and no carbon stringers, it is built for control and progression, not speed. Deep-powder specialists should look elsewhere — it is a symmetric twin with a centered stance and medium tip lift, and no technique turns that into a float machine on a deep day. Riders chasing maximum pop and hard-charging park performance want the stiffer, carbon-reinforced Evil Twin instead. And hard-snow carve purists who want a locked, aggressive traditional-camber edge will find that 3BT trades some of that bite for its forgiveness.
At a Glance
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Description
The Bataleon Fun.Kink is an all-mountain freestyle snowboard with a soft 4/10 flex, built around Bataleon's Triple Base Technology — 3BT — so it resists catching an edge. Between your feet the base holds a positive camber for pop and grip; toward the widest points of the nose and tail the sidebase is raised up off the snow. Those raised edges are the ones that normally hook you when you ride flat, so lifting them is why the Fun.Kink forgives a caught edge. SideKick adds a little more lift right at the tips for smoother turn initiation and a touch of float. This is not rocker and not flat — it is cambered down the middle with the edges of the tips eased away from the snow.
Bataleon calls the shape a Directional Twin, but the 26/27 outline is symmetric, the inserts sit centered, and the nose and tail are lifted by an equal amount. The directional character is a gentle forward lean in how it rides, not a tapered powder shape or a moved-back stance, so you can ride and land switch without relearning your footing. Underneath is a Core Core wood core, a forgiving Bi-Ax glass layup, D.S.T. Super Tubes for rebound, and a fast Hyper Glide S base — retailer listings fill in the details Bataleon's card leaves off: a poplar core with beech stringers, dual carbon Super Tubes, and a sintered base.
This is a board for a rider still building confidence who wants one deck for the whole hill — groomers, side hits and park laps — and wants progression to come easily. It is the wrong pick for an aggressive rider who wants stiffness and top-end speed, for a deep-powder specialist, or for anyone who wants maximum pop; the stiffer Evil Twin is built for that instead. The Fun.Kink ships as a bare deck — bindings are a separate purchase, and we will help you choose, size and mount them with your boots.
Specs
- Shape: Directional Twin — symmetric outline, centered stance
- Profile: Medium positive camber with 3BT Triple Base and SideKick
- Flex: 4/10 (soft-medium, Bataleon scale)
- Core: Core Core (retailer listings describe a poplar core with beech stringers)
- Laminate: Bi-Ax biaxial fiberglass, D.S.T. Super Tubes (retailers describe dual hollow carbon tubes), Flex Walls
- Base: Hyper Glide S (retailers describe it as a sintered base)
- Effective edge: 114.0 cm (149) to 125.0 cm (162W)
- Waist: 24.6 cm (149) to 26.7 cm (162W); 159W and 162W are Wide
- Sidecut radius: 7.5 m (149) to 8.1 m (162W)
- Terrain: Resort-first, park-friendly (Bataleon terrain bars, no numbers)
- Sizes: 149 / 151 / 154 / 157 / 159W / 162W (W = Wide)
Details
- Type
- Snowboard
- Vendor
- Bataleon
- SKU
- BA.27.10.FK.149
- UPC / GTIN
- 8721164502804
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Bataleon Fun.Kink
By PTO Team, Based on Bataleon's official 26/27 spec card, its published 3BT design intent, and the Fun.Kink's standing as a forgiving progression twin · Spec analysis
The take
“The Fun.Kink is built to be hard to catch: 3BT lifts the edges near the tips, and a soft flex smooths out progression across the whole mountain.”
The Bataleon Fun.Kink is built around one idea: make the edge hard to catch. Bataleon prints no numeric terrain scores, so the radar figures here are PTO's read against the board's official specs and design intent, not the brand's own numbers. The mechanism is 3BT, or Triple Base Technology. Most boards sit flat across their width, so the steel edge rests on the snow along its whole length and can grab when you least want it. Bataleon keeps the base cambered and flat between the bindings, then raises the base under the nose and tail up and away from the snow at the outer edges. The section under your feet still gives you camber's pop and grip; the raised edges near the tips are far slower to hook. SideKick pushes that lift a little further at the very tips.
On snow the Fun.Kink reads as forgiving before anything else. The soft 4/10 flex — Bataleon's own scale, not a cross-brand number — bends into presses and rolls edge to edge without a fight, and the lifted contact points make flat-basing, spinning and learning butters far more forgiving of a mistake. The D.S.T. Super Tubes give the soft deck enough rebound to still pop off a side hit, and the Hyper Glide S base runs fast once you keep it waxed. Because the outline is symmetric and the stance is centered, switch feels like your normal direction; the Directional Twin label is a mild forward lean in the ride, not a tapered shape or a moved-back stance.
Where the Fun.Kink stops is easy to map. A rider who wants to charge and hold a nervous line at speed is describing a stiffer, damper board — this one trades top-end stability for forgiveness, with Bi-Ax glass and no carbon stringers. Deep-snow days ask for a directional or tapered outline; this centered twin leans on its tip lift for a little float, not a powder shape. A rider who wants maximum pop and hard park performance wants the stiffer Bataleon Evil Twin, a true twin with Tri-Ax glass and carbon stringers that steps up the snap. And against a locked traditional-camber edge on firm snow, 3BT gives up a little bite for its catch-free feel.
Sizing runs to six lengths — 149, 151, 154 and 157, plus two Wide builds at 159W and 162W that carry a wider waist for bigger boots. The Fun.Kink is sold as a bare deck; you choose bindings on their own, so bring your boots and we will match length, width and stance in the shop.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat deck — bindings are a separate purchase. The inserts are centered for a switch-friendly twin stance, and we mount and size them with you in the shop. Our pick: A soft-to-medium all-mountain freestyle binding.
- Soft-to-medium all-mountain freestyle bindingProgression and all-mountain freestyle
A soft, forgiving deck pairs best with a softer-flexing binding that keeps the easy, catch-free feel while still driving the camber underfoot. Bring your boots and we will match flex and size in the shop.
Bataleon does not publish a fixed binding pairing for the Fun.Kink. We fit a soft-to-medium snowboard binding to your boots and riding style in the shop.
Common Questions
- Is the Bataleon Fun.Kink a good beginner snowboard?
- Yes. The soft flex and 3BT geometry are built to be forgiving: the base is lifted under the nose and tail, which keeps the edges from catching — what trips up new riders most. It is a board you can keep progressing on across the whole mountain.
- What is 3BT, or Triple Base Technology?
- It is Bataleon's base shape. The base stays cambered and flat between your feet for pop and grip, while the outer sections beneath the nose and tail sit above the snow. Keeping those edges off the surface is what makes the board so much harder to catch when you flat-base or spin.
- What are the 159W and 162W wide sizes for?
- Riders with bigger boots. The Wide builds carry a wider waist so your toes and heels clear the edges and drag less on hard turns. Width is a boot-size call, not just a length call, so bring your boots and we will size it with you.
- Does the Fun.Kink come with bindings?
- No. It ships as a bare deck. Bataleon doesn't publish a recommended binding pairing for the Fun.Kink, so choose bindings by flex and boot size — bring your boots and we fit and mount them in the shop.