I'm looking at the 09 version. I've always been a fan of ozone, my riding style is going to be mostly free style and some uphill (mountain) back country riding. Will a Manta do it all for me? What are the major differences of a Manta 2 vs Frenzy?

The Manta has been discontinued as of this year, basically because the Manta and Frenzy were getting so close to each other in performance that they became redundant. In '09, the Manta was a bit higher performance over the Frenzy but was more twitchy. You had to drive it a bit harder to get it to perform but when you did, it payed you back with some awesome performance. It is the ultimate in freestyle riding where the Frenzy was slightly more tame and didn't require as much aggressiveness.

The '11 & new '12 Frenzy is an improvement over the '09 models and has just as much performance as the Manta did without having to get as aggressive with it.

Hope that helps.

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