Directional - All-Terrain, Backcountry. Directional Twin - All-Terrain. Soft Flex - Freestyle Soft boards are easy to turn at low speed and don't overreact to your movement, forgiving mistakes you might make on rails and kickers.
Medium Flex - All-Mountain Versatile enough to ride park, piste or powder this flex can handle everything. Stiff Flex - Freeride Versatile enough to ride park, piste or powder this flex can handle everything. Freestyle Short and stubby, most people tend to run these boards a little bit shorter than others. All-mountain Middle of the road, they provide enough stability for bombing runs and aggressive turns whilst remaining forgiving on more technical terrain.
Freeride Generally longer and a wider freeride boards float well in deep snow with the rider's binding position set back to help keep the nose up and reduce fatigue. Snowboard Width The toes and heel of your boots should just be hanging off the edge of the board by around half an inch. The deeper the sidecut the tighter you turn The thinner the sidecut the wider you turn.
Radial A deep sidecut mean a narrow waist for quick edge to edge performance and on hard pack piste you can rip a big carve turn. Progressive At the contact points the widest parts of the boards at the tip and tail the sidecut radius is large and mellow, easing you into the turn before the radius becomes shorter at the feet accelerating you out of the turn. Multiple Several different sidecut radius sizes are used on the same board.
Asymmetrical When you stand on a snowboard your body and weight distribution is not symmetrical due to your centre of balance. Magna-Traction A traditional snowboard has two contact points at the tip and tail. Snowboard Bases Explained. Extruded Bases Melted granules of plastic are heated and cooled before being rolled out in to a thin sheet to form the base.
Cheaper to produce than a sintered base, making for a more affordable board. Only a minimal drop off in performance when the board has no wax in it because it can only absorb a small amount in the first place. Sintered Large granules are compressed into a block and thin layers are skived off the block to make the base.
Holds more wax per inch than an extruded base smaller grains packed together create more gaps in the base to absorb the wax. More speed than an extruded base when waxed. Learn more about snowboard bases here. View All Snowboards. Take a look at our other buying guides. Snowboard Goggles Buying Guide A good pair of goggles will help to protect your eyes, prevent snow getting in, help increase contrast in a storm and also help reduce any damage caused by the sun. Read More.
Snowboard Boots Buying Guide For any snowboarder choosing a pair of snowboard boots is an important decision. Snowboard Binding Buying Guide Often overlooked but vitally important to your snowboard set-up, snowboard bindings deliver power from your body, legs and feet into the board.
Our Partners. Each is going to give you a different experience, which is dependent on what you want to do with your board. A twin shaped board is smoother for riding switch or backwards. Boards with a slight setback stance can be twin in shape like the Snowtrooper or Infinity or directional in shape like the Proto FR or Lady West and mostly have a slightly directional flex pattern stiffer in the tail and softer in the nose. These are generally all mountain boards and great for all types of riding and snow conditions.
It gives you a more balanced feel for some freestyle but directional performance for freeriding. Just like shape and flex, profile is important for the type of riding you want to do.
Different profiles are better for freestyle, freeriding, etc. This gives it edge hold, pop, and stability on groomed trails or hardpack. The OG Rocker Camber has a camber tip and tail, which means the tip and tail of the board are each turned upward. The Rocker profile between the feet makes the board touch the ground right in its middle.
The Ripsaw Rocker Camber profile has deeper camber pockets on the tip and tail for enhanced edge hold, response, stability, precision, and pop, while featuring the same rocker section between the feet as the Original Rocker Camber. The Ripsaw profile is more aggressive and ideal for a hard charging, while still maintaining forgiveness and float.
The tip and tail are turned upward more than the OG Rocker Camber but less than the Ripsaw Rocker Camber, and the Rocker profile gives it that touchpoint to the ground right in the middle of the board. This gives the board a more surfy feel. The Shock Wave Rocker Camber has extended Camber profile zones in the tip and tail and has a decreased Rocker profile between the feet. This makes the board have fewer touch points to the ground than the above profiles, giving it more edge hold, response, and pop.
The Touring Ripsaw Rocker Camber is utilized for backcountry touring. It provides greater traction for the ascent while maintaining the effectiveness of Rocker Camber on the descent. Game changing innovation. The center rocker of our patented Rocker Camber profile is now a third camber area flanked by two small rockers. The result is a completely balanced ride not found in any other profile. Triple Camber makes the most efficient use of your entire edge.
The primary edge hold starts from the center of the board. The overall Rocker Camber shape retains the playful and forgiving feel. Balanced vice-like edge hold, rocket launching pop, and insane butterability. Game changed. For example, for freestyle riding a shorter board helps for being easier to do spin tricks, get up on rails or rotate in the air.
Or for a beginner a board too long is hard to control, a shorter board is a little easier to learn on. Whereas, for freeriding a longer board has greater stability at speed. Or our volume or shaped boards can be sized up or down, depending on the model. Nate is passionate about and loves learning new things everyday about snowboarding, particularly the technical aspects of snowboarding gear.
That, and becoming a better rider and just enjoying and getting the most out of life. Your email address will not be published.
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Simply go to your inbox and you will find an email:. Simply click the "Confirm My Email" link in that email to confirm your email address. If you get the wrong board your riding can seriously suffer. Style If you are past the beginner phase then chances are you have some preferences to how you like to ride. You might just like to ride easy trails casually.
You might like to ride aggressive. Medium in flex enables all mountain boards to adapt to any kind of terrain making them the most versatile snowboard category. Freestyle or park boards tend to be a little bit shorter and are suitable for park riding, from rails to boxes and jumps and more with softer flex to allow for increased agility.
Park boards are often a true twin shape allowing riders to ride them to and from the park as well as different terrains.
Designed for riders who spend their days off-piste and in varied terrain, exploring the entire mountain, freeride boards have a stiffer flex and are a little longer than freestyle boards for stability at speed.
They tend to be directional. Powder boards are often wider in the nose and tapered towards the tail and feature set back binding inserts to help the rider float through the powder. They can often be wider or longer than all-mountain boards. Splitboards feature relatively new technology, allowing backcountry riders to break down their snowboard into two separate halves for touring and using uphill.
A rocker, also known as a reverse-camber board, is a camber turned upside down. Ideal for both beginner and advanced riders, the rise of the tip and tail away from the snow results in easier float in deeper powder.
A rocker will also give a looser, more manoeuvrable feel, freeing up the contact points for less edge catching and more confidence. A flat snowboard, or zero camber, will lay completely flush to the snow into a regular rise tip and tail maintaining the stability and pop of camber but with the less-edge catching and improved powder float of a rocker.
Camber, rocker, and flat profiles can be combined in a variety of ways to create different rocker profiles. These combination rockers give riders the best of each type for different mountain rides.
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