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more "universal" powder board
Sidecut: yes, I think so, although there's probably a fair bit of
banking going on. I was trying to figure this out whilst standing in my kitchen the other day and I have to admit I'm not 100% sure what it is which makes the thing turn. I know what it's not though ;-) So as a beginner on hardboots, I've learned that projecting my weight onto the nose of the board is key to making good skided turns of the sort you might use in trees on firm snow. So I think there's a sort of "happy" medium stiffness you need to get the turn right. If a board is literally a noodle, you won't be able to pressure the nose very much, it'll just bend. If a board was as stiff as titanium, you wouldn't be able to really change pressure along the edge until your cg passed the base of support and you literally fliped over the nose. So getting to realistic board stiffnesses, I think there's a happy medium that's soft enough to let you make a big difference in pressure between the nose portion of the sidecut and the tail portion... but still stiff enough that it doesn't just totally fold in one spot uselessly. Controlled distributed pressure. Happy medium. So my guess is axis, being a more carve targeted board, is perhaps stiff enought that it's hard to get solid pressure along the nose... it wants to either carve on the whole sidecut, or dig in at a point where the edge starts and send you for a flip :P. Maybe? Or maybe I'm spouting drek... Next you'll tell me you carve in the trees . And of course, powder turns are gonna be totally different... :P |
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