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How do you measure the board's length?
I recently bought a Nitro Atlas 164 but when I measured it I noticed that
it's 5 cm shorter than that. I have 3 other snowboards in the house and all are 5-6 cm shorter than the length that is written on them. I have measured them on the bottom from tip to tail with a flexible meter. |
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I recently bought a Nitro Atlas 164 but when I measured it I noticed that
it's 5 cm shorter than that. I have 3 other snowboards in the house and all are 5-6 cm shorter than the length that is written on them. I have measured them on the bottom from tip to tail with a flexible meter. I think most manufacturers measure along the curvature of the board. |
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I have 3 other snowboards in the house and all are 5-6 cm shorter than the length that is written on them. You're experiencing shrinkage! Seriously, that is a substantial variation. Few of my boards have ever been accurate, even when measuring on the curves. None have ever been longer than the written length. |
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MixD wrote:
You're experiencing shrinkage! Seriously, that is a substantial variation. Few of my boards have ever been accurate, even when measuring on the curves. None have ever been longer than the written length. My old Gnu Raceroom was 2 cm longer than spec (181 vs 179). They may have been measuring chord length (straight from tip to tip along the top). Neil |
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Some companies measure curvature.
Some measure straight tip-tail. But some might be marketing! A fictitious example could be that: GNU already makes a Danny Kass 158. Next year they sign a guy called Joe Smith. Joe wants a 158 pro model board too but marketing says that they don't need two 158cm pro models. So poor Joe's board is marketed as a 157 or 159cm. If you are really concerned bring a tape measure to the shop. If not then just try to eyeball it. |
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