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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dunno, but libtec do a Black board with Magna traction (wibbly sidecut) thats supposed to "make ice feel like powder" which I've seen some good reviews of?
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from what I understand it gives better edge pressure and less chatter when nailing it straight. but looking at it they only do theMT on the biggies, whats the max length board you can deal with?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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My current board is a 147 although I seem to get on better with a 145 hire board when I visit Snowdome etc... I would say 147/8 max.
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Nitro make excellent boards. If you are an experienced rider you'll probably get on very well with the Black Widow.
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I agree with ponder, my understanding is that the Black Widdow is geared towards more "top end" riders. Depends on what you want to do. If you want to bomb around on piste at decent speeds go for the Nitro.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Honda Kitty, Perhaps "top end" is a bit too strong. A decent intermediate rider is probably more realistic. From what I understand, having never ridden one, Nitro boards don't mess about. They are decent stiff-ish boards that need proper handling on the slopes.
Nitro come up with great names for their boards, such as the afore mentioned Black Widow, The Punisher and Dark Horse (which is an eeeevil board)
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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so are you saying that theyre more easy to catch an edge with? less stable at speed but quicker through the turns?
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You know it makes sense.
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Richie, I've found a dealer in Banff & I'm going to try to get a 'ride before you buy' demo...
Thanks for all the replies you lovely bunch of people
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Nitro tend to produce boards on the stiffer side. My understanding Like Richie, is that the Black Widow requires an aggressive rider. Basically to get the best out of the board it needs riding fast. It will be stable at high speed but the catch will be when trying to cruise at slow speed the board will be harder to handle than a softer one. Just be aware.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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lo-ridah, not necessarily more likely to catch an edge, and certainly not less stable at speed. When people refer to "advanced" board, what they generally mean is stiff, and with less sidecut. This makes them very stable at speed and through choppy conditions, however you need a fair bit of power through turns to decamber them properly. A softer board will make slower, more relaxed turns more easily, and will generally enter and exit turns more easily as well. An less experienced rider may find that they have more trouble changing edges on a stiff board, and may find themselves getting locked into turns. Howver, someone who rides fast and powerfully will love a stiffer board.
To give you an idea, I haver a stiff freeride deck, and when I'm riding it fast and hard it's beautiful - reacts to my every movement, ploughs through anything, never twitchy at speed. But when I'm riding slowly it's a tank - has very little torsional flex (you need torsional flex for low speed turns), and sometimes I almost have to hop from edge to edge at low speeds, since the board doesn't want to bend/flex torsionally into the turn.
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but it sounds cool 
