Asymmetric sidecuts
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Asymmetric sidecuts
What do you think about the asymmetric shapes, promoted by GNU?
Deeper heel-side sidecut, shorter toe-side contact...
Have anybody here tried something like that?
GNU make theirs shapes with 0.4 m. difference in the sidecuts.
Does it worth a shot or this is just a marketing?
Deeper heel-side sidecut, shorter toe-side contact...
Have anybody here tried something like that?
GNU make theirs shapes with 0.4 m. difference in the sidecuts.
Does it worth a shot or this is just a marketing?
Last edited by Dimitar on Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:57 am, edited 1 time in total.
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YES Snowboards, built by Nidecker have a new sweet Asymmetrical board. The brain child of JP Solberg.
http://www.yesnowboard.com/products/boards/the-asym/
Also I have seen many Asymmetrical Snowboards specifically made for Snow Kiting , as you spend much more time on your heel side edge then toe side.
http://www.yesnowboard.com/products/boards/the-asym/
Also I have seen many Asymmetrical Snowboards specifically made for Snow Kiting , as you spend much more time on your heel side edge then toe side.
May be the difference has to be bigger than 0.4m
GNU is serious producer, so I believe theirs innovations make sense
Btw, we built 2 very simple boards.
The only one difference - One of them has magnetraction
That board is incredible compared to the other one..
I will write another topic with the details...
GNU is serious producer, so I believe theirs innovations make sense
Btw, we built 2 very simple boards.
The only one difference - One of them has magnetraction
That board is incredible compared to the other one..
I will write another topic with the details...
As I said I believe it has some merit, after my testing this season I will make an asymetric board but the difference will be more like 2m. I can understand that being a commercial manufacturer they have to moderate and tame ideas down for the mainstream. Ever seen a concept car vs its production car counterpart?
Its all horses for courses. Personally I hate magnetraction, it just slows me down.
Its all horses for courses. Personally I hate magnetraction, it just slows me down.