What is a CamRock snowboard?
CamRock is a hybrid snowboard profile that combines the best characteristics of camber and reverse camber to make a truly versatile shape. Camrock snowboards have camber under the feet but add rocker to the nose and tail.
What is elliptical camber?
EC2 Elliptical Camber / Banana Blend (EC2 BTX) Focuses pressure between your feet for easy turns, great edge hold on ice and a medium amount of pressure to the tip and tail for end to end stability and pop while maintaining great float and catch-free freestyle.
What is micro camber?
Features. Micro Camber System: The original, tried and true camber type, and the advocate of powerful turns and poppy precision. As a toned down adaptation of positive camber, Micro camber is geared towards people who want the pop and stability of camber underfoot even for their park boards.
What does Poppy mean snowboarding?
Pop has two common uses: First, and most common, is the amount of spring that board has when doing something like an ollie. A board with a lot of pop will be like a new rubber band. A board w/o much pop, will be like a very old rubber band. Second, pop can reffer to the boost you get when going off a jump.
What is a mellow camber?
Mellow, nearly-flat camber (3mm in center). Floats better in powder compared to traditional camber, while maintaining pop. A loose, playful feel underfoot with maintained stability and edge control. PRODUCTS FEATURING THIS CAMBER: Wraith.
What is banana traction?
Banana Technology (BTX), like Magne-Traction before it, begins with the premise that a snowboard is not a ski. Banana Technology replaces camber with rocker “Banana” between your feet. When you stand on your board, pressure is now applied inward to the edge area at the between your feet.
Are Gnu and Lib Tech the same?
Mervin is the parent company of Lib Technologies (aka Lib Tech), GNU Snowboards, Roxy Snowboards, and Bent Metal bindings.
What do snowboarders call jumps?
Air
Air: Any jump or leap where the rider lifts off the ground; alternately called an aerial. Air-to-Fakie: Any trick in the halfpipe where the wall is approached riding forward, no rotation is made, and the boarder lands riding backward.
What does dampness in a ski mean?
Damping is the ability of a ski to absorb and cancel out vibration, or chatter, and the more damp a ski is, the smoother it will feel at higher speeds. Damping can be accomplished by making a ski stiffer and heavier, by adding more and different materials, and by changing the construction method.