For years, skis and snowboards simply had camber, a tip-to-tail arch that distributed weight for glide and helped drive you across the hill by returning energy to your edges. Camber worked great on ...
Alpine and snowboard enthusiasts can expect to see a great deal of full rocker and rocker-camber technologies next season. Last week’s Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) Snow Show revealed ...
However, the Canadian set his sights on conquering Natural Selection Tour, a backcountry snowboarding competition that tests a snowboarder’s freeriding capability. “I was always excited to ride any ...
Every 15 years or so, skiing technology experiences a revelation that changes everything. It’s often something that appears strange at first, but after a period of trial and error, becomes the ...
If you place a cambered ski on a table and look at it from the side, the tip and tail of the ski will be resting on the surface while the middle arcs up. “Imagine a leaf spring on an old pickup truck, ...
Every job needs the right tool. You wouldn’t use a hacksaw to chop firewood; you’d use an axe. The same can be said for snowboarding: you can’t expect to shred in the backcountry with a board built ...
As a disclaimer, the 2012/2013 Agent Rocker is my all-time favorite snowboard and before riding its newest iteration (which got a massive overhaul this season), I knew that I would most likely love it ...