Spotlight Pick
Ultralight Project X Snowboard - 2024
Balanced option for paddlers who want a high-confidence all-round setup with strong value retention.
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Product Breakdown
Discover the Ultralight Snowboard, an unbeatable freeride weapon with incredible precision, lightweight design, and mind-blowing performance on the steepest slopes.
Deep Dive
Why We Like The Ultralight Snowboard
The Ultralight Snowboard is our top pick for freeriders who want to conquer the most challenging terrain. It offers unmatched responsiveness and precision while being incredibly lightweight, delivering mind-blowing performance on the biggest mountains.
To achieve its unbeatable lightness, Nidecker has incorporated several innovative features. The 3DN outline, tri-blend wood core, and material-reducing Freeflex 3.0 work together to shed grams from every angle. The board also utilizes advanced carbon technology for added weight reduction. The Carbonid topsheet ensures razor-like precision in exposed terrain, while the carbon stringers enhance liveliness. The nano carbon-infused N-9000 sintered base allows riders to charge full-throttle on any surface.
Nidecker's Freeride Camrock profiling is another standout feature of this board. It provides excellent torsional flexibility without sacrificing stiffness and stability, resulting in superior control and steering, even at high speeds. The directional shape and setback stance keep us afloat in powder, and the additional set of inserts further back allows for even deeper powder days.
Details
Specs
Length: 158cm large, 161cm large, 164cm wide, 168cm wide
Profile: Freeride CamRock (longer nose rocker, camber underfoot, reduced tail rocker)
Shape: directional
Flex: stiff (10 of 10 on Nidecker's scale)
Effective Edge: [158cm large] 1190mm, [161cm large] 1220mm, [164cm wide] 1250mm, [168cm wide] 1290mm
Waist Width: [158cm large] 254mm, [161cm large] 256mm, [164cm wide] 264mm, [168cm wide] 270mm
Sidecut Radius: [158cm large] 7.7m, [161cm large] 7.8m, [164cm wide] 8m, [168cm wide] 8.4m
Stance Width: [158cm large] 20.47 - 25.2in, [161cm large] 20.47 - 25.2in, [164cm wide] 21.26 - 25.98in, [168cm wide] 21.26 - 25.98in
Stance Setback: -1.18in
Mount: 4-hole
Core: Light Core (paulownia, poplar, hardwood beech stringers)
Laminate: Triax Plus
Base: N-9000 sintered
Base Color: fixed
Recommended Rider Weight: [158cm large] 132 - 165lb, [161cm large] 154 - 187lb, [164cm wide] 176 - 209lb, [168cm wide] < 187lb
Manufacturer Warranty: 2 years
Activity: freeride/powder snowboarding
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