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Thanks! I find it much nicer than making people subscribe to Patreon and pay me monthly… feels weird. This way if you spontaneously feel like it, you can just ‘buy me a coffee’… or two…. or ten…. Hahahaha 😅

Hmmm….. good idea for an episode! 🙂 Higher camber means higher ramp up of relative stiffness. I like the idea of softer flex on higher camber.

@@Bohdisattva326 it’s a Process Flying V

I kinda agree. But there’s always market pressure. The people wanted camber again, and so they made it…

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel also depends on if its only being used in powder, all mountain, resorts, conditions, or a combination of all. keep up the good info!

@@32srt32 absolutely!! It’s all about different tools for different outcomes. ✌️

Would love to have an opinion…. Never tried one. But really…., triple camber just seems so weird and unnecessary. I can’t wrap my head around it. Definitely gonna try to get on one.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Ha, my Ptoto FR 161X is for sale. Didn't really care for it. Just picked up an Amplid Singular. I think I'll like it better.

Hahahaha, no joke!!!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channelthe new boards are much easier to ride and user friendly. Those old palmers are beasts

@@Bohdisattva326 I know… 😅

I hear ya! Have you watched this one yet? I’m talking about that there. th-cam.com/video/wK6qYIN89rI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LnLo4YxYcUt_Xng8

I agree!

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@@surfrico glad you like it!! Thanks for the support!! ✌️

Hot waxing is an excellent way to clean a base!! I should have made that clear... Thanks for the comment! Check out the rest on my channel! I'm certain there's more for you ;-) :-)

@@jpwookie22 awesome comment!! Thank you so much! Yeah, I hear you, absolutely!! In case you order a Cheater straight from Stranda, use this link, it’s free shipping globally and supports my channel 😉✌️🙏www.strandasnowboards.com/ref/878/

@@mohsensheikhy2248 not sure I understand what you mean?!

@@ianbrown3342 that is a great iron!! Go for it!! 👍✌️

You can ride that board, for sure. However, boards with this short of a radius are not really ideal for the kind of carving in this video. This is a matter of ability. If you’re still learning, the Biru can give you great carving vibes. Eventually you’ll want a larger turn radius for carving. Remember, the Biru is a directional all mountain freestyle board that can carve well. It’s not made to be a true carving board. So maybe it’s just perfect for what you want. Only one way to find out!! ✌️😉

They don't exist anymore. The were called 'Superfeet Red'. A winter model with reflective foil under the toes for a bit more warmth. They're different now and called 'Winter Thin' or 'Winter Comfort'. Quite honestly, I like the old ones better.... Bummer!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I currently use Spenco Total Support Max. They’re excellent for gait/pronation control. They have a nice contoured heel cup as well. My physical therapist recommended Superfeet because they have an even more contoured heel cup. I’m going to get the Run Support High Arch and All Purpose Support High Arch. I’m focusing on lower cushion thickness models. That’s what the bottom of the liner should provide, in theory, along with impact elements of the sole of the boot. I went from Burton Ions as my last pair. Phenomenal boot. Got a good deal on Vans Verse. Got a second pair for split boarding. I will say that the footbeds of these Vans are quite supportive, if not a little too thick. On the bottom of footbeds, there’s a semi-rigid plastic that wraps all the way around ankle pad to direct forces inward, and that plastic goes all the way forward, up under the arch. After a heat moulding, I will say that they’re the most secure and responsive boots I’ve ever had. I also seem to have an ideal “Vans foot shape”.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Also, yeah, I see them. They look no different than run support. No more foil. Lame.

Yeah, most people have no idea it works like this.

Thanks a bunch! Been doing this for a while... :-)

Hahaha, great comment!! Love it!! 🙏🙌🤙

162W! On hard, icy faces the xtra width keeps me from booting out. On the skin track I wish I was on the standard width in the 161 length... Can't have it all! I'm a mondo 28 in my boots (US 10 to 10.5 depending on brand). That board is a weapon!! Amazing, really!

@@gregsweethughes907 hard to say without seeing the boot, but unlikely.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel thanks I just don't ride enough unfortunately! although I'm considering a new set of bindings as there's as old as my board!

Not a dumb thought!! It depends a bit on how you ride and what you expect the board to do. Triax usually makes things torsionally stiffer as well. Then length depends a bit on how much you move fore aft through your turns…. Tough to say.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I like riding the alpine bowles at Lake Louise, and Sunshine they are always Moguled and my stiff tail Directional Twin can send you flying if you get bucked onto the tail usually with a bad result. LOL

@@charlesstuchel6966 a stiff tail is usually not so bad for moguls. An overly stiff nose is worse… There’s also a subjective component to all this. Sounds like you appreciate a little less stiffness. You can probably ride both lengths in that board. Longer is always more stable. Shorter is always more nimble. Pick your poison! 🙂 The idea of longer but a little softer can be a perfect scenario and 157 is nothing overkill for you anyways.

Never heard of and completely depends on who is riding it in which terrain. Sorry, tough to give advice on such things.

Sorry I did this to you!! 😅 NOW Skate Tech does work. The biggest difference in feel I think is in the heel cup height. Union is laterally much less supportive. That is a preference thing. Some people like that lateral high mobility feel. I just don’t.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I have been in Step Ons the last few seasons so I don't really know what I like. I know I like a highly responsive binding that's also pretty damp.

@@EssenceOfTrance dampness is probably the best with NOW. I’d say responsiveness is likely higher with StepOn, but of course max damping and max response in on and the same thing is not really possible, I guess… Don’t overthink it. Go with your gut! 🙂🤞

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Thanks! Love your channel btw. My next board will most likely be a Biru.

@@EssenceOfTrance thank you kindly!! When you buy a Biru, use this link, it’ll support the channel and is free global shipping: www.strandasnowboards.com/ref/878/ If you ever want to, you can also “buy me a coffee” 😉🙏 buymeacoffee.com/justaride

Ride Lasso, the side coiler doesn't auto retract, only the main coiler does.

Most side dials are not Coiler. Kinda weird.... My Insanos are tongue only as well.

Hi and thank you for the kind words! That’s not what I meant to say about softer noses, and I hope I didn’t. It’s not about edge change and pressure, it’s about entering the turn on your front foot at presumably lower speed than you carry at turn exit. At turn entry a softer nose bends into the turn easier under the lesser force applied. Taper is its own beast…. It makes the tail looser and less ‚hooky‘, but messes with riding switch. It helps with turn entry in a way, too, since it makes that phase smoother and again, less hooky. The more taper, the more the board will want to finish the turn down the fall line rather than tracking more across the hill. So when riding steeps where you need to control your speed through turn shape, the very heavily tapered boards like some Koruas for example can feel quite fast and harder to control. But 1mm taper??? Sorry Capita, that’s just marketing!! They likely went with 1mm to state that it’s a directional board, „but hey, don’t worry about it, it’s just 1mm, you won’t notice that!“. So why then apply it?? The market is a little directional now. Taper is a thing to people. 1mm means nothing at a functional level, but at the marketing level it does… That board to me is a directional twin. It likely carves very well, but the whole shape is not a carving board to me. I’d say 4mm taper is the very minimum of what makes any difference for turning. It’s also relative to the board‘s length: 1mm taper on a 130cm long edge is different from 1mm taper on a 1m long edge…. Generally speaking I like to believe that every board carves… it’s all just different flavours. The Megadeath is likely a great carver for a FREESTYLER. ✌️

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Lars thanks for your patience in correcting my misinterpretation of your explanation on the softer nose. Rereading it helped a lot. I only saw this video once unlike your others, which have been on replay over the last year. The Koruas are what I had in mind when I wrote this as I have been wanting one to replace my 2017 Jones Ultra Mountain Twin. I've tried riding posi posi on it last season and carve ok, but as I try uphill carves and try complete a full circle I find that I wash out at 270°. I've always wondered if that was from more from the spoon shape tips (since we are talking about cross section board designs) or from the twin shape/ lack of taper. Thanks for laying out the jigsaw pieces to complete the picture I'm trying to understand!

Awesome to read this!! That’s my intention….. snowboarding is way more than ‚being cool and hanging with the homies‘… 😎😉🙏🙌

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel you do great…🫶🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Hi Josh!! 🙂 And thank you very much! Glad to see the Justaride veterans back at the table! ✌️🤙 Looks like we sorted out your Cheater order, too!! 👍😎

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Thank you, Mats and Warren for the help! Looking forward to giving it a go soon!

Thanks boss! 😎

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I’m now gonna go sweat my ass off and get out of breath flexing all my boards.

@@bestrongphysio9303 thanks, Geoff!!! Much appreciated!!

@@edmondlecampion7693thank you kindly!! Watch my video about positive angles. That explains all I have to say about it. The duck guys are awesome. But they aren’t carving well because of the stance - but despite of the stance!! There’s no bio mechanical advantage. The advantage lies in the ability to carve switch!! 👍 Snowboard Stances Part #3/3: Double posi & snowboard carving technique th-cam.com/video/htKNZS-3CBw/w-d-xo.html

Heeeey! I'm a Brazilian snowboarder too! Started at 36yo and also obsessed with it <3

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel thank you very much.

@@fetokun3718 Nice man. There is no better Sport.

​@@edmondlecampion7693Also, changing stance angles once you can ride at a decent level is just a matter of getting used to it for a bit, it is not that you had to relearn. So learn carving with something that is easier than symmetric duck (or switch and freestyle stuff with symmetric duck or close to that) or even just both with whatever (non-extreme) stance feels best for you and once you feel you nail more carves or tricks than not you can try and see what some other stance makes easier and harder to do.

@@outsider9216 correct!! The difference here is much more subtle and there’s two flex points between the feet instead of one. I’m super curious to try it….

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel We're super curious to hear your feedback 😁

@@soma808 I’m not sure I can follow….

We have two legs on a board whereas skiers have only one. Traditional camber comes from skis where there is one point of pressure. Dual camber boards treat each leg as a point so kind of like two skis on top of each other. I wasn’t planning saying it’s sounds good until you think about where the force is directed in a high G force turn (moves towards the center).

@@soma808 the issue with dual camber boards is that the very centre of the board is also the part that somewhat dictates the point of maximum bend in a turn or better, maximum load of energy. That’s why rocker boards feel a bit dead, the centre doesn’t get compressed much in a turn, it’s already bent. So imo the centre of a board still needs to be the highest point of the arc. I think the smart way to do snowboard camber might be a profile where the peak of the arc is reached at the feet and then doesn’t rise any further towards the centre, but simply keeps that height. So much theory…. 😅😅😅

​@@Justaride-Snowboard-ChannelWhat if one countered that issue of it already being bent in the center with material choice? Thus that that rocker part bends less with weight applied to the inserts resulting in a more even bending. Maybe even different near the edge than near the center, so that at slow speeds on the base the rocker is maintained providing float and easy spinning, while on edge with forces within the board being in different directions, the edge can still bend in an even arc. I wonder if any board designer ever glues strain gauges all over his prototypes to measure and then optimize flex behaviour in a systematic way, or its all just experience built up by trial and error. I kind of feel the latter. 🤔

@@outsider9216 Shorty all day. Vertical video because I’m standing and there’s nothing happening left and right….

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Isn't the Shorty the softest Stranda board? For powder sure, but how does it feel on groomers? and what about its torsional flex?

@@outsider9216 definitely not the softest Stranda board. I'd say Treesurfer/Bowlrider are a tad softer, but not by much. Torsionally Stranda is generally more oldschool and stiffer - all of their boards! Shorty is a carving dream.... I love it for its larger radius. If you end up ordering a Stranda, go to my link in the description, it'll help me out a bit and it's free shipping anyways. :-) Cheers!!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Got it! So it will be Shorty) I bought Biru 54 last year and it's an amazing fun board on groomers and slash but it's not the best choice for deep powder days with its pretty centered stance and short nose so thank you so much for your help! =)

@@ancro2040 you’re on point. It increases grip by increasing drag….. With the banked Country that’s minimal. It’s much smarter than what they do on most other boards. Magnetraction to the degree Mervin do it is the illusion of a sharp edge for people who don’t want to spend time tuning. There are no race boards with that edge shape….. ;-) I’ll make a video about it!!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Thanks! That makes sence. I am really looking forward to that video. It is so good having you back after the summer season. Winter is coming ❤️

@@ancro2040 haha, thanks for saying that!! :-)

Magnetraction does work. Unless someone builts the exact same board with and without it, it is hard to quantify exactly, but comparing similar boards that are not particularly long or stiff, in my experience the ones with magnetraction do tend to have the noticeably better grip. Does it result in more drag? Due to the laws of physics, yes, in every situation. Can you measure it on a downhill race course similar to the difference of wearing a race suit or normal snowboard wear? Yes, most likely. Do you notice it outside a race context, especially when its the g-force you seek in your carving, not the top speed? No, not unless you flatbase over crusty snow, then it is indeed very noticeable. To me the advantages outweigh latter disadvantage (plus the other one that sidewall cutting on especially the strong magne traction of the early years is a true PITA). So on the one hand, even if they made the board stiffer for more edge hold, I would rather still have them add magnetraction for even more. On the other hand, higher stiffness also has disadvanteges and the highest possible stiffness is not "the right" one. As said in video, all design aspects of a board play together in a complex way. So all that matters in the end is whether the end result is something that works for your riding and you like or not.

@@elho001 Welcome back! It's a lot about how intensely the mag has been applied. Mervin's first gen Banana Traction on the Skate Banana was bananas... overkill!! On boards like that I literally feel the loss of speed as they dig too deeply with too little effort. The mag has added a feature that increases grip, which I can no longer conrol - hence it's bad - for my riding!! - "Do you notice it outside a race context, especially when its the g-force you seek in your carving, not the top speed?" Yes!! G-force needs speed in order to be high. Magnetraction - when over done - kills speed when on edge. Maybe not enough to make a difference though. - "On the other hand, higher stiffness also has disadvantages and the highest possible stiffness is not "the right" one." Exactly! increasing stiffness by no means means increasing edge grip!!! The definition of edge grip is an even distribution of pressure along THE ENTIRE edge. Any rocker in the profile messes with that - in particular rocker in the centre. Hence, companies put magnetraction on boards to make up for that..... hence: magnetraction is mechanical grip rather than grip through pressure!!! Hence, it is a solution to a problem that comes from dysfunctional design in the first place. Small doses of it, like one bump under each foot, seem to be a nice little addition of grip that you hardly notice when not on really firm snow. And after all, you said it, whatever floats your boat!! No worries!! Does it help people? Yes!! Would those people also be helped with more practice and learning how to tune edges? Yes! Dumbing down life has lead to unhealthy diets and an overall sick society... :-) Why not keep stuff real?! Peace my dawg! 🙂

Best comment!! :-) Hahaha.... Thank you!

I wish!! 😅 But I love their gear and I do have pro deal access. Good stuff!!

Thanks, Martin! Always appreciate your stoke! :-)

You two!! :-) Thanks for the comment!! I really appreciate this coming from people with many more decades of life experience!! 🙂Yes, meeting you in person would be fantastic. Where do you live? I'm in Fernie, BC, Canada - close to Montana.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel We are living and riding here in North Idaho about 65 west of the Montana line. So whitefish Mountain in Kalispell is roughly 3 hours away. We have both been to Fernie before so that’s a possibility also. We’ll talk it over and come up with a possible plan and see if works for you? Looking forward to it!

Dang, I gotta make a video on that! I didn't do it as much as I wanted to, but I've become pretty efficient doing it switch!! 🙂 Thanks for asking!!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel oh yes, please do so! Any tips on getting that thing to work better are appreciated 😊 Was a great way to pass the time until the Austrian glaciers are opening again

@@JejjeP thanks for the comment and welcome to the club!! Have you watched my video on board length? If not, a must for you!! I’m in the same boat. I’ve hardly ever owned a board that according to the manufacturer was appropriate for me….. They just want things to rise effortlessly for the masses and often things get a little dumbed down. Snowboard Length 101 // What's the right board length for me? th-cam.com/video/BNOtFxPhxj4/w-d-xo.html

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I have not, but I sure will! :) I could of course just order my board a little longer than they say, trusting my own feeling and instinct, but I'm a bit worried that if it is actually made to be ridden short it will not behave the way it was intended and is reviewed, being stiffer than intended for example

(I'm clearly the daily driver/quiver killer/ allmountain guy at this point of my livfe, a couple of weeks or so on snow per season. Want to be able to ride everything (except maybe the park, unless the easy line counts. Rather jumping sidehits and wind lips) on one board. I find that has it's charm, so I'm not sad about not having the money or time for a quiver.

@@JejjeP I have a friend who is very sensitive to board length, because he move fore-aft a lot when turning. Expert rider, Level 4 CASI instructor, one of the best snowboarders I know. He's got your dimensions, kinda to the T... He hates most things under 158 and prefers 160+. He rides a Stranda Shorty in a 164, because the 159 felt too short... His appreciation of length wouldn't ever be recommended anywhere. Not in any shop, not by any manufacturer. I can only say congrats to realizing the stability you get from more length!! Not many people dare to even think that way... So forget about it! Buy whatever you want in the length you want, you'll likely be fine.

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel hehe.. thanks for giving me the guts to go with my gut (eeh) feeling! I guess part of the problem with chosing one board for me is that i REALLY want everything in one board - and that might actually BE impossible 😀 I believe my friend think of me as one who turns, makes round carves, a lot - and does that pretty well. But I'm also a party board rider, so to speak, I love playing around with slashes, pretending to be surfing, or sidehitting something (Nothing massive, just playing around). For the turning I could go for a slightly longer board that holds an edge in enthusiastic all in carves. But I have also had a lot of fun on my old wide rocker (directional) twin.

Thanks man!!