NITRO · Nitro Highlander Snowboard
Nitro Highlander Snowboard
- Colour
- Black · Grey · Green
- Design
- Typography / text
- Sizes
- 156mw · 159mw · 162w cm
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25/26 · 24/25 · 23/24 · 22/23 · 21/22 season review
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The Nitro Highlander is a premium aggressive board adding carbon to traditional full camber. Carving and pop are excellent, but it has almost no forgiveness, making it strictly for technically solid advanced riders.
It's a board that bets everything on carving performance over versatility.
A closer look
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Board profile
The profile describes the curve of the board when viewed from the side.
Camber
Traditional full camber with no detectable early rise. It's an authentic construction where the nose and tail lift slightly under load, and despite heavy carbon use, anti-phase damping suppresses chatter.
How stiff is it?Closer to 10 means stiffer. It does not mean better performance.
A medium-stiff flex at 8 out of 10. Pop is excellent, but it takes so much loading that an average rider will find it hard to draw out.
Terrain suggested in the review
Rider levels suggested in the review
Advanced
Advanced to expert only. It's so unforgiving that the reviewer states outright that intermediates shouldn't buy it, as they'll pick up bad habits and catch edges often.
What the review liked
- ✓Outstanding carving performance with dynamic response
- ✓Overwhelming pop when you load it properly
- ✓Little chatter thanks to Antiphase damping despite the large amount of carbon
- ✓Stable at speed without washing out
What the review found lacking
- —No forgiveness and catchy edges for riders short on technique
- —Only mid-wide sizes, tuned for US 10 and larger boots
- —The price is very high
- —Full camber makes powder float weak
