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24/25 season review
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A soft park/jib-specialised board with a C2X hybrid camber profile, delivering excellent performance in buttering and rail jibbing. Damping is excellent for such a soft flex and carving is better than expected, but the speed limit on stability and its hooky character work against it.
It's a board suited to intermediate freestyle riders who enjoy creative riding and small park features.
A closer look
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Board profile
The profile describes the curve of the board when viewed from the side.
Hybrid rocker
GNU's C2X camber profile: a hybrid construction with a short reverse camber (rocker) between the feet and longer camber zones under the front and back feet. It provides underfoot stability while making spins and micro-adjustments easy and improving float performance.
How stiff is it?Closer to 10 means stiffer. It does not mean better performance.
A flex softer than medium, closer in feel to a jib board, but with appropriate snap that returns energy during nose and tail presses. It isn't like a wet noodle, and the long camber zone underfoot makes pop possible even base-flat.
Terrain suggested in the review
Rider levels suggested in the review
Intermediate
A soft flex and easy nose and tail presses suit intermediates enjoying park jibbing and buttering. Limits in high-speed stability make it insufficient for advanced riders, and its hooking character makes it hard to recommend to complete beginners either.
What the review liked
- ✓Easy nose and tail presses optimised for jibbing and buttering — the nose comes up easily with almost no effort
- ✓Very good damping for such a soft flex, keeping it relatively stable even at speed
- ✓The asymmetric construction and Magnetraction deliver better carving performance than expected
- ✓It has snap, providing sufficient pop and landing stability even on small jumps
What the review found lacking
- —A feeling of the nose and tail flapping at speed means there's a speed limit
- —The edges feel somewhat hooky, which can be awkward approaching rails and carving (solvable by detuning)
- —The asymmetric construction creates a difference in heelside and toeside edge feel, which can bother some riders
- —Not suited to medium-to-large jumps or high-speed carving, limiting its use to park and freestyle
