NIDECKER · Thruster
Thruster
- Colour
- Purple · Black · Pink
- Design
- Simple solid
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24/25 season review
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The Nidecker Thruster is a freeride-oriented all-mountain board providing excellent pop, snap and carving performance based on full camber and a carbon construction. It's optimised for intermediate-and-above riders who value speed and power and want to ride the whole mountain aggressively.
It shows its worth in carving, powder and all-mountain freeriding rather than soft tricks such as buttering.
A closer look
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Board profile
The profile describes the curve of the board when viewed from the side.
Camber
A traditional full camber profile from the tail contact point to the nose contact point. It's pure camber with no rocker zones, and a Sidekick (3D nose) is added only at the nose to assist powder float.
How stiff is it?Closer to 10 means stiffer. It does not mean better performance.
Clearly stiffer than middle. Carbon runs from nose to tail, giving a flex that is fluid yet stiff overall. That said, torsional flex is comparatively supple relative to the overall flex, so foot steering is possible.
Terrain suggested in the review
Rider levels suggested in the review
Intermediate · Advanced
Full camber plus carbon construction means loading the board takes extra effort, and with no rocker zone to help during edge changes you have to control the edge yourself, suiting intermediate and above freeride-oriented riders rather than beginners.
What the review liked
- ✓Full camber and a carbon construction provide excellent pop, drive and power
- ✓A long sidecut delivers high edge hold in medium-to-large carves and Eurocarves
- ✓Stable performance in the speed range
- ✓The nose Sidekick (3D nose) improves nose float in powder
- ✓Carbon and a stiff tail help recover balance on landing
What the review found lacking
- —Loading the board takes extra effort, making trick-style moves such as buttering difficult
- —With no rocker zone, the rider has to control edge engagement directly
- —Damping isn't strong, so vibration is felt on bumps and poor snow
- —Nose butters need considerable weight transfer and the result isn't clean
