Powpow session in Åre today :-)

Powder in Åre, and realy nice and dry snow. 30-40 cm in the steep parts of Lundsrappet. Minus six to seven degrees and no winds… Very nice first day of pow.

Happy Fred,     Proud powderhound.

During the weekend i tried a new snowboard. It’s a Nitro Slash 166 and it’s a board with the model of an oldschool board, but with with modern ideas. Such as S-rocker. The rocker makes it supereasy to ride both onpiste and offpiste. During the weekend it was hard and rather icy pistes, and today it was lovely powder snow! the board stood up to expectations in both occations. It’s just a perfect Åreboard.
I have been riding longboards, around 180cm, for the last ten years and now going down to 166 cm feels abit wierd but the Slash is stable even at high speeds. I guess this have something to do with the fact that it’s 26.7 wide in the waist. Though it does not feel slow from edge to edge. Maybe it’s because the rocker helps to get into turns enven on bulletproof. In steep powder it’s just fantastic, sooo easy to manouver, i havent tried the woods yet but i recon that it will be right at home…

Oh yeah, i bought the demoboard… ;-), just had to have it. Today i was very happy to have it, except when riding lift, i had to turn off my music all the time because of getting questions and compliments about it all the time…;-)

Below U can read what Nitro says about it.

THE NEW SLASH IS FOR THOSE RIDERS WHO WANT TO FLOW WITH THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN, PUMPING EACH PIECE OF TRANNY FOR MORE SPEED AND MORE POWER. JUST LIKE A BIG WAVE SURFER OR POOL SKATER THE SHAPE OF THE SLASH IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE YOUR RIDING AND YOUR EXPERIENCE. IT HAS A TRADITIONAL SHAPED, ELONGATED NOSE TO PROVIDE PLENTY OF SURFACE AREA FOR FLOATING WITHOUT MAKING THE BOARD HARD TO TURN IN LONGER LENGTHS. THE SET BACK STANCE GIVES A NATURAL FEELING IN POWDER YET VERSATILE ENOUGH TO CARVE UP THE GROOMERS. THIS IS THE TYPE OF BOARD THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR RIDING INTO WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF.

I recomend that U try it if U like riding in natural terrain. If park is Your deal there’s probably better tools. For me this type of board is a perfect board.

So please King Bore, bring it on, more snow!!!

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