@Trapper effective edge is just one factor in the mix that determines board performance. As you point out you have 2 boards with the same effective ed...

It's not the length of the wand, it's the way that you wiggle it. Think what ice hockey players manage to do with the effective edge of their skates...

The rack Evidence for my obsession. (click the image to see it clearly for some reason?) L to R. Coiler AM 178 (retired), Oxygen GS 163, Burton ...

Lots of snowboarders and skiers use "carving" very loosely. On Alpinesnowboarder Forums there's a general aphorism "Tracks don't lie. Carvers make pen...

@board-doctor I would argue that fresh powder can be surfed but not carved. To carve you need snow that is strong enough, bound together enough, to pu...

radius = (SCR), chord = (straightline distance from tip/tail contact points), sagitta = (sidecut depth). If you increase the size of the sidecut dep...

@board-doctor These are a primer on snowboard turn shape. They were made 12 years ago and there are some factors that Sean ignores or skates o...

@board-doctor Hot Blast has a 19.9cm waist, 25.5cm tip & 25.0cm tail with a 140cm effective edge, 160cm overall length. So 26.5mm depth to the a...

@board-doctor My shortest SCR board is an 8.5m single radius Hot Blast slalom board. I once rode a Donek Madd Killer which is a similar radius. I ride...

@board-doctor Sidecut depth is a function of sidecut radius and effective edge length. It is the depth of the arc from the chord of that arc. A 6m ave...

Might find something there.

Jack runs AlpineSnowboarder.com where a mix of soft and predominantly hard boot carvers hang out. He has recently agreed that the articles ought to b...

Amongst riders who don't like plates the lack of feel is a common gripe. Amongst those who do like plates fatigue reduction is a common compliment. ...

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