Snowboard - Nidecker Alpha 162W
Alpha is a directional snowboard that feels incredibly responsive, lively, and agile both in the woods and on your favorite slopes. The goal with Alpha was to create a snowboard with perfect flow for gliding through powder, weaving between trees, and carving clean lines on the groomers. Alpha features a 3D-shaped nose for maximum float and easy turn initiation. It also has a unique tail shape that sinks into the snow, providing more power on your back foot. Alpha has a lively core and a topsheet that reduces vibrations throughout the board. With its fast base, medium-flex, and smooth transitions from edge to edge, Alpha is the perfect board for surfing and carving all over the mountain.
The board is factory waxed and tuned, ready for the slopes!
Flex: All Mountain Flex 5/10
Versatile flex designed to handle the entire mountain.
The scale is based on 1 being "Soft and Playful" while 10 is "Stiff and Responsive."
Intended Use:
Alpha is a perfect snowboard for those who ride groomers, powder, and in the woods. Fast, agile from edge to edge, with excellent powder float.
Freeride: 10/10
All Mountain: 8/10
Park: 8/10
Recommended Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Shape:
Directional: Larger nose and shorter tail for great powder float and the ability to make aggressive and fast turns.
Profile:
Surfy CamRock: Camber with an early transition to Rocker in the nose and tail. This provides a playful board that turns smoothly and forgives mistakes.
Construction:
Master core: Lightweight, strong, and responsive core composed of poplar, beech, fir, and spruce.
N-7000: Quick sintered base. Nidecker's second fastest base.
BIAX Plus LAMINATE: Reinforcements that make the board forgiving, predictable, and stable.
Pop Carbon: Carbon reinforcement that stiffens the board, providing ultimate pop while also dampening impacts better.
3DN Evolution Spoon Nose: 3D-shaped nose for a more surf-like feel and seamless edge-to-edge transitions.
Absorbnid: A topsheet that reduces vibrations.
Premium Sandwich: An upgraded construction with carbon stringers for more pop, quicker edge response and improved shock absorption.
Features & Specifications:
- CORE: Premium Sandwich + Master Core + BIAX Plus + Pop Carbon
- BASE: N-7000
- SHAPE: Directional + 3DN Evolution Spoon Nose
- Setback: 0mm
- Profile: Surfy Camrock
- FLEX: All Mountain 5/10
- Wide width
- Sidecut: 8.0m
- Length: 162cm
- Effective Edge: 1230mm
- Waist Width: 268mm
- Recommended Rider Weight: +75kg