Board Length

The length really affects the ride. Short boards are easy to manoeuvre, but they don’t have a lot of edge hold and they lack stability at speed. They are good for free style, good in the air, offer stable landings and are easy to learn on. Long boards lack a little agility but they are fast, great off piste and at high speed carving. Also long edge contact helps in icy conditions.

Your weight, height and ability all play a part in choosing the overall length.

Our custom boards range from 150cm – 170cm

A rough riders guide….

1. Heavies: Use a longer board for floatation in deep snow.
2. Lightweights: Use a small board as it needs less power to manoeuvre.
3. Shorties: Use a small manoeuvrable board.
4. Tall people: Use a long board and they won’t notice the extra length.
5. Experts: Use a long board because they ride faster
6. Beginners: Use a short board to learn on as its easier

Somewhere in this mix lies your board length. Take a look at the board finder above for more help

Height
2.50m
2.25m
2m
1.75m
1.50m
1.25m
	40kg	50kg	60kg	70kg	80kg	90kg	100kg	110kg	120kg	Weight
Board	150-155cm		155-160cm		160-165cm		165-170cm		170-175cm
Width	24cm		24.4cm		24.8cm		25.2cm		25.6cm

Select your board length using the board finder above

Waist Width

Width measurements are taken at the narrowest point of the board. There are several factors that determine the width you want.

1. Slim makes the board quick edge to edge and improves speed.
2. Wide makes a board stable, good for landing jumps, but slower.

Foot size and stance angle could influence your choice.

Dimensions range between 24cm and 26cm.

Width is made in relation to length, select from
the chart below.

Board	150-155cm		155-160cm		160-165cm		165-170cm		170-175cm
Width	24cm		24.4cm		24.8cm		25.2cm		25.6cm

If you have extra long feet: Stand in your rough stance position and measure across the imaginary width of your board. This tells you how wide you need to go to avoid toe drag.

Add on a centimetre for a free style board and subtract a centimetre for a piste carving board.

Shape

Nose shape

A board designed for riding the pack should have a short stiff nose; this saves on weight and reduces chatter. It also increases the running length and gives you that little bit of extra speed. A wide floaty nose with a high rise is great for powder and difficult snow. The board will ride up over crud and wet snow. In powder it’s the only way to go.

Dimensions range between 29cm and 32cm.

Tail shape

On twin tips the tail shape is the same as the nose, this is great for riding switch. However the big mountain rider may choose a narrower tail, this allows the back of the board to ride a little lower in the powder giving the board a loose surfy feel. It also lets you ride a little less on your rear leg to stop the nose diving.

Dimensions range between 29cm and 30cm.

Tail height

We set the tail height at 6cm; you can alter this by a centimetre either way. Lower will increase running length, making the board slightly faster. Higher will loosen up the tail and will help if you ride switch.

Choose your dimensions by the percentage of riding you do on or off piste

% Off piste	Nose width	Nose height	Nose flex	Tail width	Tail flex
100%	30cm	6.5cm	C	29cm	B
50%	29.5cm	6cm	B	29.5cm	B
0%	29cm	5cm	A	29cm	A

Side-cut

The curved rail of a board is called the side-cut; it dictates how the board turns when on edge. Side-cut is measured as the radius of the circle the curve would transpose out to.

• A deep side-cut, say 7.5 – 8, will make a board carve hard tight turns
• A shallow side-cut, say 10, will make for smooth long graceful arcs.

Radius	Board Characteristic
10	Long, stable and grippy
9.5	Big Mountain
9	All round
8.5	All round
8	Carving
7.5	Short, snappy and lively

Side-cut radiuses measure from about 7.5 up to 10.

Split board

Our split boards are created with your custom dimensions and are a great way to cover distance in the backcountry. The board comes complete with a Voilé split kit to mount your own bindings on, skins, and crampons. Telescopic poles are available on request.

Stiffness and flex

Stiffness overall

This is quite easy; a soft board will be forgiving, turn at slow speeds and be a good board to learn on. However it will seem dead and lack pop, it will also have trouble holding an edge in high speed carves. This is called wash-out, where the board breaks out of the turn. Too stiff also has its problems, the board will tend to catch its edge and wont tolerate sloppy riding. If the board is too stiff you will have to get it going much faster before it will make a turn.

We grade our boards One, Two, Three and Four, one being the softest.

Select a stiffness from the chart below.

Weight	80kg+		70-80kg		60-70kg		60kg-
Stiffness	4		3		2		1

Go up one level for advanced riders and down one level for beginners

Flex Pattern

The flex pattern is determined by the stiffness in the nose, tail and mid-section.

• The nose takes the brunt of anything you ride into so too stiff will give you a bumpy ride. Too soft and it will effect turn initiation and wash-out, because of its inability to hold the correct form.
• A stiff tail accelerates you out of the turn which is pretty exciting but also makes the board more of a handful in rough conditions.
• stiffness in mid-section gives pop for lively transitions, softer and you get a smoother damper ride.

Heavier people can ride a stiffer board, as can more experienced and faster riders.

Choose your nose & tail flex by the percentage of riding you do on or off piste

% Off piste	Nose width	Nose height	Nose flex	Tail width	Tail flex
100%	30cm	6.5cm	C	29cm	B
50%	29.5cm	6cm	B	29.5cm	B
0%	29cm	5cm	A	29cm	A

Nose and tail flex is graded ABC, A being stiffest.

Materials

Construction Technique

We use a sandwich construction: This form of construction uses TPU side-walls around the edge of the board, thus protecting the inside materials from knocks.

Core

1. Poplar and beech: Light vertically laminated wood core. It offers good damping due to its long wood fibres, strong compression and lively rebound characteristics.
2. Kanooba wood: These cores are significantly lighter than our standard poplar and beech wood ones.

Reinforcement

1. Quadraxial carbon glass: A panel made of biax carbon fibres layered with a woven glass cloth. (The heart of all our boards)
2. Texalium: An iridescent cloth made of glass fibre with an aluminium coating. (An optional top sheet)

Damping

Alternate layers of perforated and non perforated vibration damping sheet, for a really smooth ride.

Hardware

Hardened steel edges and four by four pattern stainless steel inserts.

Base and Top-sheet

Our base is one of the fastest available, PTEX graphite 4000 and hand finished with magic potion wax.  For our top sheets we use the latest multi layer UV protective glossy film to finish all our boards, except the full wood boards. These are protected with a spray UV coating. The following finishes are available below the top-sheet.

Solid colour finishes – These are created by colouring the resin.

Tinted Texalium finishes – These are created by tinting the resin.

Wood Veneer finishes – These are from sustainable sources and are made of Cedar (Light wood), Etimoe (mid coloured wood), Ebony (Dark wood).

Graphical topsheets- These are printed and designed by our printer "Freaks of fashion". Click here to see bigger images and design names.

 

Graphics

Windlip badge

Bonded to the middle of the board as a stomp pad. Choose either polished or brushed stainless steel (10cm x 3cm, Positioned in the centre of the board).

Add your name and small logo to the Top-sheet

These are printed in house on A4 transparent film, trimmed and bonded under the clear UV protecting top-sheet film (max 29cm x 21cm) Any design larger that this is viewed as a custom top sheet.

It is not possible to print white and it should be remembered when choosing a dark finish.

Full length Custom graphical top sheet

These are printed by a professional print shop on a white fabric and bonded under the clear UV protecting top-sheet film

Custom graphics should be uploaded as a JPEG or PDF file with a resolution of 190 dpi. If the file is larger than 3MB it can be sent by CD or uploaded to www.sendspace.com. (Follow their instructions)

Use the layout diagram below to plot the centre mark of logos and names.

All custom graphics can be uploaded on the following order confirmation screen.

After choosing your graphics options, please press "Order >>" to complete the transaction.

Hand made in Savoie France