Firstlight Splits

Japan isnt as steep as it is deep sadly, Something a lot of people dont seem to realise. The biggest thing i found as an issue was getting enough speed. the place just isnt that steep. There is steeper stuff around hakuba and other spots on Honshu then what i was riding but the snow in hakuba just isnt as dry as the north where its less steep.. Compromise blows. I could see where a wide waisted board would suck.

Ill hopefully be taking one of these out for a slide on some classic NZ wind drifted “pow” this year if im nice to Firstlight 😀

1stlite – sidecut on a 167 furberg is almost 8mm. i understand your profile description but again i don’t see it being super functional. cambers purpose is to distribute pressure from your weight but if your feets are placed near each end of the cambered section the pressure will be focussed on those 2 points. not that it doesn’t work, most snowboards work, but the 2 pressure points require more exaggerated fore / aft motions through the turn…. maybe if you’re a surfer you find the extra upper body movement to be natural???

BobG – i don’t think barrows was saying YOU are afraid of change, i think its more directed at a number of producers who think just putting some early rise in the nose turns their same old boards into pow slayers. sure it helps in pow but like i said above, most boards work… boards that work really well in a variety of conditions… need more than just a bit of rise in the nose, as i expect you’re aware. and i’d +1 to the Furberg being a remarkably effortless and responsive ride in most conditions (choppy hardpack being the obvious exception). in contrast to what you described of your boards, which i don’t know much about, i think the factors on a Furberg which ease its ability to turn are full rocker wi fairly stiff flex, and the extended contact points reducing the effective edge, esp if you’re comparing to swallows, your work looks sweet az, btw!

barrows, yah thanks! she’s super cute, just like poppa!! :scratch: 😆

Thing is guys this shape would not work in my crc mold due to the short effective edge so I actually made a complete new mold and built this board in the few days between my return from japan and Adams departure. Major time stress lol.
The mold is flat in the middle so you can pull camber or rocker with heat differential, Adam isnt a fan of rocker so we made it with camber.

anything new going on down under?

Adam what ever happened to the long radius versions of these? They were tested, testers like them in pow but not on hardpack so went back to short radius… Are the long radius collecting dust?