Still not completely sold on the Nitro Squash 153.
I still have the older model, which is totally fine, a part of the base.
That sintered base doesn't seem to be of a good quality, the base sides turn white just after a day, which is disappointing, to me.
I had it tuned with a base grind and a base structure, but it still happen. I don't wanna wax the base every day or every two days.
With sintered bases from Capita, Burton, K2 and Salomon, I hadn't any issues, they were/are fast and kept wax for multiple days (5-7 days, usually).
So, right now I'm looking for a replacement board with these kind of specs:
mid stiff (around 7)
118-120 effective edge
250-255 waist
around 8 sidecut
Camber or early rise
a bit of taper is preferred, but not much, 5-10mm
15-20mm setback
and of course, with a good sintered base
This seems coming from an engineer, but I'm really not that
I'm around 135lbs, so I usually ride boards between 150 and 153.
I was looking at the Transition Finder, but the 150 has very little effective edge, and the 54 is too wide for my tiny 7US boots.
Fuck, it's easier to have this kind of specs on a twin jump board, then on a freeride/pow board