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I demoed the Dropout, which is the men’s version of the Drop. definitely not a pow board, just a solid all-mountain board with a faux directional shape. similar to the US Horizon, but stiffer flex.

unsuspected wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2024 5:10 pm
She loves it. It’s her second one. Had a 149 before the 152. Favorite board of all those four.
Perfect for her as a all mountain quiver of one board.
Finds it easy to ride in all conditions.
The others I have bought for her. She likes Orcas(animal) and that graphic not the hype.
Got the K2 unridden for less than 100usd.
She rode it for the first time today but will be going up for sale. Drop is the one.
Not really a true pow board. Would look for something else then.

appreciate the notes! how does she like that squash for pow days?

bboytommy wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:12 am

unsuspected wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2024 5:10 pm
She loves it. It’s her second one. Had a 149 before the 152. Favorite board of all those four.
Perfect for her as a all mountain quiver of one board.
Finds it easy to ride in all conditions.
The others I have bought for her. She likes Orcas(animal) and that graphic not the hype.
Got the K2 unridden for less than 100usd.
She rode it for the first time today but will be going up for sale. Drop is the one.
Not really a true pow board. Would look for something else then.

appreciate the notes! how does she like that squash for pow days?

She use it for carving and speed, haven't had the opportunity to ride powder, which we unfortunately rarely do.
Kinda Nitro fangirl here I guess.

My active quiver (I've ridden all of them in the past 12 months, although Millisurf only for a test runs, but it's gonna be in use soon):



Rome Stalefish 157. Fun board to carve on small resorts and should be fun in the spring slush. New addition, so not a lot of experience yet. I just can't stand the top sheet, so I might need to get some vinyl or something.
Rome Freaker 158. My park board. Great pop. Stiff and stable enough to use all over the resort in Finland. Not too many days with this either in normal winter conditions.
Nitro Suprateam 159. I really like this and I am sad to see it discontinued. It's quite stiff, aggressive and reactive, so not for everyone, every day nor every condition. This is what I rode mostly over the holidays. I just moved the binding over to the Banker.
Nitro Banker 159. If I had to choose only on board, it would be this. Suprateam is close second, but Banker has better shape for powder and is damper and bit less demanding to ride in some conditions. Although I am really happy with the 159 I would like to see a longer version. I also wish Nitro used this shape for a splitboard.
Powder Flower 165 split. Handmade by a small company in Finland. Designed for big mountains and open lines. 10,5 m sidecut and long EE. This was my only split for a long time. Down sides are that it's a bit heavy and of course not the most nimble.
Amplid MIllisurf 161. Newest addition. Can't say much so far, but should be good for splitting and hopefully also on the way down. I'll go on a three-week split trip in February and this will be my main board.
Nitro Team split 159. I was living in France for the last couple of years and bought this to use in the alps when mostly riding lifts but bringing skins along for just in case. It's cheap, surprisingly good on piste as a split and works well enough for me in powder.

I'm quite comfortable with this quiver and don't really feel the need to add anything (for now). I might be able to let go of the Team Split if I really needed to.

After my maiden pencil voyage on Saturday, it got me thinking about what I would take on a baldface trip. Sure they have all kinds of stuff you can demo - but if you had to take one board, knowing you were mostly going to ride nothing but deep powder and a cat track, what would it be? I can't see why I wouldn't choose the pencil. Second would probably be the fullbag hammerhead 71 - the board the cannon wishes it was

I think I’d go in on the 164 Dart+. I’d want more sink in the tail.

I''m going with the Dart too, mine's only a 156 but I've never been able to sink it, even in tits deep. The crazy thing about the Dart is that it still carves, despite the powderific shape.

Spenser wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:58 pm After my maiden pencil voyage on Saturday, it got me thinking about what I would take on a baldface trip. Sure they have all kinds of stuff you can demo - but if you had to take one board, knowing you were going to ride nothing but deep powder and a cat track, what would it be? I can't see why I wouldn't choose the pencil. Second would probably be the fullbag hammerhead 71 - the board the cannon wishes it was

If I ever went back to Baldface, I would probably just bring boots and bindings. Hell, with as much as @pow_hnd loves his Baldface Unions, I might just bring boots.

I can't really imagine using a Nitro Cannon 203 in normal conditions, but I absolutely loved it at Baldface. I definitely could get around on more normalish boards (had a blast on Korua Stealth) but they mighr have legitimately the deepest coolest demo fleet in the world. Will absolutely find something to have fun on.

Spenser wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:58 pm After my maiden pencil voyage on Saturday, it got me thinking about what I would take on a baldface trip. Sure they have all kinds of stuff you can demo - but if you had to take one board, knowing you were going to ride nothing but deep powder and a cat track, what would it be? I can't see why I wouldn't choose the pencil. Second would probably be the fullbag hammerhead 71 - the board the cannon wishes it was

So different strokes for different folks. Also opinions are like assholes and they all stink at some point.

With that being said. This is what I feel works best at Baldface. 160-162, 20+ mm of taper.

For the last 15 years or so my Baldface deck has been, no matter the brand, 30mm taper, 160-162 (I did have a 164 PinTonic, it had 30mm of taper, but in reality that deck was really a 160ish, the 2in of super point nose really has no usable surface area.

Once again different strokes. The trees at Baldface down low can get quite tight. There are a lot of creek bed exits. When you get on a long board, 165+ you’re great the first day usually, then that length on days 2-4 end up being more of a burden, you burn a lot of energy in those low down trees and creek bed exits that can be very tight and super keep you on your toes. I’ve seen people be complete junk on day 4 because they brought some big ass deck with them and frankly their legs are shot.

My experience has been mid length, decently wide waist 265ish, and 30mm of taper, you’re still crushing it on day 4.

YMMV, but I’ve been doing that trip for 25 years and have some seen some serious shit shows with people and long decks and premature exhaustion, then the guides get tired of it and that night at the lodge and put people on demo decks similar to what I ride and all of a sudden they are back to crushing it.

I'll say to @pow_hnd 's point I was pretty smoked after day 2 on the Cannon 203. Great up top but it was a load in tight glade runouts. I had my Moss Swallow 162 in the cat and swapped out for last couple runs. I would have survived the day but another day or two on tired legs could have gotten dicey.