Users' questions

What is a camber snowboard for?

What is a camber snowboard for?

What Is Camber? Camber puts springiness (or pop) into skis and snowboards and gives skiers and boarders good edge control while carving turns. For years, skis and snowboards used cambered designs exclusively, and camber is still a popular choice.

What is a reverse camber snowboard good for?

Reverse camber boards were traditionally recommended for beginners because it makes turn initiation easier and you are less likely to catch an edge. These things are still the case. However, it also provides a looser feel, which may not be the easiest for a beginner to control, particularly one-footing it off the lift.

What is camber good for?

Camber is used to distribute load across the entire tread. Improper camber can make the tire wear on one edge and may cause the vehicle to pull to the side that has the most positive camber. Positive camber may be ideal for off-road vehicles such as large agricultural tractors.

Is rocker or camber better for Park?

Rocker boards are going to defenitly help your progression in the park because you’re not going to catch as many edges, so that will build up your confidence level. The only reason to get camber for the park is if your going to be riding big jumps all day or want to learn the hard way.

Is camber or rocker better for all mountain?

Either Camber dominate with Camber between foot, or Rocker dominant with Rocker between foot. Hybrid shapes are our favorites style of snowboards for an All Mountain Style of riding, Caber dominate hybrids will have a great amount of control on groomers while maintain a large amount of float on fresh and deep snow.

What is reverse camber ski?

Reverse Camber – “reverse camber” refers to skis without positive camber underfoot. If you hold two reverse camber skis together base-to-base, the bases will only touch underfoot, and gradually increase in distance from one another towards the tips and tails.

Is camber positive or negative Better?

The general consensus is that a positive camber is good for keeping a recreational vehicle stable, while a negative camber is better for allowing high-performance vehicles to turn corners faster and more accurately.

Is the Burton custom camber a good snowboarding deck?

The Custom Camber is a really fun deck. It’s nice and aggressive, stable at speed, carves well and has a really fun carvy feel on any turn type. It’s got plenty of pop and really nice to jump and ollie with.

What are the different types of snowboard camber?

It is very easy to get confused by all the brand specific names for their snowboard camber technology, where you have names going from lowrize rocker to EC2BTX. This is a visual guide to some of the big brands and shows you the different camber shapes that they are offering.

What’s the weather like on a Burton custom camber?

Conditions: Sunny with some clouds and perfect visibility. Snow was well groomed and soft on top on groomers and soft but quite tracked off groomer (but there had been quite recent snowfall and still some untouched pockets). To keep in mind for this review, I rode the 154 which is smaller than I would normally ride for this type of board.

Which is the best type of snowboard to use?

Camber boards give the most pop. A flat design that adds a slightly looser feel, with the same effective edge as a camber board. Boards that use Zero Camber: A blend of traditional, zero and reverse camber types. Keeps an easy riding feeling while still giving you the pop and response from a camber board. Boards that use Hybrid FK: