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Dupraz D1 powder board

By 7th March 2009June 28th, 2014

LIKE Gentemstick’s Taro Tamai, Dupraz’s Serge Dupraz started his company to wrench snowboarding away from the grip skateboarding currently has on it, and bring it back to its surfing roots. Like Gentem, Dupraz’s tagline is ‘snowsurfing’. And for good reason. Ripping a turn in pow on a Dupraz will make you feel like throwing both arms up just like you would ripping a massive cutback on a wave. So much fun. The D1 is Dupraz’s original deck, and many think is still the best. The nose is soft, and pointed like a surfboard, with an upward camber to keep it above Niseko’s white waves. It’s stiffer in the tail, with extra flex under foot, and the small side cut radius will enable you to carve super-powerful turns, as close to the ground as you like without fear of losing an edge. Like all good pow decks they are long with a small effective edge, so you can flick them just like a 150cm. Opt for the generous 178cm over the 165cm and you won’t regret it. Available from next year from Native Products, until then available online from www.sierrasnowboards.com, for about USD$495.

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