K2 Gyrator Snowboard

NOW the big companies are starting to realise what the smaller snow surfing companies knew a long time ago: when making a board to ride camber it’s all about camber/rocker. K2 is one of the first of the big boys to cotton onto Gentem’s trick of combining flex pattern and sidecut radiuses with some rocker. As camber, reverse camber and rocker are some of those terms more people use than understand, here it is broken down. So are you ready for it? Camber is the bend in a board that makes the centre of the board under the bindings lift slightly off the ground when on a flat deck (concave surface down). Reverse camber and rocker are essentially the same thing, and when laid flat on the floor the tip of the board will lift up (convex surface down).That wasn’t so hard, was it? Back in the day, snowboards had rockers just like surfboards. The Gyrator has rocker that provides effortless float in fresh powder, while its carbon Matrix II torsion forks give the Gyrator undeniable ollie pop. This baby has been flying off the shelves in North America and supply is a bit low, but you can pick yourself one up here in Niseko from Fusion on special for ¥72,000. Phone 0136 21 6633.