Nitro Blacklight Gullwing Mid Wide Snowboard Review |
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Company InformationNitro Blacklight Gullwing 2012Blacklight Gullwing FeaturesGullwing Camber camber
The Blacklight Gullwing is a new concept to an amazing board. We have taken our Gulliwng camber and tuned it for even more performance. By lowering the amount of rocker and maintaining the snappy camber under your feet you are able to initiate turns and still remain under control at high speeds with powerful exits on your turns. The Blacklight is made to out- perform any other board on the market and it’s waist width makes it very versatile for edge to edge quickness, yet not so narrow that it will fit up to a size 12 without batting an eye. The Lava Laminates and ultra light materials result in mind altering response and feel. SpecsNitro Blacklight 2012
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Nitro Blacklight Gullwing Mid Wide Snowboard Review
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5.0 (2) |
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Average user rating from: 2 user(s)
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2012 Blacklight 157cm
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I disagree with the review above. this board is rock solid, well made all mountain snowboard. I would change like these:Groomers: Excellent Speed: Excellent Flex: Stiff Rails/Jibbing: Average Powder:Good Weight:Light Carving: Excellent Pipe:Good Turn Initiation: Good Edge Hold: Excellent Switch: Good Jumps: Good |
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Reviewed by JSA
April 05, 2012 |
2012 Blacklight Gullwing 160cm
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Well I just got done with a week of riding on my brand new Nitro Blacklight Gullwing 160cm matched up with 2012 Flow X-Large NXT-ATSE bindings. I'm 5'11.5'', 180Lbs, shoe size 11.5 US.I love this board. It does everything at least as well as the review by Good Ride says it will, I'm not sure if any of the staff actually rode one, or just reviewed it based on specs. I will admit that turn initiation on this mid wide took a couple hours of getting fully used to compared to a skinny board, but I prefer it now and wouldn't rate it was "difficult," so much as I would as "advanced." I would also like to point out that speed is EXCELLENT and I could have easily been the fastest on the slopes, even though I'm still an intermediate rider. Any other review will tell you the same, this is the fastest board in its class. I also found it to be above "good" on powder, but there wasn't much of it to try and this isn't a full rocker board. The board is incredibly forgiving yet reliable holds its edge in hard carving. I never had any issues washing out and it was very grippy on hard pack and ice as well. It was responsive and landed softly on low jumps too (the resort I was at didn't have anything large) which felt very nice. I don't want to come out sounding like a Nitro salesman, but this board, if you can afford it (690 Euros at my local shop) is well worth the money. It is the most fantastic thing I've stepped onto, and my skill may have doubled in the short week I had the pleasure of riding it. I can't wait for there to be snow in my city so I can ride it again. This board scores a 6 out of 5, and may not be perfect if you're a beginner looking for an easy board, but unless you want to buy a new board every winter then it's better to have something to grow into. Maybe don't buy this if you've never ridden before, but if you rented or bought a used/low quality board for a season, it won't hurt to buy this and grow into it over the next few years. |
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Reviewed by RAJ
January 11, 2012 |