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Nitro Pantera and Pantera Wide Snowboard Review

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Nitro Pantera Mid and Pantera Wide Snowboard Review

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$549
Advanced to Expert Big Mountain Freeride
Nitro's Advanced to Expert Freeride board.  Made in Austria like a lot of boards are.  It has a bit of taper and decent set back that makes it excellent in powder.  This is very similar and a direct competitor to the Salomon Burner.  It has a little less taper in the tail than the Burner so this will make it hold an edge a little better and make you work for your turn more which can be good or bad depending on your riding style and ability.  If you live to carve and straight line this is a great board. The Pantera is very fast but doesn't have that runaway speed that the burner has. Again this can be good or bad.  A lot of people talk about the base burn with the Pantera so if that is an issue for you then the Burner or another hybrid freeride board might give you a little float in powder.  You buy these types of boards for their easy float in powder and the hybrid boards these days just do a lot better.  If you prefer groomers and pop in powder over ease of float then the Pantera will work.  The Pantera's come in 2 sizes.  Mid and Wide so they kind of start wtih size 10 boots and then move up from there. Not the best for most regular feet.

How It Rides
Groomers Excellent Speed Excellent Flex Med/Stiff Rails/
Jibbing
Rough
Powder Excellent Weight Excellent Carving
Excellent Pipe Rough
Turn Initiation
Difficult Edge Hold Good Switch Rough Jumps Average

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Company Information

Nitro Pantera 2012

Shape: Directional // Terrain flex: Mountain // Width: Mid-Wide

Features

Tri-Lite LaminatesSpeed Formula II BaseRock BandsPowerlite Core
Details
Standard Camber camber

The Pantera is the base of our high performance all mountain line. It’s been designed to handle speed in the heaviest of conditions. The Reflex Powerlite core is matched with a directional, tapered shape. The longer nose and narrower tail makes it faster to float when ripping pow and easier to initiate turns when charging groomers, transforming the whole mountain into your personal playground with style and power. The Pantera is available in both mid-wide and wide.

Wide

Shape: Directional // Terrain flex: Mountain // Width: Wide

Features

Tri-Lite LaminatesSpeed Formula II BaseRock BandsPowerlite Core
Details
Standard Camber camber

The Pantera is the base of our high performance all mountain line. It’s been designed to handle speed in the heaviest of conditions. The Reflex Powerlite core is matched with a directional, tapered shape. The longer nose and narrower tail makes it faster to float when ripping pow and easier to initiate turns when charging groomers, transforming the whole mountain into your personal playground with style and power. The Pantera is available in both mid-wide and wide.

 

Nitro Pantera 2011

THE PANTERA HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR SPEED IN THE HEAVIEST CONDITIONS. TRANSFORMING THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN INTO YOUR PERSONAL PLAYGROUND WITH STYLE AND POWER. THIS BOARD HAS A DIRECTIONAL AND TAPERED SHAPE WITH A LONGER NOSE AND NARROWER TAIL, MAKING IT LOOSER AND FASTER WHEN RIPPING POW OR CHARGING HIGH SPEED GROOMERS. AVAILABLE IN BOTH STANDARD AND WIDE WIDTHS.

Features

SERVO POWERLITE CORE: ULTRA LIGHT TIP-TO-TAIL WOOD CORE WITH A REDUCED THICKNESS PROFILE BETWEEN THE FEET

TRI-LITE LAMINATES: CUSTOM TUNED TRIAXIAL FIBERGLASS FOR PERFECT TORSION CONTROL AND REDUCED WEIGHT

New ROCK BANDS: BASALT FIBER REINFORCEMENTS FOR TIP-TO-TAIL POWER TRANSMISSION AND SNAP

PROGESSIVE SIDECUT: MAKING TURNS EASY TO ENTER WITH POWERFUL ACCELERATION THOUGHOUT

PROFILE TIP: TAPERED TO DISPERSE ENERGY AND REDUCE SWING WEIGHT

New SINTERED SPEED FORMULA II BASE: SPEED FREAKS ONLY! OUR EXCLUSIVE NANOTECH WAX INFUSED FORMULA

Speed Check

Shape: Tapered  |   Flex: Mountain  |   Camber: STANDARD  |   Width: Medium


Specs

Nitro Pantera 2012 Specs

Reg/Mid
Edge ContactWaist WidthRadius
160 1230 257 9.0 / 8.0
163 1250 258 9.1 / 8.1
166 1270 259 9.2 / 8.2
Wide
Edge ContactWaist WidthRadius
163 1250 272 9.1 / 8.1
166 1270 273 9.2 / 8.2
169 1300 272 9.4 / 8.4

Nitro Pantera 2011 Specs


PANTERA 166 PANTERA 163 PANTERA 160 PANTERA 157
Edge Contact 1270 mm 1250 mm 1230 mm 1210 mm
Nose / Tail Width 306 / 302 mm 304 / 300 mm 302 / 298 mm 298 / 294 mm
Waist Width 25.9 cm 25.8 cm 25.7 cm 25.3 cm
Nose / Tail Height 60 / 44 mm 60 / 44 mm 60 / 44 mm 60 / 44 mm
Sidecut 9.2 / 8.2 9.1 / 8.1 9.0 / 8.0 8.8 / 7.8
Core Type PowerLite Core PowerLite Core PowerLite Core PowerLite Core
Base Material Speed Formula II Speed Formula II Speed Formula II Speed Formula II
Stances 20.5 in — 25.2 in 19.7 in — 24.4 in 19.7 in — 24.4 in 19.7 in — 24.4 in
Insert Setback -25.0 cm -25.0 cm -25.0 cm -20.0 cm
         
PANTERA W 169 PANTERA W 166 PANTERA W 163 PANTERA W 160
Edge Contact 1300 mm 1270 mm 1250 mm 1230 mm
Nose / Tail Width 320 / 316 mm 320 / 316 mm 318 / 314 mm 316 / 312 mm
Waist Width 27.2 cm 27.3 cm 27.2 cm 27.0 cm
Nose / Tail Height 60 / 44 mm 60 / 44 mm 60 / 44 mm 60 / 44 mm
Sidecut 9.4 / 8.4 9.2 / 8.2 9.1 / 8.1 9.0 / 8.0
Core Type PowerLite Core PowerLite Core PowerLite Core PowerLite Core
Base Material Speed Formula II Speed Formula II Speed Formula II Speed Formula II
Stances 20.5 in — 25.2 in 20.5 in — 25.2 in 19.7 in — 24.4 in 19.7 in — 24.4 in
Insert Setback -25.0 cm -25.0 cm -25.0 cm -25.0 cm
         


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Nitro Pantera 2012

Nitro Pantera 2010


User reviews

Average user rating from: 1 user(s)

 

Overall Rating:
 
3.0
 
 

It's all about the width.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
The 10/11 Pantera was my choice for a freeride/powder board with my daily being a custom x. The Pantera is going to be a great board but only for a very few people. The reason is the width. Both the mid-wide and wide will only apply to a narrow range of foot sizes.

I chose the wide since all my other boards are wides and I wear an 11/12 size. Unfortunately I just don't have the leverage to get any kind of good turn initiation.

When quick turning isn't needed the board performed excellent. Carving was superb, chop was handled with ease and the mild taper made for a great powder ride. The board is relatively light, fairly damp, and has good return energy.

Nitro has really done the board a disservice with the width and so I can only give it three stars. If the sizing were right it would easily be in the 4-5 star range.
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Reviewed by JS
January 24, 2012