SHOP DESCRIPTION
This board is great for the all mountain experience, it's a fun playful board with extra pop from having carbon beams running from tip to tail. Whether you like powder, park or just cruising the mountain this is a great board to do it all at a awesome price. The board is loaded with great features like magne-traction to for an extremely strong edge hold, aspen core that last long and gives the board a lot of power, and a base that is strong and will keep you moving quick all day..Best board for under 400 dollars!
Banana Magne-Traction! Award winning technology, handmade in the USA by snowboarders at Mervin Manufacturing, proven sandwich construction, aspen core, twin geometries and a great price. Banana Technology is easy to ride, rips the hardpack, kills the jibs, floats powder unbelievably. The Magne-Traction serrated edges give you awesome control and edgehold even on ice. All terrain freestyle performance for new traditionalists of all ability levels….. a Carbon Credit is all you need to go from beginner to pro. Also available in wides. Bananas are fun and easy to ride! 2011 TWSNOW Good Wood Winner!
BANANA TECH
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MAGNA-TRACTION
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SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION
Construction Standards and Oddities.
Every Gnu is handmade by snowboarders with jobs in the USA. Gnus are built with tough and fast UHMW external sidewalls and impact resistant end grain internal sidewalls. Ultra-light weight rugged “polymer bumper” sandwich tip and tails are standard on all Gnus. Steel edges are used for control along the contact area and “tucked-in” just past the contacts for minimum spin weight… heavy unnecessary steel edge is eliminated from the tips and tails. Banana Tech, EC2, or C2 BTX Camber/Banana Tech combo and Magne-Traction serrated edges are far from standard but are standard on every Gnu snowboard.
TRUE TWIN SHAPE
Twin (equal length and equal width) tip and tails combined with a centered radial sidecut. Rides equally well in both directions with a focus on freestyle. Park, powder, pipe: perfect.
CX2500 BASE
Hard, Fast and virtually maintenance free. A Gnu sublimation system exclusive. more copy Hard, Fast and virtually maintenance free. A Gnu sublimation system exclusive.Hard, Fast and virtually maintenance free. A Gnu sublimation system exclusive.
BI-AXIAL GLASS
2 way fiber orientation. Engineered to make the difficult easy.
EISS 5 UHMW SIDEWALLS
Tough UHMW sidewalls on the exterior laminated to 5 layers of endgrain birch on the inside. Great on or off the snow. ULTRA LIGHT SPIN WEIGHT!
A.5 SUSTAINABLE WOODCORE
MERVIN A.5 SUSTAINABLE WOODCORE: ASPEN / EISS 5 SIDEWALLS
- Full Aspen with EISS 5 edge pop / strength.
Wood Core Weirdness!
In 2008 the world’s fastest growing trees in Gnu’s Altered Genetic forest produced an exceptional harvest of long fibered light weight poppy wood that we call “nature’s fiberglass.” This select crop has been carefully seasoned and built into cores and is the light poppy center of many of our favorite 2011 Gnu snowboards. Got any fungus?
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Banana Tech:
Magna-Traction
Additional Info
| Brand | GNU |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mens |
| Snowboard Size | 159 |
| Binding Attachment Type | 4 - bolt |
| Contact Length (cm) | 116 |
| Side Cut - radius (m) | 8.2 |
| Nose Width (cm) | 28.8 |
| Waist Width (cm) | 24.7 |
| Tail Width (cm) | 28.8 |
| Stance | 20.25″-25″ / 0″ |
| Shape Category | True Twin |
| Construction Type | BTX |
| Flex Rating (1=soft) | 5 |
| Weight Range (lbs.) | 100-180 |
| Recommended For: | Freeride, Rails, Groomers |
