Arbor Snowboarding Gear 2007 - 2008 Overview
Arbor's longstanding assertion is that solutions to many of today's most difficult design challenges exist in the natural world - replacing standardized components with beneficial natural materials in a campaign to develop superior, rider-driven products.
EcoTechnologies
Arbor's focus is turning natural fibers into Ecologically Based Technologies that deliver a higher level of function and relevance in a responsible, environmentally-friendly way.
Element Alt
The ALT is a bamboo top version of the legendary Element Series. As such, it’s an advanced all-mountain board for riders who freely transition through mixed terrain, snow conditions, and riding styles.
The ALT’s balanced design supports the ride-it-all experience - initiating clean into any turn or spin, holding a solid edge from park to peak, and delivering reliable all-season performance.
EcoTechnology
- Full-Length Bamboo Topsheet. Arbor’s bamboo-top technology gives each board its clean, Zen flavor, while allowing us to structurally enhance performance for improved return and resilience. The ALT top is made from a honey-colored, natural bamboo that is laid-up horizontally. Bamboo is the greenest, most renewable building material available today.
- TDS Poplar Wood Core. Made from a lighter grade of plantation grown poplar. This material allows us to deliver solid weight reduction with no loss of durability.
Crossbow
The Crossbow is a full-throttle dart built for aggressive, park-inspired mountain assaults. It’s designed to optimize the energy created by a board in motion, allowing you to load and release power on demand. Expect unmatched control at speed, a crisp energetic ride, explosive turn initiation, a stiff, vibration-free flex, and all the mojo you need for the biggest natural features.
EcoTechnology
- Full-Length Bamboo Topsheet. Arbor’s bamboo-top technology gives each board its clean, Zen flavor, while allowing us to structurally enhance performance for improved return and resilience. The Roundhouse topsheet is made from a darker, carbonized bamboo that is laid-up horizontally. Bamboo is the greenest, most renewable building material available today.
- TDS Poplar Wood Core. Made from a lighter grade of plantation grown poplar. This material allows us to deliver solid weight reduction with no loss of durability.
- Diamondwood® Reinforced Sidewalls. Diamondwood is the hardest wood material available today. By replacing the outside laminate of a full-length wood core with Diamondwood, we create load beams that provide quicker initiation and return, while reinforcing the sidewall for improved durability and impact resistance.
- Cork Damping Stringers. Cork is an incredibly renewable, natural insulator. By inserting tip-to-tail cork stringers between a core's laminates, we create a system that dissipates vibration in the frequency that creates chatter. As a result, we dampen the ride without deadening the flex. Instead of chatter you get usable energy.
Roundhouse
The Roundhouse has been reborn as an advanced big-mountain floater - a freerider that’s built wide to support larger feet, while specifically designed to provide an energetic, narrow-board feel.
The Roundhouse delivers powerful performance, with signifigantly improved edge initiation and control. Look for solid transitional stability in the steeps, at speed, and through any hard-driving turn.
EcoTechnology
- Full-Length Bamboo Topsheet. Arbor’s bamboo-top technology gives each board its clean, Zen flavor, while allowing us to structurally enhance performance for improved return and resilience. The Roundhouse topsheet is made from a darker, carbonized bamboo that is laid-up horizontally. Bamboo is the greenest, most renewable building material available today.
- Paulownia Wood Core. An ultra-lightweight core made from a 50/50 blend of paulownia and poplar. Paulownia is an ecologically cultivated, balsa-like species. Unlike balsa, it has the strength of traditional core materials, which allows us to deliver maximum weight reduction with no loss of durability.
Westmark
The Westmark is a progressive mid-wide that was developed for deep, multi-dimensional freestyle performance. It’s a true do-it-all park machine with an exclusive core design that magnifies return for massive pop and initiation. A postmodern flex adds spin and nose press functionality. Rock the pipe, attack big park floaters, manage any backcountry kicker, hippy jib your way to Nirvana.
EcoTechnology
- Bamboo Reinforced Wood Core. By reinforcing a wood core with a bamboo axle, we radically increase board power and durability. Bamboo is one of the strongest materials on the planet. It has 40 times the effective life of carbon fiber and provides 60% more return than traditional core materials. Bamboo has a tensile strength and weight-to-strength ratio superior to steel; yet it is light, flexible, resistant to compression, remarkably green, and incredibly renewable.
- TDS Poplar Wood Core. Made from a lighter grade of plantation grown popular. This material allows us to deliver solid weight reduction with no loss of durability.
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