GNU Impossible Series - 2012

The guys at Mervin like a challenge and if there is one challenge that Mr Mike Olson likes over any other it is the challenge of finding new, obscure and exciting materials to sandwich into Mervin’s many snowboards. Magnesium Fibres are Mike’s latest find, but this technology is so new that if you Google “Magnesium Fibres” the GNU website is the first in the search results that doesn’t refer to Magnesium supplements as part of balanced diet. What we do know about Magnesium as an un-alloyed metal is that it reacts with water, is highly flammable, has a quarter of the tensile strength of Steel; on the whole it is a fairly useless material so to make Magnesium into a useable fibre laminate for snowboard constructions seems like wizardry or rocket science. The Impossible Series truly is next level snowboard design.

Manufacturer's Description:

New Impossible Series featuring Magnesium fiber technology and more tech than any gnu in history! Elliptical C2 Twin Asymmetric Banana Magne-Traction geometries, strong light Magnesium fibers, rugged Bio BEANs top material, glow in the dark sidewalls, lightweight Columbian Gold eco wood and Sintered bases. Celebrate the bounty! Balance through asymmetry. Standing sideways on a snowboard your body is asymmetric from heel to toe and your turn mechanics are different on your heel side and toe side. The Impossible perfectly balances nature’s asymmetry allowing complete freestyle freedom. Take an Impossible for a run and you will feel the difference for a few turns, then as your body and board realize perfect harmony with the technology you will achieve the state Gnu engineers call “imperceptible perfection” and new levels of shred joy will be actualized. Get balanced and get weird!

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