GNU Billy Goat - 2011
Good enough for snowboarding legend Temple Cummins, bets are the Gnu Billy Goat will be good enough for you. A freeride gun designed by Temple for charging powder fields and windlips, gripping on the hardest snow conditions and tons of float in the deepest of powder.
Manufacturer's Description:
Temple’s new Billy Goat model is just that a brand new board.. featuring revolutionary freeride and power freestyle C2 BTX geometries… C2 combines the best features of camber and banana technology into one all terrain design for aggressive experienced snowboarders. You get the end to end stability and pop that camber offers combined with the carving performance and soft snow float of banana tech between the feet. Temple has won the Mt Baker Banked Slalom many times and C2 BTX is his geometry of choice whether carving perfect efficient turns for a time, negotiating an icy exposed chute to get to the pow that no one else can get to, or jibbing around teaching his son Cannon the ropes. When it comes to solid power snowboarding with a knack for smooth flowing fine tuned edgework Temple knows what he wants in a board. Solid construction, Anvitex dampener, stable, a strong eco farmed wood core and a sintered base, the Billy Goat will not let you down.
Recommended for freeride riding.
Recommended for big mountain riding.
High cost $
Rocker Construction.
Freeride Specific.
Green or Eco Friendly Construction.
Year: 2011
Available Lengths (cm):
162
Riding Style: Freeride
Specifications:
C2 Banana / Camber combo with Magnetraction .75 shred Technology
Sandwich construction
Avitex dampening
Harmonic twin shape
Double sintered UHMW sidewalls
Quasi Glass
Mervin BA Eco farmed wood core
Sintered 9900 alloy base
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on December 09, 2010 at 06:45 AM
Awesome board love it very responsive even uder high speeds clocked myself going 31 and that was on a choppy condition day and even under decent speeds good at carving good edge again very responsive
on March 23, 2011 at 04:30 AM
This is easily the best big mountain board i’ve owned(that include: t6, Jones flag, supermodel X, and rome design).
-Stiff but not super stiff torsionally. - narrow ww means it’s lightning fast from edge to edge & super responsive. - Mtx is mellow enough that it’s not catchy but will hold an edge in the sketchiest situation - slays ice - Only mervin deck with built in dampeners, it rides smooth, damp and predictable. Chop is not a problem, in fact, this board shines off piste. - Directional twin shape means riding switch is not a problem. - c2 rocker is VERY mellow - the board will not slip out on you backseat landings. - Reference stance has 2 inches longer nose than tail = the pow float is excellent. - Base is fast and the board will not see a speed it can’t handle(This is the Temple cummins pro model) - Pop on the board is average
In my mind, in 7 years of riding, there is not a finer big mountain/freeride pow board.
If you are a strong, aggressive big mountain/pow rider, this could be your deck.
Park/rail rats need not apply.
