Nidecker NDK Random - 2010

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The flagship snowboard for Nidecker’s green technologies featuring Lin Seed Fibre / Basalt reinforcement, a partially recycled base and an FSC-labelled eco friendly core. The Nidecker Random was designed to make you feel slightly better about your carbon footprint after driving up the hill in your brand new 6 litre Chevy truck. For park laps and rail slaying.

Manufacturer's Description:

Ndk Creative broadens the Random series with this new version: ... of laminated maple wood to get a skate effect, and with a little artistic inspiration from Mondrian with colors drawn from all the Recycled Random range (boots and bindings matching). In addition, for each board built, a tree is planted thanks to the partnership with the FSC-labelled eco-friendly core. This board also belongs to the « Eco line » label.

Recommended for park riding.

Recommended for halfpipe riding.

High cost $

Available in Wide.

Camber Construction.

Twin Shape.

Green or Eco Friendly Construction.

Year: 2010

Available Lengths (cm):
149, 154, 158, 159XL

Riding Style: Freestyle/Park

Specifications:

Full length Power Wood core
Biaxial Glass
6000 grade sintered base
Lin Seed Fibre / Basalt reinforcement
Twin shape
Centred stance

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Nidecker NDK Random

Snowboard Review:

The guys at Nidecker are very proud of the Random’s green credentials, and so they should be; made from recycled plastics and environmentally friendly reinforcement materials this board is how all snowboards should be manufactured in the future. Unfortunately for Nidecker the Random is a very strange snowboard to ride; marketed as a park board for large transitions and the occasional rail this board unfortunately misses the mark. Firstly, it’s ridiculously stiff both laterally and longitudinally; I honestly couldn’t press the nose or tail and I even found ollying on the flat difficult. I’m used to riding boards a few centimetres longer so this rigidity came as a real surprise to me. In fact the board is so stiff laterally that trying to get any torsional flex with your feet is practically impossible which means that carving this board isn’t anywhere as stable as it should be and initiating turns has to be made by lateral movements of the body every time. I found that this lack of lateral forgiveness also caused the board to jump-out when I hit a small bump or mound of snow when in mid-carve.

Over the kickers and in the quarterpipe the Random wasn’t a great deal of fun either. The stiffness of the board made the transitions of the kickers I was hitting feel fairly abrupt and it only really relaxed when the jump transition was longer than seven or eight meters but landings were severely compromised by the boards’ lack of forgiveness. In the off-piste the Random, although short, rode reasonably well and took heavy/flat landings with a pinch of salt.

If you’re looking for a board that does what the Random is marketed to do then don’t waste your time by buying this board, I’d advise looking at the Nidecker Advanced which kills all areas of the park and even performs far better on the piste. If on the other hand you like ridiculously stiff park-orientated boards then don’t write-off your decision based on my review.

Posted by Tom Ewbank in • Nidecker

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