Construction and Materials

As with the Smoke and the Mosquito (the two other models in Nidecker’s Snow Surf Quiver), the Gun commands immediate attention not just for its shape, but for it’s flawless finish. The stunning matt black and tinted resin topsheet mixes cap construction at the tips with a thin version of sandwich construction along the edge, where it wraps around to meet a 2mm sidewall. It’s a refined construction job indeed, with both triax and biax fibreglass used to dial in a flex that’s as aggressive as you’d expect. That is to say, viagra levels of stiff.

Underneath is a fancy poplar, paulownia and beech core that keeps the weight down (essential in a board this size) but which still has the necessary backbone. As for the N-9000 sintered base, it’s as fast a bit of P-tex as money can buy. You know the burning tyre tracks the DeLorean leaves behind it in Back to the Future? That.

“There was a reason snowboards were long and pointy back in the day: they surf powder like nothing else”

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There was a reason snowboards were long and pointy back in the day: they surf powder like nothing else. The Gun taps into those roots but brings plenty of modern build quality to bear on a design that is very much on the pulse. You’ll need to know how to turn properly to appreciate it, and it probably won’t be your only board, but if you’re looking for a powerful steed to pull out on the biggest of days, so to speak – when mere mortals can only watch from the shore – then this is the one.