Arbor A-Frame 19/20

PROFILE

• The Camber System

The Camber System design offers a poppy ride with crisp, fully engaged performance.

• Parabolic profiling

The system utilizes rocker or camber profiles created using the parabolic arc, which progressively reduces the amount of rocker or camber toward the tip and tail of a snowboard. This creates low, more effective profiles. On our rocker system designs, parabolic profiling ensures the outside contact points are close enough to the snow to engage when maximum performance is required – higher speeds, fully loaded turns, and bigger landings. On camber system designs, this guarantees the outside contact points do not dig too far into the snow, creating a cleaner, less catchy performance that makes it easier to turn, spin, and ride fast.

• Knucklehead Nose

Peak to parking lot with extra punch for powder.

CORE

• FSC Certified Highland II Core 

A newly developed screening process has allowed us to hand select the very lightest and highest quality paulownia from our sourcing partners. The result is a lighter, more responsive version of our FSC Certified Highland Core known for highly reliable return and long-lasting durability

• RWD Carbon A-frame 

A carbon fiber lay-up insert from the contact points to the inserts. Creates structural a-frames for improved torsional performance in the steeps and at speed.

BASE

• Sintered base

A higher molecular weight, sintered base that provides added durability and speed.

TOPSHEET

• Inlaid Ash & American Black Walnut Powerply

The Power Ply works like an added layer of fiberglass. During construction, the natural wood or bamboo fibers are turned into a composite layer inside the board, but the process takes time.

• Mixed glassing

A triax over biax lay–up that’s best for versatility: pow, backcountry, groomers, jumps, and more.

• Bio-Plastic Topsheet

One of the materials we use in our quest to eliminate harmful pertrolium based plastics from our production cycle. Made from Castor Bean Oil, this eco-topsheet is extremely durable and water repellent.

• Entropy Bio Resin

All Powerplys and R.A.P. Topless Tech veneers are made with Entropy Bio-Resin, a replacement for traditional petroleum based resin that doesn’t affect performance or usability. The ingredients that go into Entropy Bio-Resin are sourced as co-products or waste products of other industrial processes and are manufactured employing green chemistry techniques that reduce the carbon footprint of the material by up to 40% (when compared to its petroleum based equivalent).

SIDEWALL

• 360 rails

A 360–degree, fully wrapped sidewall that eliminates the need for tip fill, while effectively tying the whole snowboard together. A technology that delivers incredibly tight tolerances for improved board life and durability.

• Griptech

Grip tech is a tri–radial sidecut design that is not “blended.” Natural shaping intersections, that in the past were eliminated, have been transformed into heel and toe contact points that provide a direct, more ergonomic way to grip the snow when additional control is needed. The extra contacts also form pivot zones that make turning easier and more natural. Grip tech effectively moves a board’s primary interface with the snow underfoot, allowing us to deliver designs that don’t lose performance as we lift leading sections of the effective edge from the snow for a less grabby ride. Those designs include rocker, or camber with our new uprise fenders. Uprise fenders pull the outside contact zones off the snow with angled 3º risers on all camber system designs.

• Recycled Steel Edges

Our highly durable, recycled steed edges embody two of our Arbor’s key values: quality and sustainability.