PRODUCTS
XYZ CHOPSTICKS
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ACCEL CAMBER
*We recommend that you set your stance to suit each interface.
- Model
- XYZ CHOPSTICKS
- Length
- 1573 mm
- Running Length
- 1080 mm
- EF.edge
- 1184 mm
- Nose Width
- 320 mm
- Waist Width
- 270 mm
- Tail Width
- 297 mm
- Sidecut R.
- 8500 mm
- Setback
- -5 mm
- Tapered
- 11.5 mm
- Sidecut Dep.
- 25 mm
- Cam.
- 4 mm
- Stance Width
- 480-610 mm
- Front Foot
- ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯
- Rear Foot
- ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯
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FUNCTION
ACCEL CAMBER
The idea of traditional camber is to apply the same amount of pressure onto the entire edge of a board to attain smoother, more stable carving and turning.
The camber arches from the center of the board all the way to 3 cm inside of the widest point of a board, both the nose and the tail. To turn, this camber has to be stepped on and the bottom pressed against the surface. This type of camber is effective at a resort, compacted slope or on a flat face. But it has lots of demerit on deep powder, fresh snow, or terrains with three-dimensional features. It is arched against the direction of the board, and the board could get hooked on the snow easily, making the turn less agile.
The GENTEMSTICK’s radical Accel camber eliminates hooking and prevents nosedives in deep powder or fresh snow, while maintaining a natural floatation. It is designed and shaped to perform its best when the rider stands neutrally on top of a board. It is made flat from the widest point of the nose side to about the front foot. The arch begins there and reaches the highest around the back foot, and it ends at the widest point of the tail side. When a rider stands on the board, the arch gets pushed and the area ahead of the front foot barely touches the snow.
This is the position that maximizes the performance of the board, and also the same position that reaches maximum velocity in ski races and other speed competitions. Accel camber has an arch from point A to point B. The board becomes flat as the back foot pressures the board. It rises slightly from the point C to the nose, which effectively reduces snow resistance. There are boards with similar camber designs released from major manufacturers these days. It is important to remember that the nose rocker design becomes very important with this kind of camber system, which has the peak of its arch placed further behind the center of a board. The GENTEMSTICK Accel camber boards are distinctly designed, especially from the point where the camber ends to the widest point of the nose. The key is to reduce resistance.
REVIEW
XYZ/Australia/175cm /78kg /9US M
I bought this as a touring board but have found it to be such a sick ride, that I've used it far more than my other boards this year when riding in-bounds as well. First up as a splitboard this offers great edgehold and fits nicely in the skin track when ascending, seems to have just the right weighting for easy kickturns. Going back down the all-mountain shape offers great versatility for control in icy wind scoured alpine regions, shines in the deep powder you made the climb for, and also performs well through the trees on the way back to the trailhead. What surprised me most about this board was how much fun I had on days when I rode it in-bounds in preference to my existing boards. It is a load of fun to put on rail on a fresh groomer, and eats up deep powder days and tree runs just as well. So much so that I am seriously considering adding an XY to the quiver... but where this board really makes me smile is those deep days in the sidecountry where you know you packed the skins in the backpack, and the snow is just that good that you go an extra ridge or two that most others can't, safe in the knowledge that it won't be much effort to get home :)
