The System
Posted on: July 27, 2009 by admin
Featuring Jib Technology
THE SYSTEM - A fusion of interdependent technologies that support jib-specific performance.
.Grip-Tech Sidecut: an unblended progressive tri-radial sidecut design that creates additional contact points directly under-foot for significantly improved control.
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Street Rocker: a rocker profile based on a stretched parabolic arc that further improves control, while providing a more uniform running surface nose to tail.
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Rocker Flex: a rocker specific flex pattern designed to address how riders experience board flex when shredding a de-cambered design.
Inlaid Power Spine: a structural spine of wood that counters the effect of de-cambering to maintain pop, while not hindering the rocker benefit of easy spins, presses, and butters.
Robusto Tips: a wider, more blunt shape and flat kick design that meets the needs of a rocker nose and tail’s more specialized role as platforms for presses and butters.
True-Twin: a twin-tip shape that encourage riders to equalize their stance and more effectively activate the Grip-Tech contact points and Street Rocker design.
Mercy Edges: softer bronze edges that deliver a less catchy ride, while balancing the active edge performance created by Street Rocker and Grip Tech.
Sumo-Stance: an expanded 2×4 insert system that provides a much wider stance (Max: 25.20″/64cm) allowing riders to size down their boards for classic rocker performance.
Tags: Arbor Snowboards, Reverse Camber, Rocker Snowboards, The Draft, The System Filed Under: News, Snow
Rocker technology that actually works is really fun to ride.
Arbor needs to do more of this.
this thing is sick. the concept, the construction, the graphic – there isn’t a better rocker on the market.
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[...] “THE SYSTEM” SNOWBOARD TECHNOLOGY IS INTRODUCED BY ARBOR [...]
This was the best board I rode at the On Snow Demo up in Mammoth. Can’t wait to get my hands on one this year. When do they drop in stores?
Love the move toward a better rocker tech. Too bad the graphics suck so hard on the women’s boards. Best looking one is the Eden and it’s the bottom of the barrel. My wife was really interested in a Push until she saw this years lineup. Horrid. Especially compared to their previous offerings. Boo Arbor.
ch ch check it out
http://www.commarts.com/exhibit/2010-arbor-snowboards.html
that board is sick. what’s up with all the rocker though. is Arbor still going to make some camber boards too?
as for the art direction, i think it’s insane! that guy Yoskay on the Push is so good. i was at his last art show in Culver City, so sick. i think my favorite is the Wasteland though. how do they cut all those little pieces of wood so accurately. truly art.
i bet its laser cut or something. i cant imagine any person would be able to put it together like that. rocker is way better than camber anyway. i think arbor should make more rocker boards…
GhostintheToast must be even more blind than his super blind wife. the women’s lineup is insane this year. HURRAY ARBOR!!!
the watercolors on the Edens white wood, an actual SYLVIA JI piece for the Cadence and some birds with bananas from Yoskay Yamamoto for the Push….that guy’s too much WaytoocoolforSchool!!!! It must be so sweet to be so sweet.
check some of Yoskay’s other stuff:
http://yoskay.com/home.html
i just got one in at my shop, wtf, what a rip off of freaking lib tech, make your own tech, wanna be magnatraction, plus now everyone is jumping in on the rocker craze, i mean, why not support the dudes that invented magnatraction and buy a lib? maybe its just me and maybe ill change my mind after i demo this, who knows
ps- wtf happened to arbor’s graphics this year?!
Hello there Carbon Scooby,
Marvin deserves a lot of credit for their technology innovations. There is no doubt about that. Arbor has also been an innovative leader in eco-technology. We encourage other companies to take our lead and use and even improve on our technology and I believe the designers at Mervin feel the same way. It’s of vital importance in the world of innovation to have companies tweak on and improve upon technology created by other companies. It’s called the progression or evolution of products.
If you are the owner or manager of a shop or even just work their, I’d hope you’d be more open minded. If you only think people should support and buy Lib Tech then why do you carry other brands? We hope you’ll give the Draft a try before you make up your mind. The folks at SIA and Snow Press did and they gave it their “Innovation of the Year Award” and the folks at Outside Magazine did and their testers decided it was the best snowboard of the year and gave it their “Gear of the Year Award.”
Also, I happen to really like Lib Tech and was a loyal rider of the TRice board for several years. Last year, when I started working with Arbor, I was actually concerned about giving up my Lib but after I rode the new Draft I was sold. The technologies are similar but there are substantial differences.
As for the graphics comment, we’ll just have to agree to disagree on that one. We feel that this is by far the strongest graphic representation for Arbor.
[...] THE SYSTEM: A FUSION OF INTERDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL ROCKER PERFORMANCE [...]
I really really want to test this baby out!
Im stoked Arbor went beyond the trend of reverse camber and took a complete new and revolutionary approach to the design!
Looks sick!
I take it the Draft is the only rockered board. Any others in the lineup. Am looking for an all mountain board thats good in the steeps and deep such as Mott’s Canyon at Heavenly, Casper Bowl at Jackson etc. Looks like you have the Draft mapped for mainly park. How does the rockered technology do off the trails?
We designed the Draft to be JIB specific, but the System ended up working so well that the boards getting ridden all over – powder, steeps, groomers, etc. The board is an all-mountain machine. Critical edge hold and all the benefits of rocker.
the artwork rocks!!!
i just discovered you guys and i am stoked you exist.
gonna pick up a board on tuesday if all goes well…
dude, can’t wait for the system to hit more boards. that shit rocks! well done Arbor
Was up snowboarding last year at Monarch and I was getting stuck on the flat surfaces of the mountain and wondering how all the guys around me were jumping their boards around until they could get going again. Now I know what kind of board they must have had and sure would like to get one. Thanks so much for the rocker technology and the eco friendly product you provide, the designs and artwork on your boards surpass what is out there!!!