Ethos Rocker

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The Ethos is a Women's specific snowboard for riders who want to learn, grow, and reach the next level. The shape is built around Arbor's System Rocker design to provide an incredibly forgiving, easy to control, catch-free experience. Expect amazing value and the ideal platform for perfecting your turns and building confidence on the groomers, in deeper snow, at speed, in the park, steeps, or even the trees.

  • Bio Plastic Topsheet
  • Highland Core
  • Extruded Base
  • Biax Glassing
  • 2x4 10 Pack Inserts
  • Recycled ABS
  • Bio Resin
  • Recycled Steel Edges
  • 360 Degree Rails
  • 3 Year Warranty
  • Factory Tuned
  • Wend Natural Wax
  • Manufactured with 100% Solar Energy
  • Terrain Guide

    Powder
    Big Mountain
    Resort
    Park + Street

    Flex Meter ( 3 of 10 )

    SOFT STIFF
    Arbor's Shaping Ethos
    Grip Tech + Parabolic Profiling
    The system shaping philosophy underpins the design of every snowboard in our line. It allows us to create advanced true-rocker and true-camber designs. As a result we preserve all of the inherent riding benefits of these proven platforms by avoiding hybridization. Two distinct technologies make this possible:

    Grip Tech

    Grip Tech creates added heel and toe contact points that dramatically improve edge control on snow and ice. The design creates a more ergonomic and direct connection to the snow for substantially improved handling and response time. The Added contact points make it possible for Arbor to offer Rocker designs that hold an amazing edge and Camber designs that provide cleaner edge performance.

    Arbor System Grip Tech

    Parabolic Profiling

    We use a unique shaping technique that replaces the single radius arc found in traditional camber or rocker with a more advanced parabolic profile. The design blends five separate radii together to create a parabolic arc which gradually reduces the amount of rocker or camber toward the tip and tail. In our System Rocker shapes the design lowers the leading edge to improve edge hold. In our System Camber shapes the design makes the leading edge less aggressive for smoother performance. The blended five radii design also drastically improves our ability to tune each shape in our line for ability level, target terrain and riding style.

    System Rocker
    Arbor System Parabolic Profiling

    Our System Rocker shapes are for riders who want:

    • A surfy ride with natural float, cleaner tracking across the snow and more care-free turns and spins
    • Best in class true-rocker edge hold on the steeps, at higher speeds and through any landing
    Complete the system with Arbor System X Bindings

    The System X Baseplate

    FOUND ON ALL ARBOR BINDINGS
    • A proprietary design that transfers rider input out to four heel-to-toe convergence zones, improving edge controls and response time.
    • A concave design allows a board to flex more seamlessly by reducing flat spots for improved edge performance.
    • When paired with an Arbor Snowboard, the System X design improves the activation of Arbor's Grip Tech contact points.
    • This unique binding / board interaction provides maximum performance at speed, in steeps, amd through any turn, carve or spin.
    Arbor System X Baseplate
    Backdrop Mountainline

    Fender Tech

    The edge control created by Arbor's System platform allows us to add Fenders that slightly lift a board's leading edge off the snow. This dramatically improves turning, spins, float and tracking on cambered snowboards.

    Unlike "early rise" or "rockered" nose/tail transition zone, Arbor's Fenders create smoother performance without shortening the camber section of the board. As a result, you get a clean ride without any loss of the pop or performance that comes from full-length camber. Today, we use Fenders on the majority of our System Camber designs.

    Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 1 reviews.

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    Great learners board

    "This was my first board, purchased after having snowboarded on rented gear only 4 times, so I have limited experience on other boards. (5'9" 170lbs on a 153cm) It has been a great board for learning the basics and getting comfortable cruising and carving, on grooms in particular. I haven't had the greatest time in deeper powder on this board, as a sink or crash fairly easily, but that might be more of a skill issue than a board issue. Smooth and controlled on hard pack but not the best grab on ice. Doesn't cut through chutter noticeably well either. Forgiving! Easy to spin/switch without catching an edge. Has also forgiven me some edge catches on cat tracks/chutter by letting me glide right out of them with little consequence. It feels stable enough below 30 mph and significantly less stable at 40. On the right pack 35 is comfortable but most days 30 seems to be the cap. I outgrew the board within a season (20ish plus days) as an aggressive rider with an instinct for speed, but would recommend this to less aggressive riders and learners."

    Cheyenne (4/5)

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