Headed out to midnight madness with a couple of the homies last weekend and got a chance to get on a 153 Arbor Draft. Earl, Scott, and I made a video review of the board, and we kinda gave an overview of the board here and a couple of riding clips too.
It was cold, it was late, and it was pretty icy (as you'd expect in lovely NH), but the Draft rode very well throughout the course of the night. The Draft utilizes "The System", a way to integrate different technologies to work in unison to create a true-twin reverse camber board designed for the freestyle minded rider. Arbor uses brass edges on the Draft for a better sliding experience. Bronze is softer than steel, so it allows for a more catch-free rail riding experience. The board boasts Arbor's Grip-Tech sidecut, which offers extra contact points beneath your feet, allowing you better board control, and constant edge-hold on hard-pack conditions.
Here's what Arbor has to say about the Draft...
"Arbor’s take on the rocker revolution - the new Draft is designed around The System, a fusion of interdependent technologies that support jib-specific performance. Make no mistake; rocker boards represent a new approach to how snowboards function. Rocker shapes require a total rethinking of long held ideas on technologies and how they interact. To that end, we offer The System."
Arbor's System is composed of 8 different features that work together to make the Draft ride so well, here's Arbor's breakdown of the system from their website...
"Grip-Tech Sidecut: an unblended progressive tri-radial sidecut design that creates additional contact points directly under-foot for significantly improved control.
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.
Rocker Specific 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 2x4 insert system that provides a much wider stance (Max: 25.20"/64cm) allowing riders to size down their boards for classic rocker performance."
To Check out more from Arbor and to see what they have going on, head on over to The Arbor Collective
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