Tacky Board Test 08/09 - Nitro Carrara 153

Hafjell, 10/11/2008
The feminine Carrara model is quick to respond and is very stiff. Here is our review of one of Nitro's girl boards.

Impression of the graphic:
Very clean and good.

Can remind of:
Can remind of the Bataleon board in this test.

How stiff is it:
Super stiff. The stiffest board in our test so far.

How is the side-cut:
Medium pluss. It doesn't take much to turn and you don't have to work hard for it to turn, which is good.

How is the response/manoeuvrability:
Very quick to respond and it is also stable.

How is the board on park-jumps:
Good, but doesn't have great pop. The board is stable, but a bit hard to rescue a crooked landing because of the stiffness. Overall it's good.

How is the board on rails:
Not tested.

How is the board in powder and at freeriding:
Good, because of the stiffness.

Best suited for:
It's a very good pipe board because of the stiffness.

Best feature:
The stability.

Worst feature:
Perhaps a bit heavy.

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Technical specifications from the producer:
A freestyle/ freeride board for experienced female riders. Works well in pipe, powder or on the slopes.

More info:
Powerlite wooden core
New Women’s twilight construction
Progessive sidecut
Profile tip
New FX Smartbase 4.0

Production country:
Germany

Board length:
153 cm

Directional or twin tip:
Directional twin

Sidecut radius
Progessive sidecut, 8.9 / 6.9 (metres)

Width nose:
28 cm

Width waist:
23.7 cm

Width tail:
28 cm

Recommended stance:
Around 50cm

Max stance:
46-58 cm

Flexibility:
Medium

Recommended shoe size:
35 - 40

Recommended bindings:
Raiden Tigre

Recommended boots:
Nitro Dynasty TLS boot

<Previous Tacky board test articles:
Nitro Andreas Wiig 159
K2 Gyrator 168
K2 Believer 156
Lib Tech Skate Banana 159
Forum Grudge 156
Ride Society 157
Forum Eddie Wall 154
Capita FCG 157
Bataleon Violenza 149
Arbor Coda 155
Allian Damage 156
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