Twinpig Snowboard

Twin Tips, as their name suggests, are identical in both the tip and tail. The stance reference position is centred in the middle of the board, creating a fully balanced snowboard. Twins perform the same both forwards and backwards. The balanced shape gives the rider more control when spinning.

Volume shift boards swap length for width to give the same overall surface area but in a shorter, more manoeuvrable shape. Delivering a floaty ride, they tend to be more suited to boards designed to give a surfier feel. Volume shift boards generally use tight sidecuts to offset the slow edge-to-edge.

A deeper sidecut on the heel edge offsets the body's inability to put as much energy into heelside turns as a toeside turns. You bend your knees to power up the toe edge, as your knees don't bend backwards; you can't do that on the heel edge. The deeper heel edge increases response, balancing the response difference between the toeside and heelside.

Four separate geometries combine to create a sidecut arc specific to the board's flex and performance. Quadratic sidecuts respond better to more demanding riders; the more you push the board, the more the sidecut engages, giving a more aggressive turning performance.

Blunting the tips of a board removes excess weight from the extremities. This reduced weight lowers the board's swing weight, giving more control when spinning and helps keep the edge engaged through the carve.