Stranda Shorty is the top of my list

 

I've got a 164 Stranda Shorty and a 165 Korua Trenchdigger. The Korua is fun in good conditions and its sidecut really pulls you into a turn. The simple construction can chatter on hardpack though. It's mostly camber (like the Cafe Racer) which has awesome spring out of a turn... but while it can ride pow, I wouldn't say it's that good.

I've got a 157 Soul Shift that's shaped like the Dart and it's great in powder. But if carving is more of a priority, I might look at the Pencil from Korua.

The Shorty has an ash core with titanal stringers and REALLY holds an edge (it does have more effective edge as well). The variable sidecut and the flexible/rockered tips make it fun to alter turn shapes. Carving is very fluid and smooth, but it doesn't spring out of a turn like some. It is a SERIOUS powder gun. I ride it in variable pow conditions (like when you don't know if drift you're about to hit is fluffy or solid ice underneath), and the nose will go over anything... and I've never went over the nose. It's actually almost too easy as ignoring your fore/aft balance can take some of the fun out of it... but if you want to bomb pow at terminal velocity there's no worries!

Note that all of these benefit from a posi/posi stance so that you can throw your hip into it. If you rely on ankle steering with a duck stance, it may not be as fun. Particularly the Stranda, it's pretty solid underfoot. But that's partly what gives it the stability.

 

What kinda carving are we talking about- are you looking to bomb runs or drag elbows? What kinda powder/terrain are you looking to ride- open vs trees, fresh vs chopped, dry vs wet? Finally, do you ride duck or posi? We need more data.

 

Carving at high speeds, 50mph+, as far as powder, riding open mostly, both fresh and a little choppy, but preferably fresh ofc, dry conditions stance is posi posi, +21 +12

 

For regular sizes I dig the Aamplid surfari, side cut is so choice

for volume shift I dig the ride peaceseeker, shorter carves are it’s specialty and it’s got a massive nose for float

 

Yeah, I’d second the surfari. It’s very stable at stored and doesn’t have a speed limit I ever found. It’s great in open powder and in chop too. Almost rides tracked powder like fresh.

Otherwise something bigger could be really cool. The Stranda descender comes to mind.

 

Nidecker Smoke or Ultralight, damn near anything Stranda, Amplid's got some stuff, Pentaquark, Unw8, Gnu Banked Country, Nitro Banker

 

Tur Buteo would be my choice.

 

On the Dart you might be alright on the 156 (as the tail is chopped off and it still has a decent effective edge), but you'd want to go larger on anything else. If you're really hitting 50mph you'd probably want to go with a "Plus" construction that has titanal... ie. Cafe Racer Plus or preferably the Bullet Train Plus. The 159 CR has an EE of 1200mm and a 8.2m sidecut radius, whereas the 160 BT has 1324mm EE and 9.8m SCR. The Bullet Train is made for speed. It's expensive, but looking at the construction it's actually a pretty good value.

You really want a larger SCR for speed. A lot of the purpose built freecarvers (Coiler, Jasey-Jay Anderson, Exegi, Donek, Swoard) are up around 12m and some race/BX boards go even larger. These would all cost more than the Bullet Train, and some of them aren't even constructed as good.

It looks like you're from Lithuania? The standard Korua were originally made at Nobile in Poland (maybe some still are?). Nobile sells their own boards as well and they have some deals on old stock. This 160 BX would rip:

NOBILE SNOWBOARDS RACE SBX 2022

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It's not as wide, so a bit quicker edge-to-edge at speed. Defintely not a pow board though.

 

Might pick up dart 156 as a pov board and get something else for carving, found Dart 156 for 250usd ,really good deal, 2024 model asw

 

BTW, anything over 20mph (~8.9m/s) is probably going to blow through any sidecut (and not leave a pencil line):

http://alpinesnowboarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Physics-of-a-Snowboard-Carved-Turn.pdf

 

Rome Stalefish, last years model (this year's looks similar / perhaps exactly the same) is a good carver and enjoyable in powder. Holds an edge nicely and is easy stable at higher speeds. Did not get to take it out on any proper 15"+ days last season as I didn't get the board until late winter / early spring and often find myself in the BC on deeper days regardless. That being said it seems like it will perform great in deep conditions. More marketed in the realm of a free ride / powder board however I like carving on it more than my all mountain board.

 

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it but Stranda, Amplid, and Korua all have some big representation on this forum!

 

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