[Reckless]

So if you look at my last post you'll see I rented a capita outerspace living and loved it (on a trip to steamboat) then I bought a GNU C2 board and hated it (at Beech mountain NC). I know that makes no sense but its the situation I'm in. I'm getting ready to buy a different board and as much as I wanna play it safe and just buy the board I loved I'm wondering how much its performance will translate to NC mountains. I went from the 26th to the 1st to Steamboat and it snowed a ton while I was there so I think I hit an ice patch maybe once on the whole trip (snowboarded every day). Of course NC is way more icy and its where I do most of my snowboarding. I'm wondering if maybe I should get a stiffer and/or more aggressively cambered board. Edge catching wasn't really a huge problem for me in CO but I'm thinking that might change in NC.

Basically these are my questions:
-Should I get a more aggressive camber/stiffness than the board I used in CO since I usually ride in NC?

-People always say that it's easier to catch an edge on a cambered board but my experience was the opposite. How are people usually catching edges on cambered boards? On the rocker boards I would always hit something with one side of the nose which sent me rotating in the other direction leading to me being perpendicular to the slope with my weight on the wrong side. Obviously since the contact points are on either end instead of the middle on a cambered board I don't have that issue and the only time I really fell on the outerspace living was when my body position was really bad.

 

[num]

It's easier to catch on camber because the contact points are closer to the snow, so if you get lazy and let your edge down while skidding you're more likely to catch.

What you're describing on the rockered board makes sense, but that's more of a "spinny/loose" issue which rockered boards are known for on harder conditions.

Either way it sounds like you can handle the camber on the outer space living, and it has a medium flex. Seems like a solid choice tbh. You can go stiffer but you'll find it will limit your ability to do other things like presses and butters, or tight low speed turns. It will also call for a higher level of technique to turn correctly and can result in bad habits forming.

 

[Rip154]

honestly, ive had flat boards with more grip than cambered ones.

 

[Kevington]

The Capita Indoor Survival or Outsiders would work too. Medium flex, a bit more camber but still with some flat bits in the tips.

 

[kieloa]

Not how much, but how many...