Snowboard - Nidecker Alpha APX 162W
Alpha APX is a directional snowboard that feels incredibly responsive, lively, and agile both in the woods and on your favorite slopes. The goal with Alpha APX was to create a snowboard with perfect flow for gliding through powder, weaving between trees, and carving clean lines on the groomers. Alpha APX features a 3D-shaped nose for maximum float and easy turn initiation. It also has a special tail shape that sinks into the snow, providing more power on your back foot. Alpha APX has a lively core and a topsheet that reduces vibrations throughout the board. With its fast base, medium-flex, and smooth transitions from edge to edge, Alpha APX is the perfect board for surfing and carving all over the mountain. The APX version comes with a faster and harder N-9000 base and dual carbon fiber strings on each side of the core for more pop and responsiveness. But what really sets it apart is the Nidactive APX technology, which places the core directly over the edge, increasing the power you can exert from your bindings, making this a smooth, adaptable, and engaging riding experience.
The board is factory waxed and tuned, ready for the slopes!
Watch the video below where Nidecker presents Alpha APX
Flex: All Mountain Flex 7/10
Versatile flex designed to handle the entire mountain.
The scale is based on 1 being "Soft and Playful" while 10 is "Hard and Responsive."
Intended Use:
Alpha APX is a perfect snowboard for those who ride groomers, powder, and in the woods. Fast, agile from edge to edge, with excellent powder float. It's simply better than the regular Alpha.
Freeride: 10/10
All Mountain: 10/10
Park: 8/10
Recommended Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Shape:
Directional: Larger nose and shorter tail for great powder float and the ability to make aggressive and fast turns.
Profile:
Surfy CamRock: Camber with an early transition to Rocker in the nose and tail. This provides a playful board that turns smoothly and forgives mistakes.
Construction:
Nidactive Sandwich: Inspired by surfboards, sidewalls are rounded along the core, allowing maximum pressure to be applied to the edges for a more engaging ride.
Light Core: Nidecker's lightest core consisting of poplar, beech, and fir.
TRI AX LAMINATE PLUS: Provides the board with even torsional stiffness, better pop, and more acceleration on turns.
N-9000: Quick sintered base. Nidecker's fastest base.
Pop Carbon Plus: Carbon reinforcement that stiffens the board, providing ultimate pop while also feeling lively.
3DN Evolution Spoon Nose: 3D-shaped nose for a more surf-like feel and seamless edge-to-edge transitions.
Absorbnid: A topsheet that reduces vibrations.
Features & Specifications:
- CORE: Nidactive Sandwich + Light Core + TRIAX Plus + Pop Carbon+
- BASE: N-9000
- SHAPE: Directional + 3DN Evolution Spoon Nose
- Setback: 0mm
- Profile: Surfy Camrock
- FLEX: All Mountain 7/10
- Width width
- Sidecut: 8.0 m
- Length: 162 cm
- Effective Edge: 1230 mm
- Waist Width: 268 mm
- Recommended Rider Weight: 75+kg