Gnu Essential Service 155 2023 Snowboard
ALL-TERRAIN GNU POWER FOR BACKCOUNTRY RIDING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
The Gnu Essential Service is designed for the perfect powder session and long days at the resort. Whether you're shredding a perfect pillow line, making long carves on the slopes or doing some park runs, the Essential lets you unleash your freestyle skills all over the mountain.
Part of the proceeds from this model will be donated to theserviceboard.org. This is an organisation dedicated to helping socially disadvantaged teenagers to meet personal and cultural challenges through outdoor adventure, environmental and social justice education and public service.
Riding style
The Essential Service is aimed at the intermediate and advanced rider who enjoys the powder and the whole mountain and is looking forward to a new riding experience.
Shape
The Directional Twin Shape is perfect for all-mountain with a touch of freestyle. The shape is symmetrical, but the bindings are slightly offset to the rear to give you more float in powder. The Magne-Traction® technology provides improved edge hold with serrated edges. Especially on icy slopes they unfold their full potential.
Profile
The C2 profile is a classic camber profile with a subtle rocker between the bindings. This provides precise edge control from nose to tail and maximum stability for high airs and landings. The rocker makes the board a bit more playful and offers more uplift than conventional camber profiles.
Flex
The medium flex ensures precise control and fast responsiveness of the board, but remains playful enough to bust out freestyle moves.
Construction
The G Lite 2 construction is environmentally friendly, robust and a lightweight construction design from Gnu. The core of aspen and paulownia wood is very light, sustainable, robust and poppy. Bi- and triaxial fibreglass surrounds the wood core and provides the necessary stiffness and durability. The topsheet is made from eco-sublimated organic beans. The sintered base is very fast and stays that way if you take care of it.
Subject to alterations according to the manufacturer. Image is non-binding.
Snowboards are usually delivered ready-to-ride with a waxed base and sharpened edges. However, this so-called factory-tuning is not very durable and your new snowboard should be properly waxed after a few days and maintained on a regular basis.
Attributes
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A blend of stability, agility and float
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More float in powder and versatile all-mountain riding
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Manufactured in a more eco-friendly way
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Contains sustainable materials, such as organic or recycled materials
- Article number: 684785
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Extruded: low maintenance and extremely durable, ideal for jibbers and weekend shredders
Sintered: hard and fast, but a little higher maintenance, the best choice for powder
Premium: highest quality and speed with carbon/graphite additives - Length (cm): 155 cm
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The smaller the radius, the better the turning ability. A large radius brings a smoother ride at high speeds.
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The part of the edge that has contact to the snow. Shorter=agile, longer=more control
- Nose Width: 29.5 cm
- Waist Width: 25.3 cm
- Tail width: 29.5 cm
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The inserts of the rear binding are set back x mm towards the tail for a more effortless powder riding.
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Minimum - maximum stance width
- Core: Aspen / Paulownia
- Rider Weight: 54kg / 90kg
- Compatibility: Standard Inserts
- Riding Style: All Mountain
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Riding Level:
- Advanced
- Intermediate
- Stiffness: 6
- Flex: Medium
- Country of production: USA
- Gender: Men
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Eco:
- FSC® certified wood
- Recycled materials
- More sustainable
- All Mountain Board from Gnu
- Directional Twin shape
- C2 Hybrid Camber profile
- Magne-Traction serrated edges
- G Lite 2 Construction
- Core of aspen and paulownia wood
- UHMW sidewalls
- Eco Sublimated Bio Beans topsheet
- Bi-ax and Tri-ax fibreglass
- Sintered base
- Handmade in the USA
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About Gnu
Gnu have been around since the birth of snowboarding, claiming weird, open minded experimentation to be their job. They have worked with mysterious materials, bizarre geometries, contours and board shapes, far out art and colors, odd terrain and freakish riders to create fantastic progressive snowboards that have helped take snowboarding to wild and magical places. A brand we are happy to call one of the family.