Japow: Riding the Korua Shapes Dart
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- The Korua Shapes Dart is one of my all time favourite powder boards, and it makes for an extremely nimble, agile ride. Its shaped like a rocket, and that's how it feels when your tearing through the powder. Its big shoveled nose makes sure the tip floats, and its notched out swallow tail makes sure the rear always sinks. Therefore, the board easily planes out of the snow, and is easy to ride very back footed. I love how the swallow rear is still fairly long, because it gives you enough tail to press back on when you're popping off of natural features.
This board likes to accelerate quickly, make tight fast turns, and still has a lot of stability on hard pack snow due to its camber dominant profile. I gave up some flotation by riding it in a smaller size- but over all that made it faster to "dart" around on- and I think its noticeable in my riding style.
On this day the powder has consolidated and settled into a more manageable snow pack. This means less snow flying up in your face, and better dampening under foot. This allows for some faster maneuvering in general because you aren't always waiting for the snow to displace around you. We continue to explore the off piste sections out of Gate 4 Hanazono, and I find some killer untouched pow!
The bad news is that I hit a tree in this one pretty hard. It got me just above the knee, and bruised my I.T band. The good news is, in the grander scheme of things, this injury wasn't that bad, and although I was bruised, I was able to keep on keeping on. The next day I was sore, but not sore enough to not snowboard!
Another super awesome thing about this day, was getting to meet and ride with Casey Willax and Daly Wear! These guys are pretty much exactly the same as you see in their vlogs; hilarious, over stoked and always ready for more action! Stay tuned for more footage with these homies!
All in all it was another fantastic day of riding in Niseko Japan, and the Korua Shapes Dart made it one for the books! Can't wait to jump on it again in the near future!
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dude the music is next level on this one!
thanks for the tips bro hound!
I love the intro music it makes me want to go play pac man or something
Yeah its so chrargy eh? Can you guess the game its from?
Megaman!!
@@Defender_Of_Awesome Lol you know it!
Exploring japan with your friend andreas is the best
Hes such a fun guy
Thanks again for letting me use your Dart! That thing is like a rocket!
@@AndreasSchubertSnow :)
@@AndreasSchubertSnow anytime bro!!!!
So Jealous
Haha, I love the retro game tunes. Come for the reviews, stay for the 80's jams. The smooth jazz ain't bad either hahaha
Nice powder. Glad your not seriously hurt after that crash.
Wild
Live to ride another day! Thanks man, I'm also glad I'm not hurt!
this.is.AMAZING!
Such great snow
Thanks man! This day was awesome! It was nice how the snow consolidated, but still had blower qualities.
Yes
Sweet tunnel vision surf'n through the trees! Great video footage!
Loving the 8 bit sound track!
Can you guess the game from whenst it came?
My GOSH that snow looks incredible!!
How come I can never find untracked spots like THAT!!!😩😩😩😩😩
I wouldn’t have believed it had you not got it on video!!😱
Ps- where are all the homies?
Nursing ramen hangovers? 😂
Ohh there they are...
Diggin those 80’s style sounds👌
Ps- how’s the leg after the run in with the tree??
So perfect
The homies were all in the same vicinity, I'm always the one that breaks loose and goes off on my own- but they were just over the next ridge. My leg was surprisingly fine after hitting that tree- I snowboarded the next day. Rubbed some Voltarin on it.
Man, thats the dream right there! I'll be making it out there next year with jose if they plan it out again!
Veeerrryy nice!
So nice
Yew! thanks man!
@@AndreasSchubertSnow yewwww
Megaman intro! thats my ringtone haha. I have a board question for Andreas the Expert.
I'm curious about which board would suit my size and style the best, and i really like Jones Snowboards. I'm a competent rider, comfortable all over the resort and have a little back country experience. My preferred place to ride is in deep snow and trees, but I'm mostly riding resorts so I'm at the mercy of their conditions and I need something that can perform all over and keep me smiling as I rip groomers with speed. I used to ride a 156 but wanted something that would keep me afloat a bit better so I sized up for a 162, which in retrospect I think was a mistake. At the time i thought bigger board meant bigger float, and now I have something that is not matched to my size so it feels a lot stiffer than it likely should be. So I'm not sure if I want something more flexible and playful like the Frontier, or if a correctly sized flagship or Stratos would work better? I'm even wondering about the Mind Expander or Hovercraft, so I'm pretty lost in the options. I think I'm just concerned about stiffness because my current board is too big? I don't spend any time in the park, but I enjoy taking advantage of any natural jumps and drops I see along my way, and playing around with the mountain.
I'm 5'10, 140lbs before gear, and my current board is a Capita Black Death Speed Tribe 162 that is likely more than 10yrs old. There have been a lot of innovations since then and I'm definitely overdue for an upgrade, and if I'm going to ride this for another possible 10yrs I want to make a better decision than last time. I do still enjoy the Capita, but I think I can do better with a Jones this time?
Snowboarding to the music of megaman 2!!! 😀
hahaha! you got it! I use two 8 bit songs in this vlog. One is Doctor Willy's theme from Mega Man 2, and the other is from the opening of Mega Man 3!
The lonely rider!🏂
After running both the Dart and the Super Fish Cloud Liner, which would you now say is the ideal Japow board? Also, what's your height/weight? Thanks, fam!
Glad you're okay but strange place, tree zone, shouldn't you be riding with a buddy?
They were in the vicinity, just the next ridge over. I'm notorious for getting impatient and going off on my own. I can't help it!
Cool
Super cool
@@ellstackeradventures Trés cool!
thanks!
@@AndreasSchubertSnow quad cool ?
pew pew pew
Pew
Pow!
@@AndreasSchubertSnow japow
Been riding the Dart most of the season at Whistler. Fun board, but missed the snow like you just got on it. How'd the turns in the deeper stuff feel?
It felt like a rocket. I was riding it in the 156 size, and my Mind Expander is a 162, so it had way less surface area for float than my normal driver. Due to this I had to ride it faster so that it would plane out of the snow better and I had to be slightly more rear footed. But it was way more maneuverable which helps over all style. I think if I were going to buy one I would get the 160 size.
@@AndreasSchubertSnow ya I think the 60 would be the size. I have that one and I'm about 200lbs. No issues with float so far. Also could be that the board just wants to be on edge and rip all the time. I feel like it doesn't like going slow.
love your take on what you think on all boards. What size were u rocking for this?
Hi... constructive criticism: you need to normalize the volume between the music and spoken parts. I keep having to turn the volume up for the talks and then the music comes on super loud.
Hi Andreas the Dart sounds like a great board but how do you think it would do on groomers?? 🇬🇧🤘🤘
tree jumps out at 16:46
Sup 187
Sup dogg
@@PiMpiNx187 I like your name my cousins racing number was 187
hahaha yeah it did. I Peter Griffin it hard. Ahhhhhhhhhhh............ unnnnnggggghhhhhhhh...........
@@AndreasSchubertSnow so scary
What length board?
Looking to buy a korua shape next season, would you recommend the dart? Did you size up for more float or should i go smaller for nimbleness through the tree?
I feel like the 156 is the safe all around size to get the best of both.
Andreas Schubert . Just purchased this board for our japow trip next season. Nice to see it’s not just me that gets up close to trees.
Hey man love your videos I’m looking at getting a dart and I weigh 140 would you recommend the 152 or 156?
As your a tree expert, the 160 dart fit a 250lb 9.5us rider for tree pow? Thanks
Hey man big fan of you please help me with my build. I just bought gnu riders choice but I need some advice to buy the right bindings and the boots. so for the gnu riders choice which bindings and boots should I buy?
Whatever fits your feet for boots and bindings that fit your boots. I got an all mountain setup instead of something too soft for park or too stiff for powder/backcountry. I actually have the GNU rider's choice too (154.5)! With Union Strata (M) and Thirty Two TM-2 (sz 9).
Think about what conditions you ride, and try a bunch of stuff on at the store if you can. Hope this helps.
I like Now Bindings. Can't beat the Skate Tech technology. I would get a Now Pilot for that board. Its a really good all rounder. If I were going to give you a second brand option- you can't go wrong with Burton Cartels. Boots all comes down to what fits! You gotta go try some on.
Would you recommend the dart in a 160 or the mind expander in 162 as a pure POW board? 200 lbs rider with 11 shoesize
Storm chaser or Korua dart??
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