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Video description / background:
Board flex is a complicated topic! It goes far beyond stiff vs. soft snowboard... Best advice: Ride as many boards as you can to figure out what suites you best!
00:00 Intro
00:14 Don't flex the entire board
01:07 Core profiling: step #1 of altering the flex of a board
02:25 Three examples / Stranda disclaimer
03:30 @BuyMeaCoffee
04:11 Directional vs. twin flex
04:53 The physics of a turn leading to a directional flex pattern
07:54 Stranda Pipeliner 2.0 / Why you shouldn't flex the entire board
09:06 How to actually perform a flex test with more value
09:32 Folding the nose...
09:55 Stranda Pipeliner: carving flex
10:35 Stranda Treesurfer: Flex of a fish tail / swallow tail
13:22 Stranda Treesurfer: Flex of a powder nose done right
14:53 Nose chatter or just material movement?
16:14 Ski vs. snowboard core profile
17:28 Torsional flex: the good and the bad
19:28 Torsional stiffness: crucial for solid edge grip
20:42 Salomon Takaharu Nakai EP 169 / Hillside Project
20:55 Wolle Nyvelt, legend of the sport! / Äsmo Powsurfers
21:32 Takaharu Nakai board specs
22:40 Takaharu Nakai core profile
26:32 Thinner centre, no continuous flex pattern
28:50 Burton Squeezebox: alternating core thickness with very thick tips
30:17 Verdict: There's no right or wrong, there's only 'different'!
31:43 Thanks for the support!
32:12 Outro