New 2024 GNU Snowboards

The brand new boards for 2023-24 are: 

+ Frosting – New girls’s directional all-mountain (in keeping with GNU’s classification) – seems to be prefer it’s mid-soft flex, newbie to intermediate board, however our testing has it extra on the stiffer facet of medium.  1″ setback, delicate 2mm taper. Substitute for the outgoing Ravish. Very comparable specs. Sizing/Dimensions all the identical. Similar core and many others as properly. And the identical profile. The one variations seem like: 1. nostril and tail shaping (extra blunt on the Frosting) and a couple of. The Frosting is rated as softer flexing and with the graphs are tipping extra in the direction of newbie (prob due to the softer flex) – nonetheless, in actuality we discovered it to be stiffer than its rated, so in all probability Ravish of outdated flex or not less than comparable.

Exiting 2023 GNU Snowboards 

The 2023 boards that are not returning with a 2024 mannequin: 

– Chromatic

– Ravish – However changed by the brand new Frosting. A bit greater than a reputation change, however just about like-for-like.

All 2024 GNU Snowboards by Class

Beneath, I’ve categorized GNU’s 2023-24 lineup. That is in keeping with the classes right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com and never essentially the identical as how GNU would possibly label them.

After all these are solely broad classes as each board is completely different, however this can be a tough information. 

-GNU BEGINNER SNOWBOARDS-

Abstract

So there you’ve got the 2024 GNU snowboards. 

Out with the Outdated and In with the New

The Chromatic is the one real exiting board. The Ravish can also be technically gone, however changed like-for-like by the brand new Frosting. 

Adjustments to Current Fashions

Headspace: DROPS measurement 146. Says new form and tip and tail look extra rounded. Looses the asymmetry that the ’23 mannequin had. Sidecuts completely different due to that asym loss – e.g. 7.8 on the 149 (which was 7.6/7.8). Aside from that and aside from the brand new rounded ideas look, every thing else seems to be to be the identical.

Rider’s Selection/RC C3: Have these new “3-D delightwood asym chip energy platforms” that are raised sections on the inserts. There would not seem like some other modified specs aside from these new additions.

Important: NEW measurement (153). Slight identify change, by eradicating the “service” from the identify. In any other case seems to be to be the identical.

Banked Nation: New form (on visible inspection the tail is extra blunted and fewer pointy, nostril seems to be similar). This seems to be the one change although because the specs do not appear to have modified in any respect – all dimensions nonetheless the identical in keeping with catalog. Nonetheless after testing it, it felt prefer it had modified from the outdated Banked Nation. It felt slightly softer flexing and slightly extra snappy. I actually appreciated the change. If you happen to’re extra right into a stiffer damper board, chances are you’ll not just like the change as a lot, however I had a good time on this board – and I appreciated the outdated mannequin, similar to this one much more! 

Hyper: NEW measurement (151). In any other case seems the identical.

Antigravity: New form (on visible check the nostril and tail are extra rounded, the place that they had a extra pointy nostril and blunted tail beforehand). This seems to be the one change although because the specs do not appear to have modified in any respect, in keeping with catalog.

Sensor: Solely factor is that they are score it a “mid-soft”, whereas final 12 months was a “6 – playful”.

Gremlin: NEW measurement (161) however in any other case seems the identical.

All boards get new graphics. 

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