DESCRIPTION: The WCR line up has changed significantly since its inauguration back in 1990. Back then, racing was the rage and drove the direction of board design, and the kind of product that was available to the public. Looking back this wasn’t the best move for the sports growth (long, stiff and generally unforgiving boards) as for us non-athletes it was challenging to pull a top to bottom run without several breaks in between. Forget about ripping the fall line all day, you needed legs of steel.
So, jumping ahead to today, while our newest alpine board may be called the World Cup Race Metal (WCRM), it’s more than just a race board. Its heritage is represented in the name but it is indeed a full blown corduroy fall line carving machine designed to have fun on the groomed stuff. All elements that are put into the design make it easy and fun to ride and charge all day. Modern characteristics such as the side flex, radius and new slightly rockered nose shape create a board where the running length is actually significantly shorter than the effective edge. With the low profile nose the board hugs the snow. It’s smooth for straight lining, but once you start to initiate your turn the nose hooks up and provides that little extra bite that sets your turn and makes it extremely stable through a variety of terrain. We have kept the rounded oval shaped tail that we introduced in 2003 ish.
Although we were using metal in our WCR line back in 1995 it was hard to use and not readily available so we moved away from that construction. The result of our R&D was the infamous SIMS Burner line up that Mark Fawcett headlined.
Metal is now back in full force for us. We have been using it for several years and have introduced all our latest findings into the 2010 WCRM. The most significant change from last year’s Metal is that the titanal is not exposed anywhere. It is slightly inlayed to alleviate any potential picking and topsheet delams from inadvertent mishaps, yet over the edge enough to provide proper edge hold. It has also been buried under a layer of carbon and a nylon topsheet. The nylon top sheet has worked better for us than the traditional PBT that most board builders use. It actually adds more snap and induced camber where the PPT "sucks" camber out of the board and has not nearly the durability. The inserts are also backed with carbon fiber to improve durability and insert suck. Last but not least, by popular demand we have added a wider 21cm waist option on the 2010 WCRM. Once the hill gets all chopped up this is the machine to have as it cuts through chunder with ease without booting out. These boards are so user friendly, in hind sight, if they were available back in the day, the sport would have grown significantly. Here we are though moving into 2010 and anyone who rides hard boots should try one and you will see the light.
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