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ACCEL CAMBER
Gentemstick has been pursuing various shapes potentiality in the past. Perfected the precision of the flat camber system, created the acceleration camber system as well as researched possibilities of length and width combinations.
Super short boards have been our focus for the last few years and now we are infusing all the know-how we earned into the most important 150s length shapes. The subtle taper and the shallow swallowtail are the key designs to this allround fish that will perform in all possible conditions.
- Model
- BARRACUDA
- Length
- 1586 mm
- Running Length
- 1033 mm
- EF.edge
- 1133 mm
- Nose Width
- 344 mm
- Waist Width
- 287 mm
- Tail Width
- 302 mm
- Sidecut R.
- 9000 mm
- Setback
- 10 mm
- Tapered
- 21 mm
- Sidecut Dep.
- 28.5 mm
- Cam.
- 4 mm
- Stance Width
- 500-640 mm
- Front Foot
- ◯◯◯●◯●◯◯◯◯●◯●◯
- Rec. Stance
- 520 mm
- Rear Foot
- ●◯●◯◯◯●◯●◯◯◯
The color, design, and specifications may differ from the actual product and are subject to change without notice.
FUNCTION
ACCEL CAMBER
The idea of traditional camber is to apply the same amount of pressure onto the entire edge of a board to attain smoother, more stable carving and turning.
The camber arches from the center of the board all the way to 3 cm inside of the widest point of a board, both the nose and the tail. To turn, this camber has to be stepped on and the bottom pressed against the surface. This type of camber is effective at a resort, compacted slope or on a flat face. But it has lots of demerit on deep powder, fresh snow, or terrains with three-dimensional features. It is arched against the direction of the board, and the board could get hooked on the snow easily, making the turn less agile.
The GENTEMSTICK’s radical Accel camber eliminates hooking and prevents nosedives in deep powder or fresh snow, while maintaining a natural floatation. It is designed and shaped to perform its best when the rider stands neutrally on top of a board. It is made flat from the widest point of the nose side to about the front foot. The arch begins there and reaches the highest around the back foot, and it ends at the widest point of the tail side. When a rider stands on the board, the arch gets pushed and the area ahead of the front foot barely touches the snow.
This is the position that maximizes the performance of the board, and also the same position that reaches maximum velocity in ski races and other speed competitions. Accel camber has an arch from point A to point B. The board becomes flat as the back foot pressures the board. It rises slightly from the point C to the nose, which effectively reduces snow resistance. There are boards with similar camber designs released from major manufacturers these days. It is important to remember that the nose rocker design becomes very important with this kind of camber system, which has the peak of its arch placed further behind the center of a board. The GENTEMSTICK Accel camber boards are distinctly designed, especially from the point where the camber ends to the widest point of the nose. The key is to reduce resistance.
