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| Burton Alpha 143 2007/2008
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Flow Merc 160 2008/2009
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Burton Blender 154 2008/2009
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Arbor Coda 158 2009/2010
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Burton Blender 145 2009/2010
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Never Summer Pandora-R 146 2009/2010
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K2 Lunatique 138 2010/2011
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Signal Original 155 2010/2011
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General model parameters | ||||||||||
| Shape | Directional | Directional | Twin-tip | Directional | Twin-tip | Twin-tip | Pin-tail | Directional | Directional | Twin-directional |
| Purpose | All mountain | All mountain | Freestyle | Freeride | Freestyle | Freestyle | Freeride | All mountain | All mountain | All mountain |
| Gender/Age | Womens | Mens | Womens | Mens | Womens | Womens | Womens | Mens | Mens | Mens |
| Construction | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich | Sandwich |
| Flex distribution | Twin | |||||||||
| Bend | Rocker | Camber | Camber | Mixed | ||||||
| Convex | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||
| Base material | Extruded | Sintered | Sintered | Sintered | ||||||
| Baseline | THE MOST ADVANCED RIDE FOR THE PRICE | Shred it on the Blender to be the number one contender. | Lessons learned… | Puree the park | Howl At The Moon | |||||
| Flex in collection | soft ○○●○○ stiff | soft ○●○○○ stiff | soft ○○○●○ stiff | soft ○●○○○ stiff | soft ○○●○○ stiff | |||||
| Price in collection | $$ | $$$ | ||||||||
| Original flex index | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | |||||
Technologies |
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| Construction | Hybritech | |||||||||
| Bend | All Terrain Rocker | AmpTek All Mountain | ||||||||
| Core | Rhythm | Wood 6420 | ||||||||
| Reinforcement | Biax Top Fiberglass, Biax Bottom Fiberglass | |||||||||
| Base | 2000 Extruded | Sintered 4400 | ||||||||
| Tip | Hybritaper | |||||||||
| Convex | 3 Degrees | |||||||||
| Sidecut | Dual Progressive | |||||||||
Measurements |
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| Size, cm | 143 | 160 | 154 | 158 | 145 | 146 | 138 | 155 | 157 | 158 |
| Length, mm | 1430 | 1600 | 1540 | 1580 | 1450 | 1460 | 1380 | 1550 | 1570 | 1580 |
| Running length, mm | 1040 | 1250 | 1130 | 1050 | 1180 | 1190 | 1120 | |||
| Effective edge, mm | 1082 | 1260 | 1175 | 1210 | 1095 | 1140 | 1083 | 1200 | ||
| Nose width, mm | 276 | 299 | 288 | 298 | 280 | 276 | 273 | 290 | 293 | 292 |
| Waist width, mm | 237 | 253 | 245 | 252 | 241 | 233 | 232 | 249 | 252 | 250 |
| Tail width, mm | 276 | 296 | 288 | 298 | 280 | 276 | 272 | 290 | 293 | 292 |
| Sidecut radius, mm | 6930 | 7900 | 7500 | 8700, 7800 | 6970 | 7150 | 7100 | 7600, 7200 | 8110, 7700 | 8000 |
| Stance width, mm | 480 | 440 | 505 | 540 | 480 | 457 | 520-640 | 520-640 | 515-635 | |
| Setback, mm | 25 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 13 | |||
| Rider's weight, kg | 32-50 | 59-84 | 55-70 | 56-93 | 41-61 | -58 | ||||
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