Stompede

"Nordstau! North jams regularly provide the Nordkette, Innsbruck's local mountain, with massive amounts of fresh snowfall. [...] We designed this board for just such days!" writes the manufacturer Stompede about the split version of the Nordstau snowboard released last year. We tested what it feels like to draw the first lines in the fresh powder, but also how the board behaves in other snow conditions, on around 20 days.

Stompede Snowboards has been on the market for a year and offers freeride boards based on the direct-to-consumer principle. To start with, there is a split and solid version of the shape, each in fiberglass or carbon construction. PowderGuide was there right from the start and tested the carbon split version last season.