Nitro T2 and Raiden Wiig Grippers a better look
Got a chance to hop on the T2 with the Wiigs and gave it a whirl.
Board: Nitro T2
Size: 155
Bindings: Raiden Wiig size large
Stance: 22.8
Angles: 18 negative 15 goofy
Boots: K2 T1 DB’s size 10
My Weight: 165
Resort: Loveland
Conditions: Snowing, blustery, and generally craptacular
Mindset: Anything has to be better than that fucking Forum
Tunes: Iron Savior
Preconceived Notions: The T2 was revamped this year, but man I bet that thing is still too stiff for me.
Flex: Pretty stiff for a twin high end park board. Just was not that playful.
Stability: With the stiffer flex this thing was pretty stable when charging.
Ollies/Pop: The board was so stiff it took a bit more to get it to pop the way I would have liked. It just didn’t initiate it enough. Throwing 180′s was fine except the lack of flex when landing back on edge.
Butterability: That was a chore and a half.
Cruising: Edge to edge the sidecut was fine for laying some serious carves down.
Jibbing: Planky McPlankerson it was just a bit too much.
Rider in Mind: Definitely a BC booter specialist or some guy that weighs in the 230 and up range.
Personal Thoughts: Not impressed with it. It does have some cool tech going into it but definitely not the board for me.
Binding Compatibility: Stiffer binding for a stiffer board makes perfect sense.
Binding Adjustability: The binding has a ton of easy adjustments to which is nice for when you’re on the fly.
Straps: The heel strap just destroyed my instep. It dug right into the top of my foot and put pressure only on the inside of it.
Highbacks: Kind of mid flexing but not stiff like the rest of the binding.
Binding Flex: Stiffer base, mid flexing highback, and just past mid flex for the straps.
Ratchets: These remind me so much of the Ride Barrell Roll ratchets. The way the plastic roller sits in there and how it actuates.
Rider in Mind: Someone with a lower instep that wants a binding with varying flex.
Personal Thoughts: Not the binding for me just too uncomfortable in the straps.
Popularity: 4% [?]
haha. Eric used to ride a T2… why is it so stiff? I never understood.
i hope they’ve fixed the base… his also had the slowest ass slow base in the world.
I think they mismarket who its intended use is for. I could see myself up on Vail pass spinning off cliffs with it no problem. As far as the slow base tell Eric to wax more. The new fx smart base is a really sick concept with how it reacts to changing temps. That board was pretty fast compared to others I rode that day.