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Originally Posted by Ikaika
Does it really make that much of a difference? I've never ridden any boards that have it.
it's the nutz on ice. doesn't affect jibbing/rails or anything. But saving those times you get owned by a random ice patch is great. I have yet to sharpen my edges since I bought it early last year, and even though they are pretty dull now they still grab great.
For those who don't know what magna traction is. The sides of the board instead of being your std. concave shape. it's kind of a jagged, serrated edge.
on your std. snowboard when you carve you have like two points of contact the front and the back, on magna traction you get like 7 points of contact. at the ends and 5 in between. so when you do hit ice you actually grab. crazy idea huh?
I bought a lib tech trs 154 last year, and absolutely love it. I have some friends who ride the same size decks and I've switched boards with them all because they wanted to try it. they all want one now. my other riding buddy just bought a GNU with magna traction this season and loves it too.
I don't understand why more companies are not using this.
One other thing,
When I bought my last snowboard I didn't know what size I needed, I asked the salesman and he told me you should stand the board up next to you and it should be just under your nose or so. he lined me out with an expensive solomon 160. BTW I'm 5'10", about 150#'s.
Well, he was an Idiot with a capital f*ck'n I. your snowboard size is based on your weight, in my case a 154/155 is about my range. 160 is too damn stiff, and long. I didn't know any better and rocked the hell out of that thing for about 5 1/2 years. Once I got on the correct size, snowboarding became even more fun.