How can you reconcile the following parameters in one snowboard?
Performance and ease in deep snow.
Carving performance on hard snow without the need for a high level of physical fitness or a large technical background.
Accessible and efficient for all levels, in all snow conditions.
The original feeling of snowboarding, returning to the forgotten fundamentals of the sport.
Bet's on. The Dupraz D1 shape is the reference since 2003. It generates an in-depth transformation of board shapes, categories and practice. To the delight of all snowboarders.
Here are the main advantages of the Dupraz D1 shape
Physics explains it to us: deep snow is water in another state. Flotation depends on the bearing surface, which is the result of size and width.
The D1 shape offers a much larger bearing surface than the usual snowboards on the market.
While tiring less, the rider evolves more on the surface, by pushing less snow, and can therefore slide faster.
Thanks to the specific angle and shape, the surface of the snowboard is less opposed to the elements, allowing better penetration of water, air and snow.
The progressive and pointed tips, inspired by big wave surfing, are logically very efficient.
This design makes it easier to start and pick up speed quickly.
Thus, Dupraz snowboards are faster and continue to slide where others stop.
The shape of the front combined with the foot positions, flex and materials are revealed to gain stability.
Exclusive to Dupraz: a foot position closer to the area where the board comes in contact with the snow.
The imperfections of the terrain do not slow you down and make you less tired. Even with a few tracks you still feel like you're surfing in powder snow.
The physical parameters that interact for a powerful hook are many and complex.
D1s have a short effective edge length where every centimetre of edge in contact with the snow receives maximum pressure.
Combine flex with a hollowed edge line, add movement and it generates a curve.
The very pronounced edge line of the D1 combined with a finely distributed bending pushes the D1 very easily through curves and bends.
With less need for technical baggage and physical condition, the rider plays with the terrain more naturally, fluidly and instinctively.
Each component of the shape can be explained in a perfectly logical way, each parameter has its role to play and is precisely reflected and calibrated in this assembly which constitutes the D1.
The shape of the tip, its point, its shape of the nose rocker, its maximum height, the maximum width at the front, the unique shape of the edge line, the sidecut or edge line which is not simply the arc of a large radius but is made up of an assembly of negative and positive radius curves, the width of the tail and therefore the pintail, its rise, the camber with its values and its positioning, the positions of the inserts and their number?
I will not describe here everything concerning the assembly of the materials and their choice, where original choices were also made.
"Shaper is an Art, D1 is the quintessence of it
"Enjoy the ride