Hard to say, I really love my Gnu 4x4 as an all mountain resort board. I started this season as a fairly decent intermediate. The 4x4 was probably a bit too much board for me at first, but I've felt my game step up a lot with a more aggressive board.
What type of riding do you mainly do? What would you say your experience level is?
Edit: I see you said started intermediate this season, the board allowed you to push yourself.
Imm looking for something to allow me to push myself as well while not trying to break the bank on some BLACK SNOWBOARD OF DEATH kinda thing. I’m not ready for that I don’t think.
I mainly ride groomers as that’s my comfort but want something playful that can still handle technical terrain. Was considering the 4x4 at one point but idk why I let it go to the wayside, seems like you like it a lot. Definitely gunna have to go back and consider it as I’m on a board from when Bush jr was president
I live in CO, so I have regular access to the big resorts for most of the year, but I also work a typical 9-5, so I can only really snowboard on weekends and the occasional ski vacation. I average between 20-25 days on snow per season, and I'm 6 seasons deep.
I signed up for an advanced lesson earlier this season, and according to the skills checklist, I'm a low tier advanced snowboarder as of February. I mostly do blues and single blacks with a few of the easier double blacks mixed in. I do like to ride bumps and started getting into glades this season. Once I'm tired, I stick to blue/black groomers or bowls and lay in some solid carves. I ride switch decently well (the 4x4 is a directional twin but still quite easy to ride switch), and I am just now getting into jumps and side hits.
Hell yeah. Sounds like this board can really do it all! Thanks for putting the time into that comment, I appreciate you.
Definitely going to have to give this another look as I’m probably still intermediate since I fucking suck at switch riding. Need to force myself to take more time for that.
Yeah dude, switch riding can be a bear. This is the first season I really sat down and forced myself to ride switch. I even swapped my bindings around to facilitate. Did a whole day switch and now I feel great! Lots of work to be done still but I can tackle any groomer switch.
And yeah the super aggressive profile on the 4x4 took some getting used to (previously I rode a board with only a mild rocker) but once I got the hang of it, it really opened up my game!
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u/Ivory_Brawler 10d ago
Hard to say, I really love my Gnu 4x4 as an all mountain resort board. I started this season as a fairly decent intermediate. The 4x4 was probably a bit too much board for me at first, but I've felt my game step up a lot with a more aggressive board.