The Nitro Afterlife is a staff favourite here at Freeze. Strictly speaking it's a freestyle board but it'll happily float powder laps, rip through the trees and cruise piste leisurely then, if you're that way inclined, you can spend your afternoon lapping the park, hitting every rail and stomping every kicker. The reality is the Afterlife is a solid all-mountain board with freestyle leanings but it's certainly not restricted to jibbing and hucking. Sitting comfortably between super-soft and mid-flex, it's best suited to intermediates and above who're looking for a competent all-mountain snowboard which can handle park hits as well, if not better, than some of its contemporaries. The mellow flex makes it particularly good at absorbing uneven snowpack, ruts and bumps. Built around Nitro's Power II core, tip-to-tail poplar wood laminates with additional beech wood stringers, that provide lightweight strength and the perfect blend of flex, response and feel. This keeps the board obedient on uneven or unpredictable snowpack, yet playful and fun when you're laying down a massive powder slash. The core also benefits from Nitro's Whiplash torsional profiling, reduced core thickness between the binding inserts with overbuilt coring in the nose and tail creates maximum ollie power, while maintaining a perfect press flex and loose skate feel through the centre. Nitro know how much of a beating park boards have to take, so they reinforced the edges of the Afterlife with RailKiller Edges; twice as thick and twice as strong as standard edges, drastically reducing the change of dings and pull-outs. The Afterlife utilises Bi-Lite fibreglass laminates in its topsheet; engineered for unrivalled strength, powerful style and refined board-feel. The result is a board that feels forgiving without compromising on heavy duty performance. The Premium Extruded FH base offers bomb-proof durability, speed and low maintenance. The super-tough, base is fully extruded providing durable, imp

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