Charging into the home of the Norse gods requires more than just an ordinary snowboard - you need some stiff, direcitional, able to carry speed and float above the chop and chunder that seems to plague the ski area sometimes. The Never Summer Valhalla Snowboard is just such a tool. A fresh design with a stout flex and a tapered directional shape with a "bat tail" cutout for improved floatation, the Valhalla gets it juice from an extra full-length laminate of carbon that produces explosive pope and adds power to each turn. Never Summer's dialed Trippple Camber profile is fine tuned for this board, with a longer early rise in the nose and a shorter transition area at the tail, for freeride fun at its most intense. Product Details Rocker Type Triple Camber Fusion – Never Summer's proven Triple Camber profile, tuned for a directional design, with a shorter transition area at the tail. Flex Flex Rating – 8.5 (1 Soft - 10 Stiff) Dampness – 5 Shape Vario Power Grip Sidecut – Vario Power Grip Sidecut utilizes multiple radiuses creating extra contact points to enhance edge hold. A flat section in the rocker area provides a broad contact point when flexed, however when unbent allows the board to track straight and not catch. Flanking this straight section are two shallow radii which provide the second and third contact points. Towards the ends of the sidecut are deep radius which renders quick turn initiation and the final contact points.