Cheers for the kind words! I would be excited to ride the surfer out on the deep deep days just off-piste terrain. It’s quick and zippy in tight trees the swallow tail helps you sink the tail giving easy lift in the nose and turns on a dime. The surfer is powder specific. Mind expander would be my all round everyday board. Great in powder too and if you are taking any drops and launching off pillows then having the full tail for stability in landings is way better.

I view the surfer as a surfboard and the mind expander as a skateboard. On groomers the Mind expander is just more playful, you have the tail for poping Ollies, ending up switch for a bit is fine does carve OK especially out of your turns with the canver in the back foot. Just carving then the Surfer LTD carves better being full canver profile with stiff tail flex for drive out of your turns but I wouldn’t really ride it around the resort.

Good question. I will have to do a video on this. I generally don`t like Camber for powder as I feel like it creates resistance to the flow of powder under the board so not a smooth and fast. Gentemstick's accel camber is different though. Check out the Chaser vid for explanation. If its icy under the powder this profile is my choice. If its a Hybrid rocker/Camber I like having camber only under the back foot which gives you more pop for jumps (and enough hold when carving on-piste) and flat to rocker from center to the nose which provides the board with easy float. Best all rounder both on and off-piste for me. Jones Mind expander is such a board. more Skaty in riding style. For deep powder my favourite profile is full rocker. Not that good on-piste for carving (easy to slide out) but gives it a surfy looser feel in the tale when turning in Pow. The Burton Deep Daze in this vid is full rocker and suits my style of riding. Capita spring break Tree Hunter is another I love to ride in deep pow. I like the full rocker profile in pow as I feel that the whole board flexes and springs nicely as one in and out of my turns. Hope that makes some sense.

Hi Tim, cheers for ur kind words. One size up may be the go for Japan. 160 is too big for me but was good to experiment with. I think 152 is one size up for me when looking at

When looking at their size recommendations. One size up would be better for float on the flatter section in the powder.

U R super welcome! let me know how u go on it next season!

HP means high performance. Doesn’t necessarily mean it’s better. It is basically a narrower version of the Chaser so when carving you can get it from toe edge to heel edge and vice versa much easier. This board will improve your overall riding around the resort and still good in pow. The Chaser has a very wide outline so provides more float in deep powder. HP will be a little softer. HP great all round resort powder board, Chaser more for powder but I still have fun on this around the resort. make sure u check out my review on the Chaser HP if u haven’t already.

Can I ask what size boots you find work with the HP? Its the board I'm leaning towards but have mondo 28 so not sure if they will work with the HP version. @@japansnowboarder658

見てくれてありがとう！HP Chaserも去年乗って超良い板。ニューボードで楽しんでください。今度一緒に滑るのをまた楽しみにしていまーす。

I have ridden some Field Earth boards before but not recently. As they r also a local Hokkaido brand looking to do this next season!

It’s coming! Next next episode. Got to mix things up.

I rode both 158 and 168. In this vid I am riding the 168.

Do you think the ultra covers a lot and where does it stand with the rest of these ? I should have got the 162 at 220 pounds it’s a beast of a board what do you think?

Your very welcome! Have FUN!

Cheers, hope people can make better choices when selecting a board for them to shred on.

It’s the interesting feeling in the flex of the tail that is the strong (unique) point of this board.