Materials and Design

Symmetriflex Wood Cores

symmetriflex \se-me-tri-fleks\ a term invented by donek snowboards to describe the behavior of a snowboard core. they wish it were in webster's but...

Proponents of foam cores claim that wood cores produce inconsistent flex patterns. We agree with them; that's why we developed the Symmetriflex Process.

The production process for our Symmetriflex cores ensures that material properties like density and stiffness are identical from edge to edge. We then take extra care to ensure that the core's dimensions are consistent from edge to edge to within .0005in. This careful craftsmanship makes our boards smoother, more responsive, and track like an arrow when laid flat on the snow.

Going a step further, we build three distinctly different Symmertiflex cores, each tuned to provide desirable characteristics for certain riding styles.

Symmetriflex A: Freeride Series boards (Incline, Wide, Sasquatch)
Bookmatched blend of poplar and ash. The main field of the core is poplar with a 2cm ash perimeter.

Symmetriflex B: Axxess, Freecarve & Race boards
Bookmatched blend of poplar and ash. The main field of the core is poplar with a 2cm ash perimeter and ash stringers through the insert pattern for greater insert retention and strength.

Symmetriflex C: Twin and Phoenix boards
Bookmatched blend of aspen, poplar and ash. The main field of the core is aspen with poplar stringers through the insert pattern and variable width ash perimeter for performance engineered torsional stiffness.