Photo: Tim Zimmerman
true gnu
since the beginning gnu has focused on working with the world’s best female riders to create snowboards that make every day on edge a magical experience. from 80's World Champion Amy Howat and 90's X Games and US Open champion Barrett Christy to current u-ditch champion Kaitlyn Farrington, gnu ladies have amassed more awards and podium appearances than any other woman's snowboard brand over the past three decades. a family affair, barrett christy now oversee's the Gnu Girls Division, working closely with the team riders to give our designers and machinists unmatched insight into the subtle nuances that transform women's snowboards from functional to fantasy. gnu snowboards.
let's make magic.
Photo: Tim Zimmerman
true gnu
since the beginning gnu has focused on working with the world’s best female riders to create snowboards that make every day on edge a magical experience. from 80's World Champion Amy Howat and 90's X Games and US Open champion Barrett Christy to current u-ditch champion Kaitlyn Farrington, gnu ladies have amassed more awards and podium appearances than any other woman's snowboard brand over the past three decades. a family affair, barrett christy now oversee's the Gnu Girls Division, working closely with the team riders to give our designers and machinists unmatched insight into the subtle nuances that transform women's snowboards from functional to fantasy. gnu snowboards.
let's make magic.
Banana Tech.
WEIRD SCIENCE as you read this other snowboard brands are trying to figure out how to re-market the technological breakthroughs we made by simply being curious. we try new things!
Magne-Traction “Turns ice into powder” Serrated edges give great edge hold all over the mountain especially on hard pack and blue ice!
Every Gnu is handmade by snowboarders with jobs in the USA. Gnus are built with tough and fast UHMW external sidewalls and impact resistant end grain internal sidewalls. Ultra-light weight rugged "polymer bumper" sandwich tip and tails are standard on all Gnus. Steel edges are used for control along the contact area and "tucked in" just past the contacts for minimum spin weight... heavy unnecessary steel edge is eliminated from the tips and tails. Banana Tech, EC2, or C2 BTX camber Banana Tech combo and Magne-Traction serrated edges are far from standard but are standard on every Gnu snowboard.
Pickle Tech. Look at your toes. Now... look at your heels... hmm they look different. Weird?! Asymmetric sidecuts and construction to balance the different turning mechanics required for heelside and toe side turns. Your body is asymmetric your snowboard should be asymmetric as well. Ride better have more fun balanced through asymmetry!
All terrain rocker placed specifically between your feet where it belongs. Full tip-to-tail edge contact when you stand on your board for all terrain performance. Banana Tech is easy to ride, rips the hardpack and ice, kills the jibs and floats unbelievably. Bananas! -EC2 Banana Tech: The perfect quiver killer. Rides halfway between Banana Tech and C2. Effortlessly floats the pow, kills the jibs and has the pop and tipto-tail stability to stomp whatever you launch. Banana Rocker between your feet, elliptical camber at the tips and tails. Velvet Guru. Don’t eat the brown Banana. -C2 Power Banana Tech: C2 Floats the pow, kills the jumps and steeps and has the pop and tip to tail stability to stomp whatever you launch. Banana Rocker between your feet, camber at the tips and tails. The perfect solution for aggressive power snowboarding.
In 2009 the world's fastest growing trees in the Gnu Eco Timber farm benefited from a combination of moist evenings, diffused daylight sunshine and being on the North American avian flyway…abundant natural nitrogen from goose and duckdroppings resulted in a exceptional harvest of long fibered lightweight poppy woods that we call "nature's fiberglass". This crop has been carefully seasoned and built into cores and is the light poppy center of our 2012 Gnu Snowboards. Columbian Gold: At Gnu we spend a lot of time experimenting in the forest. Our latest favorite arboreal discovery is fast growing renewable Columbian Gold. Incredibly light, strong, poppy wood truly is a weird and wonderful foundation for performance snowboards.
Magnesium is impossibly light, incredibly strong, tastes bitter, is explosively flammable and burns white hot. Experiment and expand your mind with the Magnesium fiber technology we built into every Gnu Impossible Asym. Sym. Sync. Pickle. Warning do not store your Impossible near woodstoves, fireplaces or Pat Bridges.
Liquid crystallinity is achieved through the heating of a polymer past its melting point, during the cooling phase polymers form highly organized linearly aligned selfreinforcing structures resulting in incredible mechanical properties. Strength, chemical and fire resistance. Strength in a fiber allows us to use less material to achieve the desired physical performance translating into a lighter weight composite. LCP also has a very low vibration frequency and with 10 times the strength of titanium LCP was used as the foundation for interplanetary Mars lander tires. Built into a Gnu snowboard these strong light, damp aramid polyester fibers quiet chatter from rough terrain and create an incredibly smooth, poppy, lightweight ride. Eco Gen, B Pro, and Danny Kass.
Banana Tech.
WEIRD SCIENCE as you read this other snowboard brands are trying to figure out how to re-market the technological breakthroughs we made by simply being curious. we try new things!
Magne-Traction “Turns ice into powder” Serrated edges give great edge hold all over the mountain especially on hard pack and blue ice!
Every Gnu is handmade by snowboarders with jobs in the USA. Gnus are built with tough and fast UHMW external sidewalls and impact resistant end grain internal sidewalls. Ultra-light weight rugged "polymer bumper" sandwich tip and tails are standard on all Gnus. Steel edges are used for control along the contact area and "tucked in" just past the contacts for minimum spin weight... heavy unnecessary steel edge is eliminated from the tips and tails. Banana Tech, EC2, or C2 BTX camber Banana Tech combo and Magne-Traction serrated edges are far from standard but are standard on every Gnu snowboard.
Pickle Tech. Look at your toes. Now... look at your heels... hmm they look different. Weird?! Asymmetric sidecuts and construction to balance the different turning mechanics required for heelside and toe side turns. Your body is asymmetric your snowboard should be asymmetric as well. Ride better have more fun balanced through asymmetry!
All terrain rocker placed specifically between your feet where it belongs. Full tip-to-tail edge contact when you stand on your board for all terrain performance. Banana Tech is easy to ride, rips the hardpack and ice, kills the jibs and floats unbelievably. Bananas! -EC2 Banana Tech: The perfect quiver killer. Rides halfway between Banana Tech and C2. Effortlessly floats the pow, kills the jibs and has the pop and tipto-tail stability to stomp whatever you launch. Banana Rocker between your feet, elliptical camber at the tips and tails. Velvet Guru. Don’t eat the brown Banana. -C2 Power Banana Tech: C2 Floats the pow, kills the jumps and steeps and has the pop and tip to tail stability to stomp whatever you launch. Banana Rocker between your feet, camber at the tips and tails. The perfect solution for aggressive power snowboarding.
In 2009 the world's fastest growing trees in the Gnu Eco Timber farm benefited from a combination of moist evenings, diffused daylight sunshine and being on the North American avian flyway…abundant natural nitrogen from goose and duckdroppings resulted in a exceptional harvest of long fibered lightweight poppy woods that we call "nature's fiberglass". This crop has been carefully seasoned and built into cores and is the light poppy center of our 2012 Gnu Snowboards. Columbian Gold: At Gnu we spend a lot of time experimenting in the forest. Our latest favorite arboreal discovery is fast growing renewable Columbian Gold. Incredibly light, strong, poppy wood truly is a weird and wonderful foundation for performance snowboards.
Magnesium is impossibly light, incredibly strong, tastes bitter, is explosively flammable and burns white hot. Experiment and expand your mind with the Magnesium fiber technology we built into every Gnu Impossible Asym. Sym. Sync. Pickle. Warning do not store your Impossible near woodstoves, fireplaces or Pat Bridges.
Liquid crystallinity is achieved through the heating of a polymer past its melting point, during the cooling phase polymers form highly organized linearly aligned selfreinforcing structures resulting in incredible mechanical properties. Strength, chemical and fire resistance. Strength in a fiber allows us to use less material to achieve the desired physical performance translating into a lighter weight composite. LCP also has a very low vibration frequency and with 10 times the strength of titanium LCP was used as the foundation for interplanetary Mars lander tires. Built into a Gnu snowboard these strong light, damp aramid polyester fibers quiet chatter from rough terrain and create an incredibly smooth, poppy, lightweight ride. Eco Gen, B Pro, and Danny Kass.
Photos: Tim Zimmerman
Photos: Tim Zimmerman
b-pro limited designed by pendleton made in the usa
limited edition b-pro
board/blanket package! Limited Edition B-Pro board/blanket package! B-Pro technology and geometries are lent to this limited edition collection. Each package includes a 149 or 152 B-Pro board with a Day of the Dead graphic inspired by Pendleton's Day of the Dead 64"x80" blanket. Cozy and warm, it's napped, felt-bound, 82% pure virgin wool/18 %cotton. Both are proudly made in the USA, in the Northwest, near Canada.
149 - 152 Designed by Pendleton. The Pendleton collaboration was born from a love of the Northwest. Pendleton and Mervin share a commitment to craftsmanship and making our products in our own factories in the USA. Pendleton's colorful Day of the Dead woven blanket inspired this B-Pro graphic. More than 3,000 years ago indigenous peoples of Mexico celebrated a ritual honoring their dead ancestors. Today, it is celebrated on Nov. 1st, All Saints Day, with festivities honoring the dead. The festive skulls, musicians and marigolds capture the spirit of the celebration. With this board we can take every opportunity to celebrate life and death throughout the winter, and warm up with a cozy blanket at the end of every day!
-c2 btx banana camber combo with magne-traction -twin geometries -lcp fiber -beans bio polymer topsheet -sintered base -mervin ag2 sustainable woodcore -flex 4.5 - 6
b-pro limited designed by pendleton made in the usa
limited edition b-pro
board/blanket package! Limited Edition B-Pro board/blanket package! B-Pro technology and geometries are lent to this limited edition collection. Each package includes a 149 or 152 B-Pro board with a Day of the Dead graphic inspired by Pendleton's Day of the Dead 64"x80" blanket. Cozy and warm, it's napped, felt-bound, 82% pure virgin wool/18 %cotton. Both are proudly made in the USA, in the Northwest, near Canada.
149 - 152 Designed by Pendleton. The Pendleton collaboration was born from a love of the Northwest. Pendleton and Mervin share a commitment to craftsmanship and making our products in our own factories in the USA. Pendleton's colorful Day of the Dead woven blanket inspired this B-Pro graphic. More than 3,000 years ago indigenous peoples of Mexico celebrated a ritual honoring their dead ancestors. Today, it is celebrated on Nov. 1st, All Saints Day, with festivities honoring the dead. The festive skulls, musicians and marigolds capture the spirit of the celebration. With this board we can take every opportunity to celebrate life and death throughout the winter, and warm up with a cozy blanket at the end of every day!
-c2 btx banana camber combo with magne-traction -twin geometries -lcp fiber -beans bio polymer topsheet -sintered base -mervin ag2 sustainable woodcore -flex 4.5 - 6
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This is the board that keeps setting the standard for women’s boards. It’s classic C2BTX / Magne-Traction combination is the perfect balance of camber at each end and Banana Tech between your feet. The camber gives the board end to end stability and pop for big landings, critical lines and aggressive riders while the Banana between your feet makes for great carving on hardpack, ice and easy float in powder and broken variable snow conditions. New this year, LCP for a lightweight, strong, and smooth ride. As the longest running women’s pro-model it has picked up more gold than any other women’s board. It continues to win awards and fans while riding onto the podium of every major event in snowboarding. Don’t put this board into a box, it’s good for everything and our team proves it on big mountains, parks, pipes and everywhere else they take it. Barrett donates a portion of her royalties to Boarding For Breast Cancer. (www.B4BC.org)
146, 149, 152, 155 Adam Haynes: Adam might not consider himself an airbrush specialist but he is on fire with this one. It's romantic, mysterious, and exciting like our favorite bodice ripper novels. (Check out the full story behind the graphic at www.gnu.com)
-c2 btx banana camber combo with magne-traction -LCP fiber -twin geometries -beans bio polymer topsheet -sintered base -mervin ag2 sustainable woodcore -flex 4.5 - 6
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Girls love pow. Girls have been asking for split boards in their sizes for years and Gnu is proud to present the B-Pro splits for 2012/13. You no longer have to hop on your boyfriend's splits, you are now empowered by the B-Bro magic to get to all those runs you've been looking at and dreaming about but just couldn't bring yourself to post-hole there. These are designed to take you where you want to go with ease. It's like instant access to your favorite clubs, with your favorite friends, wearing your favorite shoes, and getting there in your favorite ride. C2BTX, LCP and Magne-Traction keep the split version of the B-Pro riding like the classic model. It doesn't get better than VIP access on the B-Bro splits!
152, 155 Adam Haynes: Adam might not consider himself an airbrush specialist but he is on fire with this one. It's romantic, mysterious, and exciting like our favorite bodice ripper novels. (Check out the full story behind the graphic at www.gnu.com)
-c2 btx banana camber combo with magne-traction -LCP fiber -twin geometries -beans bio polymer topsheet -sintered base -mervin ag2 sustainable woodcore -flex 4.5 - 6
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su Proceeds
This is the board that keeps setting the standard for women’s boards. It’s classic C2BTX / Magne-Traction combination is the perfect balance of camber at each end and Banana Tech between your feet. The camber gives the board end to end stability and pop for big landings, critical lines and aggressive riders while the Banana between your feet makes for great carving on hardpack, ice and easy float in powder and broken variable snow conditions. New this year, LCP for a lightweight, strong, and smooth ride. As the longest running women’s pro-model it has picked up more gold than any other women’s board. It continues to win awards and fans while riding onto the podium of every major event in snowboarding. Don’t put this board into a box, it’s good for everything and our team proves it on big mountains, parks, pipes and everywhere else they take it. Barrett donates a portion of her royalties to Boarding For Breast Cancer. (www.B4BC.org)
146, 149, 152, 155 Adam Haynes: Adam might not consider himself an airbrush specialist but he is on fire with this one. It's romantic, mysterious, and exciting like our favorite bodice ripper novels. (Check out the full story behind the graphic at www.gnu.com)
-c2 btx banana camber combo with magne-traction -LCP fiber -twin geometries -beans bio polymer topsheet -sintered base -mervin ag2 sustainable woodcore -flex 4.5 - 6
su Proceeds
Girls love pow. Girls have been asking for split boards in their sizes for years and Gnu is proud to present the B-Pro splits for 2012/13. You no longer have to hop on your boyfriend's splits, you are now empowered by the B-Bro magic to get to all those runs you've been looking at and dreaming about but just couldn't bring yourself to post-hole there. These are designed to take you where you want to go with ease. It's like instant access to your favorite clubs, with your favorite friends, wearing your favorite shoes, and getting there in your favorite ride. C2BTX, LCP and Magne-Traction keep the split version of the B-Pro riding like the classic model. It doesn't get better than VIP access on the B-Bro splits!
152, 155 Adam Haynes: Adam might not consider himself an airbrush specialist but he is on fire with this one. It's romantic, mysterious, and exciting like our favorite bodice ripper novels. (Check out the full story behind the graphic at www.gnu.com)
-c2 btx banana camber combo with magne-traction -LCP fiber -twin geometries -beans bio polymer topsheet -sintered base -mervin ag2 sustainable woodcore -flex 4.5 - 6
The Ladies Choice combines the best of all techs to make a board that's truly ready for anything. With C2Btx, Magne-Traction and Pickle Tech, balance through asymmetry is achievable for the pro in all of us. Tested and proven a winner by Jamie Anderson throughout the 10/11/12 seasons, it will handle the most aggressive park and freeriders while still taking it easy on the rest of us. Fun to ride and ready for anything, it's got the stability to hold you on the biggest park lines or the most technical freeriding, while making pretty turns more effortless than ever.
145.5 148.5 151.5 153.5 Art by Matt French. As this graphic came to life, the integration of human cruisin' and nature were swimming beneath the surface of Matt's consciousness. The tropicoastal good times seasoned with Detroit steel, pixelated heat and the expanse of the cosmos all came together to grace the new Ladies Choice. In Matt's words, "Really, I was just wingin' it, and when it's go time, aren't we all just living on a wing and a prayer? Night time is the right time. Get some." Words to live by, Thanks Matt French for expanding our view of the universe.
-balance through asymmetry -c2 banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin asym. geometries -bi-axial glass -sintered base -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4 - 5.5
The pickle has been collecting awards this season, and it was by far the most demoed girls board at HCSC in 2011. Banana between your feet for easy riding, catch-free park freestyle performance, and unreal float in the powder. The pickle is snappy and fun, and it does whatever you ask it to. It’s a park slayer, willing to get dirty on concrete, metal and wood, yet it will still turn gracefully on any frozen surface thanks to the Magne-Traction and asymmetric shape. Your body is asymmetric, it only makes sense that your board is asymmetric too. Gnu Pickles with a deeper heel side sidecut and unique asym core, are designed around progressive riding and modern freestyle duck stances in all terrain. 8 year Team rider Bryn Valaika put it to the test all season filming with Peepshow and getting creative on and off the mountain.
140, 144, 148 NEW 152 This graphic was a happening between two visual experimenters: Matt French and Gnu art director Tim Karpinski. Collaborating back and forth from different states of mind they arrived at a place where it was dark and bright and the sky light up the cosmos. Look deeper at: Timothykarpinski.com & Mattfrench.com.
-balance through asymmetry -duck stance supremacy -banana tech btx with magne-traction -asym. toeside and heelside specific sidecuts -asym. mervin ag / aspen core -sintered base -flex - 4 - 6 depending on size
The Ladies Choice combines the best of all techs to make a board that's truly ready for anything. With C2Btx, Magne-Traction and Pickle Tech, balance through asymmetry is achievable for the pro in all of us. Tested and proven a winner by Jamie Anderson throughout the 10/11/12 seasons, it will handle the most aggressive park and freeriders while still taking it easy on the rest of us. Fun to ride and ready for anything, it's got the stability to hold you on the biggest park lines or the most technical freeriding, while making pretty turns more effortless than ever.
145.5 148.5 151.5 153.5 Art by Matt French. As this graphic came to life, the integration of human cruisin' and nature were swimming beneath the surface of Matt's consciousness. The tropicoastal good times seasoned with Detroit steel, pixelated heat and the expanse of the cosmos all came together to grace the new Ladies Choice. In Matt's words, "Really, I was just wingin' it, and when it's go time, aren't we all just living on a wing and a prayer? Night time is the right time. Get some." Words to live by, Thanks Matt French for expanding our view of the universe.
-balance through asymmetry -c2 banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin asym. geometries -bi-axial glass -sintered base -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4 - 5.5
The pickle has been collecting awards this season, and it was by far the most demoed girls board at HCSC in 2011. Banana between your feet for easy riding, catch-free park freestyle performance, and unreal float in the powder. The pickle is snappy and fun, and it does whatever you ask it to. It’s a park slayer, willing to get dirty on concrete, metal and wood, yet it will still turn gracefully on any frozen surface thanks to the Magne-Traction and asymmetric shape. Your body is asymmetric, it only makes sense that your board is asymmetric too. Gnu Pickles with a deeper heel side sidecut and unique asym core, are designed around progressive riding and modern freestyle duck stances in all terrain. 8 year Team rider Bryn Valaika put it to the test all season filming with Peepshow and getting creative on and off the mountain.
140, 144, 148 NEW 152 This graphic was a happening between two visual experimenters: Matt French and Gnu art director Tim Karpinski. Collaborating back and forth from different states of mind they arrived at a place where it was dark and bright and the sky light up the cosmos. Look deeper at: Timothykarpinski.com & Mattfrench.com.
-balance through asymmetry -duck stance supremacy -banana tech btx with magne-traction -asym. toeside and heelside specific sidecuts -asym. mervin ag / aspen core -sintered base -flex - 4 - 6 depending on size
Velvet Guru is the quiver killer. As our first EC2 board in the women's line, it's going to have a killer breakout season. Of course it's smooth and stylish like all things velvet. It makes snowboarding easier and more fun, like all things Mervin. EC2 brings all the tech to the table in a subtle blend that reminds you of your favorite velvety smooth beverage; snappy, poppy, stable, bold, bright, and full of flavor. Don't overlook this board, the E makes it Extra special!
143 147 150 153 Christina “Pika” Burtner, inspired by the jungle and all it's wildlife, created this graphic for the Velvet Guru's launch. Jungle dreams, skinny jeans, and black velvet all inspired this bold, bright and playful artwork. The featured jungle creatures are smooth and stylish like the ladies who ride this board.
-c2 banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin asym. geometries -bi-axial glass -sintered base -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4 - 5.5
Bananas are the perfect board for kids. They will learn faster, fall less and have way more fun. If you have kids, or sell to kids, or sell to parents of kids, you have a social and moral obligation to put them on a Banana with Magne-Traction. Treacherous camber was ok for you and me but not the next generation. Please don’t let kids ride camber! Handbuilt in the U.S.A. by snowboarders with jobs!
115, 125, 135 Christina “Pika” Burtner, inspired by the jungle and all it's wildlife, created this graphic for the Velvet Guru's launch. Jungle dreams, skinny jeans, and black velvet all inspired this bold, bright and playful artwork. The featured jungle creatures are smooth and stylish like the ladies who ride this board.
-banana tech btx w/ magne-traction -twin geometries -mervin a.5 woodcore -biaxial glass -flex 3 - 4
Velvet Guru is the quiver killer. As our first EC2 board in the women's line, it's going to have a killer breakout season. Of course it's smooth and stylish like all things velvet. It makes snowboarding easier and more fun, like all things Mervin. EC2 brings all the tech to the table in a subtle blend that reminds you of your favorite velvety smooth beverage; snappy, poppy, stable, bold, bright, and full of flavor. Don't overlook this board, the E makes it Extra special!
143 147 150 153 Christina “Pika” Burtner, inspired by the jungle and all it's wildlife, created this graphic for the Velvet Guru's launch. Jungle dreams, skinny jeans, and black velvet all inspired this bold, bright and playful artwork. The featured jungle creatures are smooth and stylish like the ladies who ride this board.
-c2 banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin asym. geometries -bi-axial glass -sintered base -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4 - 5.5
Bananas are the perfect board for kids. They will learn faster, fall less and have way more fun. If you have kids, or sell to kids, or sell to parents of kids, you have a social and moral obligation to put them on a Banana with Magne-Traction. Treacherous camber was ok for you and me but not the next generation. Please don’t let kids ride camber! Handbuilt in the U.S.A. by snowboarders with jobs!
115, 125, 135 Christina “Pika” Burtner, inspired by the jungle and all it's wildlife, created this graphic for the Velvet Guru's launch. Jungle dreams, skinny jeans, and black velvet all inspired this bold, bright and playful artwork. The featured jungle creatures are smooth and stylish like the ladies who ride this board.
-banana tech btx w/ magne-traction -twin geometries -mervin a.5 woodcore -biaxial glass -flex 3 - 4
The B-Street is finally getting the attention it deserves. This board was tested by guys and girls alike for Snowboarder Magazine's 2012 board tests and not only came out on top for the women but placed in the top 3 for the men as well. It's an aggressive BTX board that has the pop and flexibility of a jib board while maintaining a freeride following thanks to the supreme edge-hold of Magne-Traction. This twin board does it all better, from a centered freestyle jib stance. It will change the way you look at the mountain whether you call yourself a beginner or a veteran shred. Ridden by true Gnu friend Danyale Patterson and 7 year team rider Maribeth Swetkoff.
141, 145, 149, 153 Nick Russian has a way with ladies. He created another mysterious female-inspired graphic for his 5th B-street. The abstract beauty on this board might appear tormented but she is truly happy in the limelight that the B-Street has been basking in. Glamour and gore, she is exposing her true vibrant colors and dual personalities for all to see. She is as much at home on the runway as she is on the mountains or street.
-banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin geometries -bi-axial glass -sintered base -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4 - 5.5
The B-Nice simply makes riding easier. It's Banana at it’s best for entry level or rippers. It floats in powder like a dream, carves the hardpack and ice and is loose for freesyle fun in the park and all over the mountain. Each of these graphics are visual expressions of the feeling you get when you have the run of your life. Fun, flowing, effortless, and explosive! A perfect combo of banana and Magne-Traction with a friendly flex makes everyone feel Nice. Ridden by true Gnu friends Meg Pugh, Donna Vanno, and team captain Barrett Christy.
-2 graphic options - yago / mwj -banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin geometries -bi-axial glass -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4-5
Yago lives and works in Berlin but hails from Barcelona. His works are featured in private collections around the world. His breathtaking color smears speak volumes, and make your eyes happy. The vibrant 80’s dayglo swirls and splashes fit the mood of the B-nice perfectly and inspired our 12/13 graphics. www.yagohortal.com
Hailing from the mean streets of Northeast Portland, Mark Warren Jacques spends most of his days contemplating the meaning of life in various forms: his detailed paintings, conceptual art installations, making babies,and writing poems all the while moving fast with a skateboard under his feet. See more of his musings at: www.markwarrenjacques.com
145, 148, 151, 154
The B-Street is finally getting the attention it deserves. This board was tested by guys and girls alike for Snowboarder Magazine's 2012 board tests and not only came out on top for the women but placed in the top 3 for the men as well. It's an aggressive BTX board that has the pop and flexibility of a jib board while maintaining a freeride following thanks to the supreme edge-hold of Magne-Traction. This twin board does it all better, from a centered freestyle jib stance. It will change the way you look at the mountain whether you call yourself a beginner or a veteran shred. Ridden by true Gnu friend Danyale Patterson and 7 year team rider Maribeth Swetkoff.
141, 145, 149, 153 Nick Russian has a way with ladies. He created another mysterious female-inspired graphic for his 5th B-street. The abstract beauty on this board might appear tormented but she is truly happy in the limelight that the B-Street has been basking in. Glamour and gore, she is exposing her true vibrant colors and dual personalities for all to see. She is as much at home on the runway as she is on the mountains or street.
-banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin geometries -bi-axial glass -sintered base -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4 - 5.5
The B-Nice simply makes riding easier. It's Banana at it’s best for entry level or rippers. It floats in powder like a dream, carves the hardpack and ice and is loose for freesyle fun in the park and all over the mountain. Each of these graphics are visual expressions of the feeling you get when you have the run of your life. Fun, flowing, effortless, and explosive! A perfect combo of banana and Magne-Traction with a friendly flex makes everyone feel Nice. Ridden by true Gnu friends Meg Pugh, Donna Vanno, and team captain Barrett Christy.
-2 graphic options - yago / mwj -banana tech btx with magne-traction -twin geometries -bi-axial glass -mervin a.5 sustainable woodcore -flex 4-5
Yago lives and works in Berlin but hails from Barcelona. His works are featured in private collections around the world. His breathtaking color smears speak volumes, and make your eyes happy. The vibrant 80’s dayglo swirls and splashes fit the mood of the B-nice perfectly and inspired our 12/13 graphics. www.yagohortal.com
Hailing from the mean streets of Northeast Portland, Mark Warren Jacques spends most of his days contemplating the meaning of life in various forms: his detailed paintings, conceptual art installations, making babies,and writing poems all the while moving fast with a skateboard under his feet. See more of his musings at: www.markwarrenjacques.com
145, 148, 151, 154
lift relax
asymmetric highback
-Ergonomic alignment for increased power. -Tool-less forward lean. -Rotateable. -Full EVA padding soft top Aysm highback lever for easier reach-around access.
symmetric highback
youth highback
-Cored for light weight and tuned flex. -Soft top padding -5 position forward lean
-Comfort and support -Soft EVA foam padding -Extra large highback lever for fool-proof entry and exit.
new! asymmetric ankle
Same technology as the inverse seam construction but with added lateral support and increased medial mobility.
new!
new!
ultra light & responsive
bio-correct performance
An engineering achievement of hyper cored aerospace aluminum stamped and formed for mind reading response and unmatched light weight. One of the lightest bindings in any category.
smooth and easy
This new baseplate has triple dampening - Full EVA foam canted footbed, toe and heel shock pads and a soft base buffer to absorb vibration. Baseplate structure is canted for max support.
The smooth footbed of this baseplate sheds snow with ease while the toe and heel shock pads cushion hard landings and absorb vibration.
comprex toe
Oversized surface area for extra stability and control. Compression window allows shape to conform and flex under high load for increased comfort. New lower rubber grip panel.
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BI- DIRECTIONAL MOUNTING DISK
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Mount your binding in the perfect stance postion, in a vertical or horizontal axis.
new! inverted single panel
Designed to conform to your boot with a smooth consistent fit for maximum comfort.
thin fit toe
Our new low volume toe has an oversize surface area for extra stabilty and control. The low volume design conforms to your boot like a second skin for a new level of lightweight and increased fit.
compatible mounting disks
All models come with 3 and 4 hole compatible Multi Disks except Gnunior, B-Free and B-Famous. Separate purchase required for 4 and 3 hole compatible Multi Disk for B-Free and B-Famous."Channel" Disks available for separate purchase for B-Free and B-Famous.
lift relax
asymmetric highback
-Ergonomic alignment for increased power. -Tool-less forward lean. -Rotateable. -Full EVA padding soft top Aysm highback lever for easier reach-around access.
symmetric highback
youth highback
-Cored for light weight and tuned flex. -Soft top padding -5 position forward lean
-Comfort and support -Soft EVA foam padding -Extra large highback lever for fool-proof entry and exit.
new! asymmetric ankle
Same technology as the inverse seam construction but with added lateral support and increased medial mobility.
new!
new!
ultra light & responsive
bio-correct performance
An engineering achievement of hyper cored aerospace aluminum stamped and formed for mind reading response and unmatched light weight. One of the lightest bindings in any category.
smooth and easy
This new baseplate has triple dampening - Full EVA foam canted footbed, toe and heel shock pads and a soft base buffer to absorb vibration. Baseplate structure is canted for max support.
The smooth footbed of this baseplate sheds snow with ease while the toe and heel shock pads cushion hard landings and absorb vibration.
comprex toe
Oversized surface area for extra stability and control. Compression window allows shape to conform and flex under high load for increased comfort. New lower rubber grip panel.
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BI- DIRECTIONAL MOUNTING DISK
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Mount your binding in the perfect stance postion, in a vertical or horizontal axis.
new! inverted single panel
Designed to conform to your boot with a smooth consistent fit for maximum comfort.
thin fit toe
Our new low volume toe has an oversize surface area for extra stabilty and control. The low volume design conforms to your boot like a second skin for a new level of lightweight and increased fit.
compatible mounting disks
All models come with 3 and 4 hole compatible Multi Disks except Gnunior, B-Free and B-Famous. Separate purchase required for 4 and 3 hole compatible Multi Disk for B-Free and B-Famous."Channel" Disks available for separate purchase for B-Free and B-Famous.
The B-Famous binding is for riders who want the highest performance female binding on the market. The revolutionary speed and ease of the reclining highback entry and exit, ultra lightweight baseplate and asymmetric cored highback reduce weight and fatigue allowing you to ride better and longer. -Ultra light aluminum baseplate -Asymmetric highback with lateral adjust -Asymmetric inverse Seam Construction Ankle Straps -Triple dampening EVA Footbed, shock pads, base buffer -Barrel step less forward lean adjust on white color -Synthetic leather wrapped Compress toe strap with rubber grip panel -Special edition SILVER “Yeti� colorway
-Ultra light aluminum baseplate -Full EVA footbed with Base Buffer -Micro Buckle 2 -Single panel Inverse Seam Ankle Strap -Thin Fit toe strap
new!
new!
new!
us s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 velvet guru snowboard
The B-Free binding is for all mountain and park riders who want the latest in speed entry technology and an ultra lightweight binding with ample dampening and custom fit features.
new!
7
us s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 girls park pickle snowboard
6
The B-Famous binding is for riders who want the highest performance female binding on the market. The revolutionary speed and ease of the reclining highback entry and exit, ultra lightweight baseplate and asymmetric cored highback reduce weight and fatigue allowing you to ride better and longer. -Ultra light aluminum baseplate -Asymmetric highback with lateral adjust -Asymmetric inverse Seam Construction Ankle Straps -Triple dampening EVA Footbed, shock pads, base buffer -Barrel step less forward lean adjust on white color -Synthetic leather wrapped Compress toe strap with rubber grip panel -Special edition SILVER “Yeti� colorway
-Ultra light aluminum baseplate -Full EVA footbed with Base Buffer -Micro Buckle 2 -Single panel Inverse Seam Ankle Strap -Thin Fit toe strap
new!
new!
new!
us s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 velvet guru snowboard
The B-Free binding is for all mountain and park riders who want the latest in speed entry technology and an ultra lightweight binding with ample dampening and custom fit features.
new!
7
us s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 girls park pickle snowboard
6
The B-Here has a smooth riding baseplate and triple dampening that encapsulates the bindings for a fluid and responsive ride. Asymmetric ankle straps add focused areas of support and flexibility for riders who want to charge the mountain or finesse their board in the Park.
The B-Real binding is for girls looking for an all mountain binding that can do it all with comfort and response. Premium components add the small details that take you to a new level of comfort and performance and make this one of our most popular women’s models.
new!
-Micro buckle 2 -Soft top highback padding -Single panel inverse seam ankle strap -FT4 baseplate -Snow shedding footbed with shockpads -Thin fit toe strap
new!
-FT4 baseplate canted baseplate and footbed -Micro buckle 2 -Asymmetric inverse seam ankle strap -Triple dampening EVA footbed, shock pads, base buffer -Thin fit toe strap
new!
new! new!
new!
us s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 b-street snowboard
5
s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 b-nice snowboard
5
The B-Here has a smooth riding baseplate and triple dampening that encapsulates the bindings for a fluid and responsive ride. Asymmetric ankle straps add focused areas of support and flexibility for riders who want to charge the mountain or finesse their board in the Park.
The B-Real binding is for girls looking for an all mountain binding that can do it all with comfort and response. Premium components add the small details that take you to a new level of comfort and performance and make this one of our most popular women’s models.
new!
-Micro buckle 2 -Soft top highback padding -Single panel inverse seam ankle strap -FT4 baseplate -Snow shedding footbed with shockpads -Thin fit toe strap
new!
-FT4 baseplate canted baseplate and footbed -Micro buckle 2 -Asymmetric inverse seam ankle strap -Triple dampening EVA footbed, shock pads, base buffer -Thin fit toe strap
new!
new! new!
new!
us s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 b-street snowboard
5
s/m w 4-7, m/l w 6-9 b-nice snowboard
5
The B-True encompasses the essence of our speed entry technology in its truest form. It will get you out on the hill faster and easier for a better day on the mountain. Choose the B-True if you want the best in advanced binding technology at an affordable price. -Reclining highback with auto open straps -Chair lift relief button -FT4 baseplate -Snow shedding footbed with shock pads -Thin fit toe strap -Tool-less quick cam release strap adjustment
new! new!
B-NICE snowboard
-Reclining highback with auto open straps -Snow shedding footbed with micro traction -Oversize highback lever -Tool-less quick cam release strap adjustment -Fast and easy -Peace of mind
new!
us S/M W 4-7, M/L W 6-9
The speed and simplicity of Fastec is perfect for the Gnu Junior. The kid friendly features like large size levers, snow clearing footbeds and tool-less adjustments will have them in and out of their bindings with speed and ease ensuring a fun day on the mountain for the whole family.
5
us XS (1-4) b-mini snowboard
3
The B-True encompasses the essence of our speed entry technology in its truest form. It will get you out on the hill faster and easier for a better day on the mountain. Choose the B-True if you want the best in advanced binding technology at an affordable price. -Reclining highback with auto open straps -Chair lift relief button -FT4 baseplate -Snow shedding footbed with shock pads -Thin fit toe strap -Tool-less quick cam release strap adjustment
new! new!
B-NICE snowboard
-Reclining highback with auto open straps -Snow shedding footbed with micro traction -Oversize highback lever -Tool-less quick cam release strap adjustment -Fast and easy -Peace of mind
new!
us S/M W 4-7, M/L W 6-9
The speed and simplicity of Fastec is perfect for the Gnu Junior. The kid friendly features like large size levers, snow clearing footbeds and tool-less adjustments will have them in and out of their bindings with speed and ease ensuring a fun day on the mountain for the whole family.
5
us XS (1-4) b-mini snowboard
3
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100% Cotton T) Colors: charcoal (CHA) / White (WH Sizes: S, M, L, XL 80% Cotton / 20% Polyester Colors: heather gray (gry) / black (blk) Sizes: S, M, L, XL
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100% Cotton Colors: black (blk) / white (wht) Sizes: S, M, L, XL
100% Cotton Colors: Black (blk) Sizes: S, M, L, XL
100% Acrylic dip dye beanie Colors: green (grn) / red (red) Size: one size fits all
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back view
100% Cotton T) Colors: charcoal (CHA) / White (WH Sizes: S, M, L, XL 80% Cotton / 20% Polyester Colors: heather gray (gry) / black (blk) Sizes: S, M, L, XL
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blk wht
grn red
100% Cotton Colors: black (blk) / white (wht) Sizes: S, M, L, XL
100% Cotton Colors: Black (blk) Sizes: S, M, L, XL
100% Acrylic dip dye beanie Colors: green (grn) / red (red) Size: one size fits all
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149 152
S U O M A F B
B-HERE
B-REAL
146 149 152 155
B-Free
B-TRUE
5
152 15
141 145 149 153
140 144
3.5
1.5 15 145.5 148.5 15
145 148
151 154
148 152
143 147 150
153
115 125 135
149 152
S U O M A F B
B-HERE
B-REAL
146 149 152 155
B-Free
B-TRUE
5
152 15
141 145 149 153
140 144
3.5
1.5 15 145.5 148.5 15
145 148
151 154
148 152
143 147 150
153
115 125 135
B Pro146 C2 B Pro and B Pro Limited 149 C2 B Pro and B Pro Limited 152 C2 B Pro155 C2 B Pro152 C2 Split B Pro155 C2 Split Velvet Guru EC2 143 Velvet Guru EC2 147 Velvet Guru EC2 150 Velvet Guru EC2 153 Ladies Choice 145.5 C2 Pickle Ladies Choice 148.5 C2 Pickle Ladies Choice 151.5 C2 Pickle Ladies Choice 153.5 C2 Pickle Womens Park Pickle 140 Womens Park Pickle 144 Womens Park Pickle 148 Womens Park Pickle 152 B Street 141 B Street 145 B Street 149 B Street 153 B Nice 145 B Nice 148 B Nice 151 B Nice 154 B Mini 115 B Mini 125 B Mini 135
MODEL NAME
111 114.5 117 118.5 117 118.5 105 107 110 113 111 113 115 117 105 108 111 114 108 111 114 117 108 112 114 116 85 93 101
CONTACT
8.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.3 7.7 7.8 7.9 8 8.1 / 7.8 8.2 / 7.9 8.3 / 8.0 8.3 / 8.0 7.9 / 7.7 8 / 7.2 8.1 / 7.3 8.2 / 7.4 7.8 8 8.1 8.2 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.3 6.5 7 7.8
SIDE CUT
27.7 28 28.5 29 28.5 29 27.2 27.6 27.9 28.1 27.9 28.2 28.4 28.5 27.2 27.5 27.7 28.8 27.3 27.7 28 28.3 27 27.8 28 28.3 23.7 25.1 26.2
23.8 24.2 24.4 24.8 24.4 24.8 23.5 23.9 23.9 24.1 24 24.2 24.4 24.4 23.8 24 24.2 24.4 23.7 23.9 24.1 24.3 23.4 23.8 24 24.5 21 22 22.8 27.7 28 28.5 29 28.5 29 27.2 27.6 27.9 28.1 27.9 28.2 28.4 28.5 27.2 27.5 27.7 28.8 27.3 27.7 28 28.3 27 27.8 28 28.3 23.7 25.1 26.2
18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 16-19.25"/ 0" 17-22" / 0" 17-22" / 0"
NOSE WIDTH WAIST WIDTH TAIL WIDTH STANCE Min-Max / Set back
BOARD
True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin Split Board Split Board True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin
CATEGORY
C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 EC2 EC2 EC2 EC2 C2 C2 C2 C2 BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX
CONSTRUCTION
4.5 5 5.5 6 5 6 4.5 5 5 5.5 4.5 5 5 5.5 4.5 5 5.5 6 4 4.5 5 5.5 4 4 5 5 3 3.5 4
FLEX
10=Firm
(lbs)
80-150 90-160 100-180 110-210 100-180 110-210 50-140 70-160 80-170 90-180 60-140 80-160 90-180 90-180 70-140 80-160 90-180 100-180 70-140 80-160 90-180 100-190 70-140 80-160 90-180 100-210 40-90 50-110 60-130
WEIGHT RANGE
MODEL NAME
B Pro146 C2 B Pro and B Pro Limited 149 C2 B Pro and B Pro Limited 152 C2 B Pro155 C2 B Pro152 C2 Split B Pro155 C2 Split Velvet Guru EC2 143 Velvet Guru EC2 147 Velvet Guru EC2 150 Velvet Guru EC2 153 Ladies Choice 145.5 C2 Pickle Ladies Choice 148.5 C2 Pickle Ladies Choice 151.5 C2 Pickle Ladies Choice 153.5 C2 Pickle Womens Park Pickle 140 Womens Park Pickle 144 Womens Park Pickle 148 Womens Park Pickle 152 B Street 141 B Street 145 B Street 149 B Street 153 B Nice 145 B Nice 148 B Nice 151 B Nice 154 B Mini 115 B Mini 125 B Mini 135
CONTACT
SIDE CUT
111 114.5 117 118.5 117 118.5 105 107 110 113 111 113 115 117 105 108 111 114 108 111 114 117 108 112 114 116 85 93 101
8.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.3 7.7 7.8 7.9 8 8.1 / 7.8 8.2 / 7.9 8.3 / 8.0 8.3 / 8.0 7.9 / 7.7 8 / 7.2 8.1 / 7.3 8.2 / 7.4 7.8 8 8.1 8.2 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.3 6.5 7 7.8
NOSE WIDTH WAIST WIDTH TAIL WIDTH STANCE Min-Max / Set back
27.7 28 28.5 29 28.5 29 27.2 27.6 27.9 28.1 27.9 28.2 28.4 28.5 27.2 27.5 27.7 28.8 27.3 27.7 28 28.3 27 27.8 28 28.3 23.7 25.1 26.2
23.8 24.2 24.4 24.8 24.4 24.8 23.5 23.9 23.9 24.1 24 24.2 24.4 24.4 23.8 24 24.2 24.4 23.7 23.9 24.1 24.3 23.4 23.8 24 24.5 21 22 22.8
27.7 28 28.5 29 28.5 29 27.2 27.6 27.9 28.1 27.9 28.2 28.4 28.5 27.2 27.5 27.7 28.8 27.3 27.7 28 28.3 27 27.8 28 28.3 23.7 25.1 26.2
18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18"-23.5"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 19.24"-24"/ 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 18.5"-24" / 0" 16-19.25"/ 0" 17-22" / 0" 17-22" / 0"
BOARD
CONSTRUCTION
True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin Split Board Split Board True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin Asym Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin True Twin
C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 EC2 EC2 EC2 EC2 C2 C2 C2 C2 BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX BTX
CATEGORY
FLEX
WEIGHT RANGE
4.5 5 5.5 6 5 6 4.5 5 5 5.5 4.5 5 5 5.5 4.5 5 5.5 6 4 4.5 5 5.5 4 4 5 5 3 3.5 4
80-150 90-160 100-180 110-210 100-180 110-210 50-140 70-160 80-170 90-180 60-140 80-160 90-180 90-180 70-140 80-160 90-180 100-180 70-140 80-160 90-180 100-190 70-140 80-160 90-180 100-210 40-90 50-110 60-130
10=Firm
(lbs)