“Before KORUA released its latest addition to their collection, the Otto, the Tranny Finder was the most freestyle focused their line. Using the same flex and profile of all the other boards in the line (apart from the new Otto) Korua relies on the different shapes of the boards to change their performance.

I am slightly over 6 feet tall and own the Tranny finder 157, I could of definitely gone for one of the longer boards in their line but coming from a mostly freestyle background I didn’t want to sacrifice too much manoeuvrability when I get #OccasionalAirTime (a tagKORUA often use on the gram).

“Allowed me to go deeper into turns and get more angulated on the piste than I’d ever been before!”

I was intimidated at first by the stiffness of the board but soon realised that a flex 7 feels just like a flex 4 if you go fast enough! The stiffness obviously helps for going full speed, and with it being wider than your usual freestyle deck it floats in powder effortlessly and allowed me to go deeper into turns and get more angulated on the piste than I’d ever been before!

I think the term is called ‘trench digging’ because your edge is angled so much when you carve you leave a deep line in the snow in your wake. I don’t know, but I’m definitely getting into a whole new and exciting type of riding thanks to this board.”