“Carves like a champ and floats like a charm. This women’s directional powder board is incredibly surfy.

“Carves like a champ and floats like a charm. This women’s directional powder board is incredibly surfy.”

A sturdy, firm nose paired with a washy tale makes carving banks feel like perfect cut backs. In the powder it’s light and does a lot of the work for you. The ref stance leaves the tail a little too short, it can definitely be brought in for a bit more control.

It has understated graphics, which, up close, are beautiful; a light wood grain nose is complemented by a matte and gloss embellished tail and a teal strip on the base. Be sure to wax it regularly, especially for its first outing!!”

“Oh wow – what a joy! I had the perrrrrfect day to test this, guiding a really good rider in an empty Sainte Foy due to an absolute dump from the skies (felt like we were in JaPOW). Due to the low visibility, we were forced to lap the world-class tree lines for 8 hours, stopping only for a 20 minute fuel injection. It was a gamble committing to a new board for the day but boy, was I glad I had.

“The tail was tiny, however riding switch to manoeuvre out of the odd sticky spot(!) wasn’t that difficult and I even enjoyed trying a few jibs on the piste at the end of the day!”

The lower lifts in Sainte Foy access open faces at the higher altitudes allowing for big surfy turns and slashes, with pillow pops here and ther ( while lower down, the trees become pretty tight – requiring a more technical approach). The set-back stance of the Odyssey allowed for the ultimate floaty feeling in the open terrain while the fact that I was able to ride the same size board as I usually would, even in these deep conditions, meant that tighter turns were as easy as a dream. What a nimble board this is.

The tail was tiny, however riding switch to manoeuvre out of the odd sticky spot(!) wasn’t that difficult and I even enjoyed trying a few jibs on the piste at the end of the day. The only downside would be the dry base which resulted in a few slow run-outs at day’s end. However what I noticed most about this board was the way Nidecker have blended the ease of riding big open faces with nippy tight tree runs all in one.. and all for women as well? Amazing!”