Nitro Team Gullwing Snowboard Review

Hello and welcome to my Nitro Team Gullwing review.  

In this review, I will take a look at the Team Gullwing as an all-mountain snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Team Gullwing a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other all-mountain snowboards.

Overall Rating

Board: Nitro Team Gullwing

Price: $499 (USD recommended retail)

Style: All-Mountain

Flex Rating: Medium (6/10)

Flex Feel on Snow: Medium (6/10)

Rating Score: 88.9/100

Compared to other Men’s All-Mountain Boards

Out of the 41 men’s all-mountain snowboards that I rated:

• The average price was $507 (USD)
• The average score was 82.3/100
• The highest score was 92.0/100
• The lowest score was 66.7/100
• The Team Gullwing ranked 4th out of 41

O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Team Gullwing is capable of.

Demo Info

Board: Nitro Team Gullwing 2019, 159

Date: April 15, 2018

Conditions: There was a little bit of fresh snow in the morning but just a few centimeters. There was still some left over fresh snow from the previous couple of days but not as much there as there was the day before.

Quite cold in the morning, especially for April, but warmed up in the afternoon as the sun came out.

Visibility was variable in the morning for the first couple of laps but cleared out pretty quickly with the sun coming out late morning.

There were a couple of harder spots but mostly pretty soft/medium all round.

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 560mm (22”)

Stance Setback: 15mm (0.6“)

Width at Inserts: 260mm (10.2”) at the front insert and 262mm (10.3”) at the back insert

Flex

Nitro rates this a medium 6/10 in terms of flex and I can’t fault that. It felt like a 6/10 to me. Maybe bordering on 5.5/10, but certainly more than 5. But, no, I think 6/10 is pretty accurate.

Powder

There was a bit of powder left around when I rode this, though not heaps. But what I did find, it did well on. I mean it’s not a tapered, heavily setback board with a ton of rocker in the nose, so it’s never going to be a deep deep powder hound (nor is it designed to be that way)

But it does have a bit of setback and the nose is a little longer than the tail, and the rocker in the profile helps a bit with float – which explains why it felt pretty good in the pow.

Carving & Turning

In terms of turns, it felt like it had a really good balance between being able to hold a deep wide carve pretty well but could also perform short, sharp turns well. The feel is on the slightly more playful/loose side, rather than aggressive, but not overly loose. It’s a smooth turner overall.

You can skid your turns on it too if you get off your game or your just at a stage that you’re still skidding your turns. Not super beginner easy but pretty close.

Was something that was also pretty agile at slower speeds, which helped in technical spots in the trees. Overall a fun board to take into the trees.

Speed

Feels stable when going a good clip. Certainly not an out and out bomber but pretty good – like most things with this board, it can handle a bit of everything.

A good balance between being agile enough at slow speeds and being stable enough at high speeds.

Let’s Break up this text with a Video

This video is for the camber version, but it does discuss the Gullwing version as well. 

Uneven Terrain

Didn’t even think about it in undulating terrain or in crud – it just takes it in its stride. Very consistent regardless of the terrain.

Jumps

It’s got reasonable pop and that pop’s easy to extract as well (doesn’t take too much effort to get spring out of it). And landings and approach felt stable. So overall a solid board for jumps, be they in the park or on natural terrain.

Good for spins too.

Switch

Totally fine riding switch. Not identical in terms of the shape (directional twin) and has a 15mm setback. But you could hardly feel that when riding or landing switch to be honest.

Jibbing/Butters

Certainly not a jibbing star but perfectly fine to take on jibs. I felt comfortable hitting jibs on it.

Butters pretty easily – not noodle board easy, but you can definitely butter with it.