GNU ORIGINAL SWALLOW TAIL CARVER SNOWBOARD - CLUB COLLECTION

GNU ORIGINAL SWALLOW TAIL CARVER SNOWBOARD – CLUB COLLECTION

Blast to the Past with Modern Power

Step into snowboarding history with the Gnu Original Swallow Tail Carver Snowboard from the exclusive Club Collection. A masterful reissue of Mike Olson’s groundbreaking early-80s finless designs, this board brings the legendary 1983 shape into the modern era. While it rocks a highly nostalgic aesthetic and that iconic directional swallowtail shape, under the hood, it is packed with cutting-edge 21st-century Mervin technology.

Built to Float, Designed to Trench

Don’t let the shape fool you—this board is much more than just a retro powder surfer. It is engineered for effortless deep-snow float and aggressive resort hardpack carving. The XC2 BTX profile—a tight-radius rocker between your bindings blended with elongated radial camber out to the contacts—gives you a playful, catch-free feel without sacrificing explosive pop and stability. The deep progressive sidecut and Mini Magne-Traction® edges provide fin-like hold on ice, ensuring you can lay down euro-carves that will make hardbooters jealous.

Premium USA Construction

Handbuilt in the USA, the Carver utilizes a lightweight Aspen, Golden Poplar, and Paulownia wood core reinforced with Liquid Crystal Polymer fibers for a hyper-strong, exceptionally damp ride. Finished with a tough sintered base and UHMW sidewalls, it is built to take a beating. Whether you’re hanging it on your wall as a stunning collector’s piece or shredding the deepest days on the mountain, this freeride machine proves there really is no school like the old school.

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2 in stock

$3,500.00

2 in stock

Size

Clear

In-Store Pick Up Available 3055E 3300S Salt Lake City, UT

Collectors and Vintage Snowboard prices are inflated to discourage purchase

Description

Blast to the Past with Modern Power

Step into snowboarding history with the Gnu Original Swallow Tail Carver Snowboard from the exclusive Club Collection. A masterful reissue of Mike Olson’s groundbreaking early-80s finless designs, this board brings the legendary 1983 shape into the modern era. While it rocks a highly nostalgic aesthetic and that iconic directional swallowtail shape, under the hood, it is packed with cutting-edge 21st-century Mervin technology.

Built to Float, Designed to Trench

Don’t let the shape fool you—this board is much more than just a retro powder surfer. It is engineered for effortless deep-snow float and aggressive resort hardpack carving. The XC2 BTX profile—a tight-radius rocker between your bindings blended with elongated radial camber out to the contacts—gives you a playful, catch-free feel without sacrificing explosive pop and stability. The deep progressive sidecut and Mini Magne-Traction® edges provide fin-like hold on ice, ensuring you can lay down euro-carves that will make hardbooters jealous.

Premium USA Construction

Handbuilt in the USA, the Carver utilizes a lightweight Aspen, Golden Poplar, and Paulownia wood core reinforced with Liquid Crystal Polymer fibers for a hyper-strong, exceptionally damp ride. Finished with a tough sintered base and UHMW sidewalls, it is built to take a beating. Whether you’re hanging it on your wall as a stunning collector’s piece or shredding the deepest days on the mountain, this freeride machine proves there really is no school like the old school.

Need help choosing the right size?

Additional information

Weight	10 lbs
Dimensions	64 × 16 × 1 in
Size	157

Specs

Perfect / Aggressive - Tight radius rocker between your feet combined with radial cambers out to the contact. More tip and tail control than C2 but maintains its freestyle freedom. For more aggressive riders.

Mini Magne-Traction® - A mellower serrated edge gives great edge hold with a bit more play in your turns

Directional - Directional all terrain freeride/freestyle

Construction - Every Gnu snowboard is handbuilt in the USA by snowboarders with jobs. Keep riding snowboards built by snowboarders.

Core Blend: Lightest - A strong Aspen spine with Golden Poplar on either side for a crisp pop and Polonia on the toe and heel edges for our smoothest riding core with reduced weight and vibration

Liquid Crystal Polymer - Plastic as strong as titanium! Tempering process that aligns molecules and creates hyper strengthen polymer chains. Creates a smooth, strong, poppy and lightweight snowboard ride.

Co-Extruded Topsheet - A tough and eco-sublimated topsheet.

UHMW Sidewalls - Ultra High Molecular Weight exterior sidewalls made from soy-based elastomer are laminated to five internal wood layers for totally bombproof sidewalls.

Sintered Base - Compression hardened amorphous UHMW skived from the billet to create the toughest, fastest, best wax holding base material around. Slides best and fastest when waxed regularly to match local snow conditions.