If your toughest question on the mountain involves deciding where to ride next, the Arbor all-mountain Coda is your snowboard--for a very important reason: While other all-mountain designs claim universal versatility, Arbor backs up their stake in the all-mountain market with high-end performance components. You won't find cheap shortcuts here. The Coda features Arbor's Mystic II wood core, their most durable core created for aggressive and abusive park and all-mountain riding. It's a combination of rigid poplar and solid bamboo, which offers up to 40 times the effective life of carbon fiber with 60% more response than most traditional core materials. Arbor liked bamboo in their high-end designs because the wood has a tensile strength and weight-to-strength ratio that exceeds steel--without putting excess weight into the lively core design. The Coda also has a structural bamboo topsheet that acts as a third layer of fiberglass across the surface. The combination of resin and dense natural fibers in this veneer add amazing structural integrity while enhancing the lively response, without the added ounces that deaden other snowboards of similar durability. Arbor applied their standard progressive sidecut to the Coda, so you enjoy quick turn imitation and tight arcs through a blended tri-radial sidecut. This sidecut also enhances the stability at higher speeds and potentially helps keep you in control during hard landings. Blended urethane ABS sidewalls give the Coda excellent edge hold performance and accentuate this snowboard's exceptional durability. If you're looking for a rugged all-mountain board that isn't weighed down by a bunch of metal reinforcement rods and other pop-deadening materials, the Coda is a refreshing solution to all of your toughest all-terrain questions.