Korua
KORUA's cult-classic "Swiss Army Knife" and a two-time Whitelines 100 award winner. Directional outline with a sizeable taper end to end, springy camber underfoot, and a large nose rocker that pulls the effective contact points closer to the front foot so the board feels noticeably shorter than its length suggests. Whitelines' reviewers across multiple seasons consistently praised how the Pencil digs a trench like the meanest full-camber carving boards while still delivering a backcountry rocket's worth of float and stability in wide-open powder -- one called it, at 164cm, the longest in KORUA's "rocket ship" lineup, yet deceptively short-feeling underfoot. A women's-friendly 147 size was added specifically to broaden access to the shape.
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