What is the advantage to a reverse camber?

Question

like on the skate banana

what about a regular board?

Answer 1

Dude you need to go to the LibTech Website, they have a bunch of info on this new technologie that they came up with , And you can see Travis Rice Murdering some comps this year with double rodeo 1080s.

Answer 2

Camber in  equipment will spread your weight over the full length of the camber.  A reverse camber will allow a user to initiate turns and tricks easier.  Hope this helps.

Answer 3

The reverse camber on boards like the skate banana isent a rocker in the traditional sense. Most boards that have rockers are powder percific boards, The area between the bindings on a board with a rocker will be flat to the ground and the nose and tail of the board will lift upwards off the ground. Unlike on a regular board wheres there is a camber ie the board lifts slightly off the ground between the bindings. On boards like the skate banana the rocker is actually where the bindings are making the board very flat to the ground and making jib tricks like tail and nose presses much easier. I think its highly possible that this type of board could become the most popular type of board in the very near future only time will tell, Good question.

Answer 4

I know a couple of guys that have a banana board.  Both love it for the fun, but both also have other conventional boards they ride too.  Like many innovations, only time will tell if rocker in a board is the most effective design.  The fact that snowboarding greats like Danny Kass can throw huge tricks and win contests on the design does not make it better.  I'll bet he could ride on a rental board and still win.  Skill is more important than your snowboard.  That said, as more people ride rocker-ed snowboards, they might find some more definitive reasons to keep the design, or it might remain a novelty as it is today.