As the title, it is a carving machine. It is super stable when you are riding at a high speed. The board finishing is also incredible.

Rider: 5'8, 150lb
Board: 162W, 54cm stance width, +36 +27 angles
Style: resort carving

Took this board in 162W out on an empty morning for those resort turns. Paired with flow NX 2 carbons.

Wow it was amazing. The board is incredibly stable, and the extra length definitely adds to the stability. Board feels light and responsive so those short radius turns can whip around fast.

Switch riding feels quite nice on these as well, as the tail design allows for a bit of playfulness.

On the stiffer side so you'd need to work a bit for those presses, but can butter as well.

Mainly design for those low turns, and boy does this board do it well. You'll feel locked in as soon as the edge engages, and you can ride it out how you wish.

Not much torsional flex but shouldn't impact normal riding styles.

Can go with these for any sort of carving style, Japanese, Korean, surf, you name it.

Although not as damp as a Japanese hammer like the Gray Desperado, and not as custom as some of the softboot board brand, these will scratch your carving itch for sure!

Quite the board from a great mainstream brand!

This deck just rips�my 3rd Nidecker in the last 20 years. Best one yet !

Incredible carving tool, no vibration, sharp control and fun to drive

I bought a Blade Plus 162 in search for the ideal carving board and after tuning the edges to 87� without detuning in the tips it did not disappoint. With my size 26 boots and 45� frontfoot and 24� backfoot angles, i can lay down carves on both edges and even on steep, hard slopes it just holds - it's mind-blowing. I wish i could have a 2cm narrower stance as now i have to use my natural stance +2cm. Every day i ride this thing, people at the lift are amazed when they see i'm not wearing hard boots. However, you need to put in a lot of power to really, really carve this thing and at slower speeds it does not feel very lively, almost asleep, probably because it is so stiff and has virtually no torsional flex. It really shines in the early morning on perfect groomers but towards the afternoon when the slope gets chopped up and/or slushy, you better switch boards or go home - it's not fun with this board. I guess the blade (non plus) would be a better all-around carving board but this one is really balls to the walls on perfect groomers. So my search for the ideal carving board has ended for now. I will continue using it for reaching early morning carving heaven - hopefully for seasons to come.