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Who makes the lightest snowboards in the world? Who makes the best snowboard in the world? The answer is the best kept secret in snowboarding: Elan. Made in Austria, the 2009 Elan Inverse is lighter than the Burton Vapor. New for 2009 is a better thinner wood core and carbon fiber layers where they are needed near the tip and tail areas for reduced inertia and faster spins. The Elan Inverse does not degrade the quality of the ride, or sacrifice flex to reduce the weight.
Elan has developed and produced boards for nearly every major name in the snowboard industry. Since the beginning, Elan has been a driving force in the sport, leading the way year after year in new technology and innovation.
In 1998, recognizing a niche in the market place and with distributors in many countries eager to jump on board, Elan entered the market with its own brand, Elan snowboards. With our Austrian Factory of 200+ employees focused on making the best snowboards, Elan continues to drive development trends around the world.
Elan in 2007 received the transworld snowboarding good wood award for the inverse which is one of the lightest snowboards made in 2007.
The truth is that (in 2007/2008) the Elan Inverse actually underweighed the Burton Vapor by a fraction of a pound in one size. According to Transworld Snowboarding, in their 2007 good wood test, the Inverse weighed 5.5 lbs at 159 cm and the Vapor weighed 5.7 lbs in the 157 cm length.
All Elan Snowboards come with a 2 Year warranty.
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