Nitro Victoria

Nitro Victoria Snowboard Review by Jordan Review by The Good Ride

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How It Was Tested:

I borrowed the Nitro Victoria for an extended demo and sent it back.

Size: 152

Days: 2

Conditions: Mid-to-late spring conditions with groomed to packed powder and corn snow.

Riders: Jordan (Size Ws 8, 5’6 ‘, 135 lbs) 

Boots: Salomon Dialogue

Bindings: Union Trilogy

Helmet: Oakley MOD1

Goggle: Oakley LinerMiner Pro

Jordan’s Set Up: 19-20” Wide. Stance Angles +18/-6, +15/-15, +21/+3. Close to Reference on

groomers and Set all the way back in powder.

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Compared to (but not necessarily similar):

Nitro Ws Alternator, Nitro Ws Karma

Sizing

The Victoria that I got on is actually the largest of the boards that I got on at a 152. A 152 is the sweet spot that I’ve been really enjoying. However, this board actually felt a little bit softer than the 49 and 48 of the Ws Alternator and Ws Karma.

The board comes in 46, 49, 52, and 55. This is because the weight ranges are much bigger. The 152 accounts for about 99 pounds to 140 pounds. If you’re over that weight range, definitely jump up to the 55 or consider A board with a stiffer personality.

The waist width on this is also for a 152.  It measures 24.2, which accounts for up to a women’s size 7. Something I noticed is that when I had my binding on with my size 8 boot, even with the binding set as far back as I could get, I had a significant amount of toe drag.

If you’re a lady with a larger foot, consider an option that’s wider.

Shape & Setback

The Victoria is a directional twin shape and has the same nose, same tail. It’s essentially a true twin. However, it does have a 15 millimeter setback stance.

This is a little reminiscent of some late 90s popsicle stick shapes, especially with the significant amount of camber.

Camber/On Snow Feel

This has true tip-to-tail camber. I put this against a flat surface and was actually a little concerned that this board would feel catchy.

Couple that with a stiff flex of 7/10, and I was certain it was going to be a hard ride. This could not be further from the truth. The board flexed easily under just my body weight, and once on snow, it actually felt quite stable.

This board construction is layers of carbon laminate and a Koroyd Powerlight core, which is a combination of wood and light plastic honeycomb structure. This is all designed to give this board a responsive yet ultra-light feel.

Powder

Now, given that this is a true twin shape with a slight setback, it really doesn’t shout powder board to me because it is also tipped to tail camber, and there is not a lot of setback at reference,

Now, if you set this all the way back to the furthest inserts, it’s going to widen your reference stance up to about 20.5. And only give you about 2.25 extra, so two inches of nose instead of 1.7.

It’s not a substantial amount of nose. I really wouldn’t recommend this for powder conditions.

Edge Hold

The Nitro Victoria was challenged by multiple variables; It could not lock in on hard groomed terrain, and I had to resort to sort of skid turns to get a complete turn.

I also experienced a complete loss of edge hold while trying to initiate a toe side carve. Now, I had ridden the Karma directly before this, which is a carving machine, so maybe it was muscle memory that I just sort of leaned into this too much to try to get that carve.

But the tail into the board actually released and tossed me straight onto my back. This incident caused me to slow down and be deliberate with my turns, while trying to avoid flexing too hard on the board.

Again, this is pretty interesting, given that this board is the same flex profile as the Karma, which is a carving machine, and the Ws Alternator.

Flex Personality

All right. Let’s talk about the Victoria’s flex. So they do rank this out of 7 or 10. You’re going to see this ranking in many of Nitro’s women’s boards. The flex is not the same across the board, though. This actually felt like the softest of the boards that I had at 7/10.

I did notice that the tail on this board and the nose on this board, because it’s the true twin, were a little bit stiffer, but that midpoint right through the center of the board felt pretty soft.

Now, the nice thing about this board? Carbon! It’s got carbon laminates in multiple places as well as a Koroyd. So it makes it very light, and it makes it very poppy.

Definitely playful. Reactive and has that snappiness in the turns and during your jumping, ollying, buttering.

Turning/Carving

Now, an interesting thing about the Nitro Victoria is that it does have a progressive side cut, and it actually has a pretty big side cut. It starts at 8.1 at the nose and tapers to a 7.3 at the tail. That’s not a huge difference. And it kind of puts it at sort of that mid-radius side cut.

This gives the board less of a catchy feeling in the nose and is meant for carving turns. But again, I found this to be much quicker underfoot, which could have been because of the profile and how this board is made; that carbon really adds a lot of snapping to the turns.

Uneven Snow

I was not able to get this on uneven snow, as our conditions were rock hard. So my opinion on uneven surfaces, just based on my understanding of the board: This board has a really interesting core. It has Koroyd in it, which is the same thing you’re going to see in safety equipment like helmets.

That Koroyd is designed to take impact, coupled with that camber, that quickness under that foot and a moderate amount of camber. And stiffness. And I think this board actually would do pretty well in transitioning from groomed to off-groomed conditions.

Obviously, icy conditions- bumped, super bummed out. Conditions are going to work you quite a bit.

Speed

That Koroyd core also plays into the speed of this board, because it absorbs so much of that sort of vibration that’s underneath the board. It actually does feel pretty comfortable at speeds.

Where I had an issue is that I didn’t trust the edge hold, and because I didn’t trust the edge hold, I wasn’t willing to open up and let myself go for it.

If that edge hold felt a little bit better, maybe if they put in a dual aggressive side cut like I felt with the Wa Alternator, or even made a more significant progressive side cut, and I was able to push through that tail without it totally washing out, I’d feel a little bit more comfortable taking this to speeds.

Base Glide

Now. With that said, it does come with a sintered Speed Formula 2 base. This is the same base as an alternator, and with my experience with the alternator, it does require occasional weather-specific waxes to keep it going fast out of the box. The board felt okay. It glided well; it didn’t feel horribly sticky, even with changing spring conditions, which, as you know, from one run to the next, can really impact your ability to go.

If you’re going to spend the money on this board, please take care of it. Wax it, get into tune shop from time to time. Make sure that that edge is to your liking.

Switch/Park

I think this board would really shine in a park setting, especially if you’re riding switch. It rides like a twin. If you are hitting jumps, it’s got those carbon laminates that make it super, super poppy.

And even in a jib setting with rails and boxes, because this is that full camber and because it doesn’t have a huge variation in that side cut. I think it’s slight de-tune, and this would be a great rail board.

In the pipe, I think it would be okay. I had not a great experience with the edge hold, and there’s so much edge hold needed to get up the sidewalls of a pipe. I think that would be okay, because it’s light underfoot and it’s easy to lift, so you’d be able to flip this around quickly. I’d be curious to see how it performed. If the sidewalls of a pipe were actually ice.

The board also butters great. It is pretty soft, so I was able to really throw my weight into the nose and the tail and flip it around.

Final Thoughts

Overall, the Victoria from Nitro really was this happy blend between the old idea of a full camber true twin that I am so accustomed to from late 90s riding and the new- the carbon, the Koroyd, all of these really detailed additions to the make of this board.

It’s quick, it’s snappy to turn, and it’s very ultra-light underneath your foot. If you like that, if you like not feeling like something is pulling you down, you’re going to really enjoy this board.

If you’re someone like me who likes a little bit of a heaviness, it gives you that security, like a security blanket on the run; maybe look at something at a lower price point, maybe the alternator or your karma for carving experience.

Remember that this board is a full camber tip to tail. So it really is recommended for intermediate riders up to expert riders.