Fresh snow stacking up in an open bowl on a storm day rewards a board that rides high, and the Weston Japow Snowboard is a swallowtail powder snowboard shaped to do exactly that. The tapered directional shape pairs a swallowtail, which reduces tail volume so the back sinks naturally, with a heavy taper that keeps the nose up in deep snow. The rocker-camber profile lifts the nose without washing out the tail, which leaves room to slash and drift. What Our Gearhead(R) Experts Are Saying:"I rode the Japow out onto a packed, heavy runout below a powder lap, and the tail held an edge instead of drifting. The carbon inserts in the tail add spring from edge to edge, so the swallowtail turned when I asked it to."