The Cardiff Goat is a hard-charging, big-mountain board with freestyle roots, designed to traverse and descend the most rugged terrain.
Five years of testing and refinement, ten different iterations, and an untold number of days, mountain ranges, and descents. The Goat—a big-mountain charger that pro rider Bjorn Leines called the best board he’s ever ridden—is the original Cardiff board design and is now better than ever. Developed and tested as a split, the Goat Enduro is a durable solid that can engage on icy sidehills, make surfy, high-speed turns, and take you down big, intimidating lines the world over. Original artwork by Kyson Dana, portraying the fearless mountain denizen who inspired this board.
ENDURO BUILD: Intermediate to Expert
The perfect balance of performance, durability, weight, and dampness. Vertically laminated carbon fiber is painstakingly laid up with thin alternating layers of poplar and paulownia. Poplar for snap and pop. Paulownia for dampness and lightweight. Carbon fiber for camber retention. On the solids, we use cross-directional launch pads in the binding area to transfer rider forces more efficiently to the edges. Triaxial fiberglass for a damp and durable torsional and longitudinal pop. Fully wrapped Uni-wall for durability and dampness. For glide, we use one of the fastest bases on the market, our sintered race base + graphite for speed and durability. On the solids, we finish with a water-based lacquer for gorgeous graphics. On the splits we use scratch-resistant, ice shedding top sheets.
HALFcamber™
The CARDIFF HALFcamber™ places camber where it is absolutely necessary and gradual rocker everywhere else. The result is maximum glide, maneuverability, and edge control.
PERFECTpivot™
Every Cardiff snowboard is uniquely designed to match the shape to the camber – resulting in a new standard of performance.
FLOATilla™
Big float, small board: by placing more surface area under foot and a gradual nose rocker the patent-pending HALFcamber™ allows us to create shorter boards with more float.
BUTTERblunt nose & WINGtail
This nose and tail are designed to allow easy transition from side to side but massive float without the extra length and weight of traditional powder shapes. This creates the perfect nose and tail to pop and butter.
RADiCAL SIDECUT
Blend of Radial and Progressive sidecuts are used on all CARDIFF boards to give each board a unique character.
PERFECTpivot 3.0
Every Cardiff snowboard is uniquely designed to match the shape to the camber – resulting in a new standard of performance.
