What is the advantage of the four-wheel independent suspension for all-mountain boarding?
We all know that each slope will not be as smooth as golf greens (don’t say you got the idea here!). Any board will have to navigate endless bumps, rocks, sticks, pockets and holes. When a tire meets with one of these nasties, the tire will be knocked off its straight and even course. If that tire shares a single axle with another tire on the other side of the board, BOTH tires will react by going out of control. Trust us, when you are hauling down a slope, the last thing you want is instability. The independent suspension allows each tire to act independently – thus the name – “independent suspension”. Why do the tires on the Turf DeVille look so unusual? Everything except the brake handle and the fasteners have been custom designed for us. The tire was designed to grip very well in grass, weeds or scrub brush. The stepped sidewall of the downhill tires “load up” during a tight turn to allow the board to track cleanly without sliding. The little knobbies act like spikes in vegetation
