Approaching the background story of the birth of DUPRAZ ~ What is the true identity of the rumored super all-round snowboard? ??

This is Mr. Serge Dupras, who has achieved such a great achievement, but he has a very friendly personality.Full of fan snowboarding spirits
This is Mr. Serge Dupras, who has achieved such a great achievement, but he has a very friendly personality.Full of fan snowboarding spirits

Originally the origin is the board shape of windsurfing
And the first completed snowboard with an edge

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Have you ever heard of the name of the snowboard brand "HOT"?A snowboard brand that reached the top of the world in the 1980s when alpine racing was once very popular in snowboarding.And the person who created that "HOT" is Mr. Serge Dupras, who created the free riding board "DUPRAZ", which has begun to attract attention in recent years.
Originally Dupras was a windsurfing board shaper.The windsurfer's father and brother were surrounded by a dinghy player, a marine sports family, who was also addicted to the wind and moved from his hometown of France to Hawaii alone at the age of 18 to learn board shapes.After that, I returned to France and started to make a custom windsurfing board (shape board) called "HOT WINDBOARDS" locally.However, after that, as a winter sport, a snowboarding movement suddenly took place in France. In 1983, Mr. Dupras also met snowboarding.At that time, there was no snowboard with edges yet, just a board.While the prototype of the snowboard was being made, Mr. Dupras also launched "HOT SNOWBOARDS" in 1986.The first is still a board for sliding powder.Even before snowboarding was born and raised, the culture of monoski began to take root in France as a skiing tool for powder.That know-how was also utilized in making snowboards.
However, if you can only ski with powder, you cannot enjoy skiing at the ski resort using the lift.If you can't slide on the snow-packed surface, it won't be an attractive gliding tool for the masses to jump on.Then Mr. Dupras.We were among the first to introduce the ski structure to snowboards, complete the "ONE SIXTY" with full metal edges and adjusted torsion and flex.It goes without saying that it was a model that was too innovative in the snowboarding era of Genesis, where it was only possible to ski powder.

The strongest asymmetric board that has reached the pinnacle of the race scene
Legendary masterpiece LOGICAL

HOT lineup for the 1990/1991 season.The asymmetric racing board LOGICAL was a model that symbolized the HOT brand.
HOT lineup for the 1990/1991 season.The asymmetric racing board LOGICAL was a model that symbolized the HOT brand.
Philip Imoff, a representative racer at the time of the heyday of HOT and a specialist in slalom competition
Philip Imoff, a representative racer at the time of the heyday of HOT and a specialist in slalom competition

After ONE SIXTY, the growth of snowboarding will accelerate at a stretch.Alpine racing has become popular along with freestyle, and no, in Europe, the snowboarding alpine racing scene is more popular than in the United States.Snowboarders soon began to focus on speed and turn performance.In the midst of such a movement, Mr. Duplus has developed REVOLUTION, a model that narrows the width of the board and rides at a positive angle in order to further improve carving performance at high speeds.The strongest asymmetric board "LOGICAL", which is also called the legend, was born as the development type.Many top racers, including Philip Imov and Andre Masewski, have won the races held in various places at LOGICAL one after another.Before I knew it, HOT had become the strongest army as if it had monopolized the race scene.At the same time, Serge Vittery, who gave birth to Vittery Turn, also used this HOT board.
LOGICAL is an asymmetric board with a design that greatly changes the length of snow contact and the side curve between the front and back sides.Other companies have followed one after another with the innovative concept and the outstanding potential that has been proven in numerous races.Of course, even in Japan, many top racers at that time, including Motoki Ushiyama, used LOGICAL to prove their strength in the race scene.However, after a turnaround, Dupras left "HOT" in 1990. Due to the extreme snow shortage in 1989 and 90, the European snowboarding scene has reached a major turning point, and in an unavoidable situation, Mr. Dupras enters the charging period.

The prototype of DUPRAZ was born after spending more than 10 years
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Mr. Duplus, who has evolved powder, snow carving, racing and snowboarding, created the first D1 which is the prototype of the current DUPRAZ during the charging period. It can be said that the first D1990 was born in 1 after leaving HOT in 2003, and it can be said that the board was developed after spending more than 10 years.The aim was to create a more advanced form of snowboarding.A board that slides comfortably on powder, and even on hard-packed slopes, you can easily enjoy carving even if you do not have the special shape like an alpine snowboard and the physical strength to control it.Duplus, as it were, used to make boards with extremely specialized performance.However, what he aimed for here was a board that could be said to be the "best" overall.
DUPRAZ is a board that allows you to enjoy the sensation of surfing, the so-called fun of snow surfing, while fully demonstrating the performance of both off-piste and on-piste.The concept is that you can easily enjoy carving regardless of the snow surface conditions and terrain. On December 2003, 12, Dupras announced the first D1 as DUPRAZ.However, at that time, the D1 with its latest concept was often misunderstood as an old shape.However, at the same time as the test drive event, Mr. Dupras started the Banked Slalom tournament about 1 years ago.It definitely proved that DUPRAZ is a banked slalom and has very good performance.It is a banked slalom course where the overall gliding ability is more important, and with DUPRAZ you can slide more easily and speed up.After that, the evaluation of DUPRAZ will gradually increase.

It's fast because you can easily slide on the Banked Slalom course.Since holding the Banked Tournament, it has demonstrated its performance many times.
It's fast because you can easily slide on the Banked Slalom course.Since holding the Banked Tournament, it has demonstrated its performance many times.

DUPRAZ hasn't changed much in shape since its birth

A fun board for carving and playing on natural terrain on a snow-packed burn
A fun board for carving and playing on natural terrain on a snow-packed burn

In fact, the concept and shape of the D1 series hasn't changed much since the birth of DUPRAZ.With the evolution of materials and manufacturing methods, the performance has been further improved, and it has continued to grow into the latest model of the present.In the first place, the concept that in order to enjoy snowboarding in the best condition, it is necessary to have a board that suits each purpose has become established.Strictly speaking, there is also a tendency for further subdivision, such as for powder, snow carving, and freestyle.Dupras's DUPRAZ starts by overturning that concept.During the interview, Dupras said of the keyword: "Smooth, hornless, intuitive, adaptable," "the board fits better than riding on your own," and "easy and comfortable," that's a fascinating keyword for us general snowboarders. "Third-generation snowboarding covers everything with one." The latest DUPRAZ, which has evolved further, is currently on sale.
Even though the shape has not changed significantly, the structure has been adjusted and the weight has been reduced. Due to the nature of the board, DUPRAZ chooses a considerably longer board length than his current board length.It seems that some people used to be unfamiliar with the weight, but the latest model is light and easy to handle.In other words, it's a very friendly board.
Everyone must find it easy to ride.Please try the masterpiece of the rumored DUPRAZ, a masterpiece of board designer Sergiyu Dupras, who has greatly evolved snowboarding at the turning point of the times.

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