Effective edge is the length of the edge from the widest tip point to the widest tail point, that is in contact with snow during the ride, namely when rider stands on the edge while curving.
Effective edge length is affected by the following values:
- Tip and tail length. Snowboards with short tip and tail have bigger effective edge relatively to snowboard length. Snowboards with longer tip and tail have opposite proportion.
- Less significant parameter that affects the value of effective edge is sidecut radius. Snowboards that have smaller sidecut radius have longer effective edge and vise verse, snowboards with bigger sidecut radius have shorter effective edge. This parameter just slightly affect the value of effective edge length.