At the board test in Stubai, I went over to the Slash stand and asked what they had for carving. They handed me the Floater, and my first reaction was surprise: a flat profile, just 4 mm of taper — so the nose is almost as wide as the tail — and a tail that isn’t much shorter than the nose. For a board called the Floater, I’d expected something different. I stood there looking at it, wondering why they’d designed it that way.

Then I rode it, and it all made sense.
Once you set an edge and get into a carve, this board feels like it’s magnetically attached to the slope. My impression is that the long effective edge and flat profile work really well together: you don’t need to put much pressure into flattening out the camber before the board bends into a turn. It has this unusually easy, satisfying feel through a carve. I hadn’t felt anything quite like it on another board.
I also really liked the long tail. On heelside, I could feel solid, dependable support under my back foot. That was a pleasant surprise.
Another nice detail is the number of binding inserts. You’ve got plenty of room to experiment with stance width and move your bindings towards the nose or tail.
The Floater ended up being my favourite board of that test session. I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys relaxed carving — just linking turns and enjoying the ride without having to work too hard.

One of the most unusual boards I’ve ridden this season, and one of the most memorable.

Very unique shape, super solid ride, blasts through everything. Flat camber keeps it mellow still. Turns are absolutely lock-ed in like on rails. You can ride it one size smaller. I had the first edition(Nahual), it got stolen. Looked so good. Always have to have one ever since. Thanks Slash!