The latest version has reached a balance of the overall parameters that I totally love. In my opinion it easily outclasses all what we had before.
It combines performance, easiness and comfort.
Thanks to:
1. An incredible gliding ability. Toward the second generation, subjectively 20% to 30% better strait down, 100% better crosswise.
2. A much better progressivity during the edge grip. Despite the grip was already excellent, it tended to bite too early at the start of the turns and during skidding.
3. A better dampening that gives the feeling that the snow and the ice are smoother. This also allows the edge to work nearly without parasitic vibrations. On ice, the carving is super precise with very few scratching feeling and vibrations under the feet.
4. A very healthy reactivity that invites you to play with the board.
5. In extremecarving, a perfect grip and stability (even on the very difficult ice of the glacier!) that never failed during our tests.
In short, I had the feeling that I could do what I wanted with a Swoard whose only desire was to swing under my feet.
When I think that at the beginning our goal was to equal this second generation that worked already so good! I'm so happy!
I would like to thank a lot Henri Nidecker « The Big Boss », Thierry Grillet « Processman », Gwenola Girard « Materialgirl » and the whole Nidecker team for their professionalism, availability and kindness. It's really great to work with them!
I can't wait for winter!
Jacques
He is rarely satisfied and has always new ideas (while sitting at his desk or while testing the prototypes on the snow). Indeed, as an excellent shaper-extremecarver (I would say the best, because he invented both extremecarving and the Swoard in parallel), he can feel and understand everything theoretically and practically with his sensitivity about etremecarving and snowboarding in general.
And I can confirm along to my own tests done on the glaciers this summer... You will feel this by yourself soon! 
