1 / 8Nitro Mercy 2027
Pre-order · Ships September 2026
PTO Verdict
“A forgiving Cam-Out jib twin at the low end of Nitro's women's park range - snap and speed are what you trade away.”
Best for: The woman progressing in the park - linking turns, riding switch, and building a trick list on rails, boxes, butters and small-to-medium jumps. Also the rider who wants a soft, forgiving twin and the lowest ticket in Nitro's women's park lineup.
Not for: Powder chasers: a centered true twin with zero setback has nothing to float the nose. Riders who ride fast and hard - a soft, extruded-base twin gets washy at speed and was never meant to glide. Anyone who wants camber pop and locked-in edge hold should be on the cambered Zaza or the stiffer Fate Pro. All-mountain-first riders who want setback and float belong on Nitro's directional Mystique, not a centered jib twin.
At a Glance
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Description
The Nitro Mercy is a women's park and jib twin, built soft and forgiving, and at $439.95 it is the cheapest board in Nitro's women's park series. It is a true twin - symmetrical nose and tail, a centered stance and zero setback - on a Standard-width platform whose waists run 228 mm at the 138 up to 238 mm at the 149. Nitro offers it in four lengths: 138, 142, 146 and 149.
The ride comes from two choices. The camber is Cam-Out, which holds camber underfoot and then eases out early and smoothly into the tip and tail; softening the ends makes the board catch-free on landings, rails and presses, at the cost of the locked-in edge hold a full-camber deck gives you. The Dual Degressive sidecut pairs a tighter radius underfoot with larger radii out at the tip and tail, so it turns quickly in the park yet stays loose and easy to slide. Nitro rates the flex a soft 4 on its own ten-point scale.
That adds up to a progression park board. It suits a rider building a trick list on boxes, rails, butters and small-to-medium jumps, and it is a forgiving deck to learn switch and presses on. It is not a powder board - a centered twin with no setback has nothing to float the nose - and it is not built for riding fast and hard, where a soft twin on an extruded base washes out. Riders who want camber pop or high-speed hold should look at the cambered Zaza instead.
The Mercy ships as a deck only; bindings are not included. We mount them, and help you pick your length and size, in the shop.
Specs
- Shape: Twin
- Camber: Cam-Out
- Core profile: Whiplash Core Profile
- Width: Standard
- Sidecut: Dual Degressive
- Flex (Nitro): 4 / 10
- Terrain (Nitro): All Mountain 8 / Park 10 / Backcountry 7
- Waist width: 228 mm (138) · 232 mm (142) · 234 mm (146) · 238 mm (149)
- Nose / tail width: 269/269 mm (138) · 274/274 mm (142) · 276/276 mm (146) · 279/279 mm (149)
- Running length: 940 mm (138) · 960 mm (142) · 990 mm (146) · 1020 mm (149)
- Sidecut radius: 8.1 / 5.9 / 8.1 m (138) · 8.5 / 6.1 / 8.5 m (142) · 8.9 / 6.5 / 8.9 m (146) · 9.4 / 6.9 / 9.4 m (149)
- Setback: 0 mm (centered)
- Rider weight (Nitro): up to 45 kg (138) · up to 65 kg (142) · 45-65 kg (146) · 50-70 kg (149)
- Construction: Bi-Lite Laminates · Powercore II · Premium Extruded FH Base · Recycled Steel Edge · Ureshred Sidewalls
- Sizes: 138 · 142 · 146 · 149
Details
- Type
- Snowboard
- Vendor
- Nitro
- SKU
- N11SB21036-101138
138
Nitro Mercy
By PTO Ski Team, This is read off Nitro's 26/27 dealer manual and order book, plus reviews of earlier Mercy builds. · Spec analysis · Spec analysis
The take
“A forgiving Cam-Out jib twin at the low end of Nitro's women's park range - snap and speed are what you trade away.”
The Mercy sits at the bottom of Nitro's women's park range on price, and the honest way to read it is by what that low price gives up rather than what it adds. Nitro flags it as a new lower price point for 26/27, and it undercuts the rest of the women's park lineup: the asym Optisym Womens at $549.95, the cambered Zaza at $559.95, and the flagship Fate Pro at $659.95. Spend more here and the money buys a stiffer, cambered board - it never buys a softer one.
What the price gets you is a soft, forgiving jib twin. The Cam-Out camber keeps camber between the feet and lets it fade toward the contact points, so the board keeps a little pop while forgiving a landing that comes in crooked. Nitro rates the flex a 4, and a soft twin on a Dual Degressive sidecut butters easily, slides without fuss, and stays calm on rails. Nitro's own chart backs the brief - Park 10, All-Mountain 8, Backcountry 7 - and this is a team jib board that Brantley Mullins rides, not a stripped beginner plank; the graphic is a collab with the artist Ali Bruce.
The limits are the flip side of those same choices. A soft flex and an extruded base are forgiving and low-maintenance, but the base is not built for glide and the board turns washy the moment you point it and ride fast. This is a centered true twin with zero setback, so powder is out - there is nothing to float the nose, and technique does not fix geometry. A rider who wants camber snap and edge hold should be on the cambered Zaza; a rider who wants the whole mountain wants the directional Mystique, not a jib twin held dead center.
One caution on evidence: The character here is read off Nitro's published construction and flex plus reviews of earlier Mercys, which describe the same soft, playful jib board. The four lengths sit close together and Nitro's rider-weight ranges on the two shortest are unclear, so tell us your size and we will confirm the length and width in the shop.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Centered stance, zero setback - a true twin. Our pick: No factory pairing - set up in the shop.
The Mercy is a bare deck - you choose the bindings. Nitro makes bindings, but no factory pairing is printed for this model, so we match one to your boots and riding in the shop.
Common Questions
- How stiff is the Nitro Mercy?
- Nitro rates it a 4 on their own ten-point flex scale - a soft, playful flex. With Cam-Out camber and a Dual Degressive sidecut, it butters, slides and presses easily, which is the point of a jib board. It is not a stiff, chargey board and does not pretend to be.
- Is the Mercy any good in powder?
- No, and we would rather say so. It is a centered true twin with zero setback, so there is nothing there to float the nose. Above a bit of fresh you want a directional board with setback, like Nitro's Mystique.
- Mercy or Zaza?
- They ride differently. The Mercy runs Cam-Out camber and a soft flex for a forgiving, catch-free feel; the Zaza is a true-camber twin with a stiffer flex for more pop and edge hold, and it costs more. Want forgiveness, take the Mercy; want camber snap, take the Zaza.
- What size Mercy should I get?
- It comes in 138, 142, 146 and 149 cm, with waists from 228 mm to 238 mm. The four lengths sit close together, so we confirm your size in the shop against Nitro rider-weight ranges before you buy.
- Does the Mercy come with bindings?
- No - it ships as a deck only. Nitro makes bindings, but there is no factory board-and-binding pairing printed for the Mercy, so we set you up in the shop and match a binding to your boots and riding.