We have the UK's biggest selection of snowboards including boards from Forum, Santa Cruz, Rossignol Snowboards, K2, Ride, Capita and Endeavour snowboards - to name but a few! Loads more brands in stock including Signal, Yes, Nidecker and Bataleon snowboards. We will not be beaten on price on any of our snowboards - check out our price match guarantee. We have cheap freestyle boards for riding on dry slopes right through to full carbon freeride race boards or beginner, intermediate and advanced riders.
Crafted by Burtons first designer, Peter Bauer, these skis and snowboards are amazingly high tech. Great research has gone into every thought of every ski and snowboard. Amplid make some of the best gear around, they look great and ride amazingly well. You can never be disappointed with an Amplid.
The wood is good! Arbor are famous for their clear decks - enabling you to see the natural wood core on their skateboards and snowboards. The wood Arbor use is always stunningly beautiful too, making each board a unique piece of art!
With less than 1% off their boards being returned under warranty, Endeavor snowboards really are some of the best in the business. Cutting edge design features and Artist collaboration graphics really do set this brand aside from anything else on the market, and cement their status as one of the finest snowboard brands available today. Stand out from the crowd and ride an Endeavor!
An incredible skate heritage has, for many years now, been transferred across to some of the best snowboarding equipment on the market. If you are into skate you will know all about Santa Cruz. If you are into snowboarding, this brand is amongst the leaders in terms of design, style and product innovation.
The thinking man's Lib Tech! Smokin snowboards feature MagneTraction edges and are all hand made in Lake Tahoe, so you know your getting super high quality combined with some of the best technologies in the industry. Big Up Smokin Snowboards...We Love you!
Snowboard design and performance evolve with time. Most manufacturers launch new models and new design features or technical specifications every year. Others simply change the colours or the graphic designs. When we quote a year for a snowboard it always refers to the second half of a season. So, if you see a 2015 snowboard, it will be referring to a snowboard launched for the 2014 / 2015 winter season.
Male snowboards can be ridden by women too - so have unisex appeal. Girls need to keep an eye on the width of the board - to make sure it is not too wide for their boots size. Most girls will want to choose a unisex board with a soft flex because, compared with men of the same height, women tend to be lighter. Freestyle and beginner snowboards have soft flex characteristics.
Female specific snowboards tend to be narrower because women have smaller feet. They also tend to be slightly 'softer' and more flexible' because women tend to be lighter. Some may have pretty colours and flowery graphics but the graphics can also be aggressively feminist or completely neutral too.
Riding Style
Think about the type of rider you are and how you will be using your snowboard. If you are not sure - the 'All Mountain' option is the one to go for.
We can help you choose the ideal snowboard. Simply complete our Recommend Me a Snowboard form and one of our team will get back to you with some advice and recommendations.
You want to ride the whole mountain in style, switching from piste to park to powder with ease. Air off a few kickers, occasionally riding switch and at speed whenever you can.
Cruising the pistes and powder, covering the entire resort as quickly as you can. Cutting sharp edges into the piste, then blasting off into the powder at every opportunity, dropping cliffs if you dare but speed rather than air is your thing.
Powder hound. You live for riding off-piste in the deep soft white stuff.
Camber Profile
Camber profile is the curvature of the base a snowboard from the tip to the tail. Manufacturers are now producing many different camber profiles for different styles of riding. If you are into cruising around the pistes or pipe riding we recommend a traditional positive camber snowboard. For off piste and more hardcore freestyle riding there are now some alternatives to choose from.
We can help you choose the ideal snowboard. Simply complete our Recommend Me a Snowboard form and one of our team will get back to you with some advice and recommendations.
Positive camber offers the most power in a turn, energy transmission when riding hard and stability on landings over any other shape on the market. You also get superior pop to other shapes due to the Recoil properties of a positive camber. As Rome say, " Keep The king of Pop Alive!"
Sometimes referred to as 'negative profile' or 'banana shape', reverse camber is just as it sounds, a camber turned upside down. Basically the board bends up from the centre to tip and tail. Reverse camber offers a more skate like feel on freestyle or jib specific boards and superior float when riding deep powder. This profile is also good for beginners because it makes it more difficult to catch an edge and much easier to turn and manoeuvre the snowboard.
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A hybrid camber combines several camber profiles into a single snowboard. The aim is to give you the best of all worlds and, for the most part, manufacturers have absolutely achieved this objective. Perhaps the most common hybrid profile is to have reverse camber between the bindings and positive camber from the bindings to the contact points. This delivers a loose and catch free feel at slow speeds but gives you a stable controlled ride at high speeds or when landing off jumps.
A twin tip snowboard has an identical shape at the nose and tail of the board. This makes them easy to ride switch or regular and are perfect for freestyle snowboarding. An excellent choice for your first snowboard to encourage you to ride in both directions.
Designed to be ridden both switch and regular, these boards have a twin tip shape at the nose and tail but the side cut shape and the board's flex pattern are directional. This makes all mountain cruising easier but the board retains it's freestyle feel and playfulness. Perfect for all mountain and freestyle / park riders.
Directional snowboards are designed to ride in one direction most of the time as they generally feature a set back stance and a directional side cut / flex pattern. These boards still ride absolutely fine in both directions so switch landings are not a problem. If you want an all mountain / big mountain charger that can still ride the park then these are the way to go.
Length
It is important to choose a snowboard which is not too short and not too long for your body weight, for your riding style and for your ability level. A board which is too long will be difficult to turn and to control. A board which is too short will be slower and will not grip the snow and ice so well when you need it to. It will also sink more easily in powder.
We can help you choose the ideal snowboard. Simply complete our Recommend Me a Snowboard form and one of our team will get back to you with some advice and recommendations.
Ensure your snowboard is the correct width for your boots. If a snowboard is too narrow, your toes or heels may drag and catch on the snow - causing you to fall. If a snowboard is too wide, you will find it difficult to transition between turns. It is not a precise science; riders with a wide stance and open angles can ride much narrower boards but stick to this guide and you will not go far wrong!
We can help you choose the ideal snowboard. Simply complete our Recommend Me a Snowboard form and one of our team will get back to you with some advice and recommendations.
Your weight is one of the most important factors when selecting a snowboard. If you are too light for a snowboard, it will be difficult to control; if you are too heavy, it will be difficult to hold an edge.
We can help you choose the ideal snowboard. Simply complete our Recommend Me a Snowboard form and one of our team will get back to you with some advice and recommendations.
If you are a complete beginner, there is absolutely no point in buying a snowboard that is intended for advanced riders, it will actually hinder you instead of help you progress. Choose the ability level closest to what you are now and be honest with yourself! This way you can find a board that will catapult you to that next ability level in no time.
We can help you choose the ideal snowboard. Simply complete our Recommend Me a Snowboard form and one of our team will get back to you with some advice and recommendations.
We do not sell dedicated beginner's snowboards because most riders will quickly outgrow one of these! Instead, all the beginner / intermediate snowboards listed on our website have been selected because they are suitable for taking most riders from beginner right through to intermediate level.
These snowboards are for people who are confident, comfortable and relaxed on their snowboard and are looking to either specialise in a particular riding style or to maximise their all mountain performance. To achieve the increased performance, these boards are loaded with technical features which most beginners would either never notice and therefore never benefit from or which might make it more difficult for them to quickly learn to to ride.
This handy features means that the boards sidecut is split into two, which means that you get a board that will run shorter and more manoeuvrable at slower speeds, but when you want to go fast, the full length of the sidecut engages to deliver a longer feel and more stability.
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