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!
Female specific snowboards tend to be narrower because women have smaller feet. They also tend to be slightly be 'softer' and more flexible' because women tend to be lighter. Obviously they have pretty colours and flowery graphics too!
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
Your Boot Size
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!
There are several different types of snowboard available to you, each one has special characteristics and design features targeted to the type of riding you are looking to do.
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.
These boards have been used, but not very much! Most come to us direct from the manufacturer's or importer's test teams. They tend to be the latest models in superb condition, offering outstanding value for money.
A factory second is when there is a small cosmetic imperfection after manufacture. There may be a small scratch in the top sheet or a mark on the base. 2nd's have not been used as demo and have not been on display. These boards are a great bargain and are pretty much as new.
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..
Positive camber offers the best turn initiation, energy transmission 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!"
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.
A flat camber (zero or flatliner) profile is usually found on more freestyle orientated snowboards. The profile is completely flat from the contact points at the tip and tail and all the way through the middle section of the board. This gives you a loose, catch free feel when in the park. The only curved sections are the tip and tail.
A hybrid camber profile is a combination of both positive camber, reverse camber and flat camber technology. Some manufacturers have made profiles where there is reverse camber between the bindings and positive camber or flat from the bindings to the contact points. This will deliver a loose and catch free feel at slow speeds, but still stable and controlled at high speeds or landing off jumps
Your Weight
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.
Swallowtail snowboards are extremely specialist to deep powder. The feature a wider nose much like a tapered snowboard, but these powder monsters have a section cut out of the tail inorder to completely sink the back in the deepest of pow pow. If your going heli boarding or just obsessed with powder then one of these will be your perfect companion, if not then you may need something a little less specialist.
Tapered snowboards have a much wider nose than tail causing the nose to rise up and the tail to sink when your in deep powder. Similarly to rocker profiles, each manufacturer offers a different take on tapered shapes so make sure you know what your buying. Tapered boards are usually fairly specialist to powder or on piste cruising and can't really be ridden switch.
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.
Designed to be ridden both switch and regular, these boards offer up a direction flex pattern with a slightly softer nose. This makes landing in powder and all mountain cruising easier but still keeps the more freestyle feel through the board. Perfect for all mountain and freestyle / park riders.
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 more freestyle orientated styles of snowboarding.
Ability Level
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.
Beginner / Intermediate - These snowboards are for people who are taking their first lessons, starting to link turns or just want an easy to ride snowboard that will help them progress to the next level.
Intermediate / Advanced - These snowboards are for people who are linking turns, happy cruising the piste and experienced riders who want a top quality board.
Few and far between. Hand made snowboards are the very top end of the market and offer some of the finest produced decks available. These boards tend to come with a longer warranty and use the very finest materials. Unfortunately you do pay more for these boards but the results are well worth it.
Magnetraction is a very exclusive edge design that is one of the biggest revolutions in snowboard history. Like a cerrated knife, Magnetraction cuts through ice and hardpack with ease and delivers superior edge hold when combined with a reverse camber snowboard. It features 7 strategically located and sized ridges along each side of your edge. The biggest ridges are between your feet where your balance is centred, adding maximum control and power where you need it most. The ridges outside your feet are smaller and less aggressive, providing tip and tail control, while maintaining freestyle freedom. Another really nice feature of MagnTraction is the fact that you can run your edges de-tuned, but still have loads of grip, makes hitting boxes and rails much easier!
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.
AKA, skate kicks, radius to flat. These board feature an abbrupt nose and tail to allow the snow to be dispursed evenly in powder. This is a great feature fo snowboarders who are looking for a freestyle orientated snowboard that will still perform extremely well in the powder.
These boards include an extended effective edge, which means you can downsize a few cm's from the usual size you ride. For example, if you are usually on a 160cm board, you will find that a 158cm board with an extended effective edge will feel like a 160cm, but will have the added advantage of reduced swing weight and more manouverability.
Structurn bases include tiny dimples in the base which break down friction between the snow and your board - which allows you to hold your speed over flat spots easier.
