UPDATE: Check out our list of the Best All Mountain Snowboards for 2019-2020 here
With an increasing number of specialised boards hitting the market in recent years, it’s easy to forget that the lion’s share of the snowboard-purchasing public are actually after just one board with which they can do it all – the quiver-killer as it were. The boards we present to you here have been singled out due to their excellence at taking you anywhere you might wish to ride.
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How To Choose A Snowboard
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Of course, if you only want to throw roosters then a pow-specific gun will be your best bet; likewise if you just have eyes for the jib line or the streets then a model built with riding such terrain will offer you the most fun – if you have the cash then go ahead and build that quiver! But the best all-mountain snowboards should be able to effortlessly take you from powder laps in the morning to a post-lunch park sesh, all the while making the on-piste blasting and sidehitting a blast.
“The best all-mountain snowboards should be able to effortlessly take you from powder laps in the morning to a post-lunch park sesh”
It’s worth noting that there are spectrums within spectrums: some of the decks that made our best all-mountain snowboards shortlist will be better suited to mainly riding park but dabbling in powder, and vice versa. Though the majority will be directional, thus best suited to going forwards, some will be true twins. But our rigorous testing has confirmed the boards in this list will function admirably wherever.
So, with a little self-analysis you should rest safe in the knowledge that whatever the conditions or terrain, these boards will be able to take all that you throw them at in their stride.
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Bataleon Fun.Kink | Bataleon Storm | Gnu Money | Head Stella | Jones Dreamcatcher | Nidecker Rave | Ride Hellcat | Rome Gang Plank | Rome Kashmir | Salomon Assassin | YES Basic Decade
