Construction and Materials

Pop the hood and you’ll see the Skate Banana follows the US Navy’s KISS principle. With a durable dual wood core bringing a delightfully soft flex this banana’s beggin’ to be buttered. Lock into your presses and it’s prime time for freewheeling and frolicking.

The low maintenance base isn’t the fastest on the market, not by a long shot, but it get the job done with minimal fuss. The more ‘basic’ ingredients also warrant a super reasonable price tag, you don’t have to be spending hundreds of bucks pumping it full of carbon additives and including all your complex tech wizardry to get a great snowboard and the Skate Banana is the case in point.

“The subtle ‘waves’ down the edges offer extra traction points for sketchy conditions and icy days on the hill”

Roundup

It’s classified as an all-mountain freestyle deck, we couldn’t say it’d be our first pick for really aggressive riders or those who get their kicks threading icy lines down couloirs, but if you’re looking for an easy-going snowboard with a surfy feel then you’ve come to the right place.

The Skate Banana wasn’t the first rocker snowboard to come to market, but it’s arguably the most popular and it managed to turn the tides of the camber-dominant market at the time. It sparked a veritable revolution. This is one banana that’s always stood out from the bunch. Rock on rocker.