Snowboards

Snowboard Buying Guide

Go to Snowboard Size Guide Below for those who know which snowboard they want

Choosing Snowboards can be as easy, or as difficult as you like.
The key things to remember are your snowboarding ability (be totally honest with yourself here), what type of riding you want to do and how much money you want to spend.
We try and offer a Snowboard setup to to suit all abilities, riding styles and budgets.  We can offer you an individual personal advisor to help you make the right choice before making your investment and parting with your hard earned cash. So then, onto the points mentioned above:-

Ability – From complete newbie wanting to buy their first board to more advanced riders with a few seasons under their belt, we will categorise these boards as “beginner”, “Intermediate” and “Advanced”. We know this method has been used before in the past but below we’ll give you our definition or each ability level. The good news is that there is plenty of crossover between boards and ability levels so even if you are a beginner, an intermediate board may well suit you just as well which means you can progress over time without the need to buy another board so soon.

If you are a beginner looking for a first board, look for the more loose, softer flexing boards as these won’t punish silly mistakes while your are honing your skills but equally will give you the opportunity to try out your first boxes, rails , nose and tail presses if you’re feeling really adventurous.

If you are Intermediates, wishing to progress, go for a medium flexing board and then decide whether you want to move to more towards “Jib/Freestyle” , “All Mountain” or “Freeride”.

“All mountain” as the phrase suggests. means that the boards should be capable of doing a little on piste, a little Jib or freestyle and a little powder.

“Jib” means that you will want to play around on boxes, rails and other park “toys”.

“Freestyle” means going off jumps (or kickers as they are known) while doing spins, inversions and grabs and any other manner of trick while in the air.

If you are Advanced, you will know by now given the number of seasons under your belt what you are looking for in your next board, so we won’t dwell on this.

Types of boards suited to the type of riding you want to do – Freestyle/Jibbing, All Mountain/All Terrain Freestyle and Freeride/Powder/Back Country.

Freestyle/Jibbing boards tend to be from soft to mid flexing twin shaped boards. The  real difference between jib and freestyle being that jib boards tend to be more lose and soft flexing to help lock onto rails and boxes whereas freestyle have more spring and pop in their tail and nose  to help get more air off kickers but equally tough to take hard landings.

All Mountain/All Terrain Freestyle has become the trend recently for riders wishing to take their riding out of the park and onto natural jumps, self built powder kickers and piste and powder riding but still wanting to do the odd bit of jibbing.

Freeride/Powder/Back Country boards tend to be slightly longer and wider with directional shapes which lend themselves to riding powder slightly better than the All Mountain boards but none the less are still quite good on piste. The tails are narrow to help it sink while bringing the nose up and out of the fresh snow.

Nitro Snowboard Size Guide

BOARD	SIZE (CM)	RIDER WEIGHT (LBS)	WAIST WIDTH (MM)	BOOT SIZE (US MEN)
QUIVER / DW FURY	157	130+	250
QUIVER / DW FURY	163	155+	250
QUIVER / DW FUSION	154	130+	253
QUIVER / DW FUSION	159	155+	254
QUIVER / DW HAZZARD	145	130+	250
QUIVER CANNON	173	130+	255	9-11
QUIVER POW	154	110+	280	11.5+
QUIVER POW	159	110+	255	9-11
QUIVER TREEHUGGER	149	110+	258	9-11
QUIVER SLASH	163	130+	260	9.5-11.5
QUIVER NUAT	163	130+	260	9.5-11.5
SQUASH	148	110-155	240
SQUASH	152	120+	245
SQUASH	153	110+	251
SQUASH	159	130+	255
SQUASH	163	155+	260
SQUASH SPLIT	152	110+	245
SQUASH SPLIT	159	130+	255
SQUASH SPLIT	163	155+	260
NOMAD	156	110+	252
NOMAD	161	130+	258
NOMAD	165	155+	260
DROPOUT	153	110-155	248
DROPOUT	156	120-165	252
DROPOUT	159	145+	256
/SHTIK/	149	120-165	245
/SHTIK/	151	120-165	246
/SHTIK/	154	130-175	252
/SHTIK/	157	145+	262
WOODCARVER	155	120-165	250	7-9
WOODCARVER	159	145-185	251	7-9
WOODCARVER	163	165+	257	9.5-11.5
SMP	155	120-165	252	7-9
SMP	158	145+	255	8-10
SMP	161	155+	256	9-11
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING	152	110-155	246	7-9
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING	155	120-165	248	7-9
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING	157	130-175	250	7-9
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING	159	145-185	252	7-9
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING	162	155+	254	7-9
TEAM EXPSOURE GULLWING WIDE	157	130-175	264	11.5+
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING WIDE	159	145-185	266	11.5+
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING WIDE	162	155+	270	11.5+
TEAM EXPOSURE GULLWING WIDE	165	165+	272	11.5+
T1	149	110-155	245	<7
T1	152	120-165	246	7-9
T1	155	130-175	250	7-9
T1	158	145+	252	7-9
T1 WIDE	152	120-165	262	11.5+
T1 WIDE	155	130-175	264	11.5+
T1 WIDE	158	145+	266	11.5+
MOUNTAIN	157	120-165	251	8.5-10.5
MOUNTAIN	160	145-185	256	9.5-11.5
MOUNTAIN	163	165+	259	9.5-11.5
PRIME	152	110 – 155	252	8.5 – 10.5
PRIME	162	155+	258	9.5 – 11.5
PRIME	158	145 – 185	256	9.5 – 11.5
PRIME	156W	130 – 175	268	10.5+
PRIME	159W	145 – 185	270	10.5+
PRIME	163W	155+	272	10.5+
PRIME	165W	165+	274	10.5+
SUPRATEAM	162	155+	263	10.5+
SUPRATEAM	159	145 – 185	254	8.5 – 10.5
SUPRATEAM	156	130 – 175	249	7 – 9.5
BEAST	158	130 – 175	250	7 – 9.5
BEAST	155	120 – 165	247	7 – 9.5
BEAST	151	110 – 155	241	5 – 7.5
TEAM	162	155+	254	8.5 – 10.5
TEAM	159	145 – 185	252	8.5 – 10.5
TEAM	157	130 – 175	250	7 – 9.5
TEAM	155	120 – 165	248	7 – 9.5
TEAM	152	110 – 155	246	7 – 9.5
TEAM	165W	165+	272	10.5+
TEAM	162W	155+	270	10.5+
TEAM	159W	145 – 185	266	10.5+
TEAM	157W	130 – 175	264	10.5+

Capita Snowboard Size Guide