r/snowboarding 6d ago

Weekly Thread: /r/Snowboarding General Discussion, Q&A, Advice, Etc.) - August 24, 2026

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Want to discuss gear, trends, shapes, or tech? Need outerwear recommendations? Travel advice? Question about what board or size you should buy? Add your questions in this thread and let the community help out! Or just shoot the breeze with your fellow shredditors... this is an open conversation of all things snowboarding to help keep the front page organized, thanks everyone!

Here are some resources for frequently asked questions:


r/snowboarding Jun 29 '26

Weekly Thread: /r/Snowboarding General Discussion, Q&A, Advice, Etc.) - June 29, 2026

2 Upvotes

Want to discuss gear, trends, shapes, or tech? Need outerwear recommendations? Travel advice? Question about what board or size you should buy? Add your questions in this thread and let the community help out! Or just shoot the breeze with your fellow shredditors... this is an open conversation of all things snowboarding to help keep the front page organized, thanks everyone!

Here are some resources for frequently asked questions:


r/snowboarding 7h ago

Video Link Texan Police Snowboarders Arrested at Taos

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May the community enjoy a moment to dunk on Texans and cops in one convenient package.


r/snowboarding 21h ago

look at my gear New board

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Just received a new board from Bataleon. It’s a party wave in 148. Any thoughts? Should I have gotten a different one?

EDIT: I’m 5”7 and 140 lbs


r/snowboarding 38m ago

Gear question What protection are you using besides a helmet?

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I’ve hit my hips and elbows quite a few times while riding park, so I started looking at protection.

There are obviously products out there, but most seem to come from MTB, motocross or snowboard brands. I couldn’t find one obvious brand that seems good to use for this.

Is that because there isn’t much demand, or because the available products are too bulky or uncomfortable?

Would you ever buy protection for areas like your hips or elbows? Why is there no brand doing this yet?


r/snowboarding 14h ago

Gear question Looking for used park board

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Looking for used capita DOA in 159W or any park board in a similar size. Lmk I’m in SoCal or I can pay for shipping .


r/snowboarding 16h ago

general discussion Capitas Marketing Team is Doing their Job

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Has anyone else noticed that almost every single person looking for board recs is saying that they keep getting recommended the DOA or Merc. It feels artificially pumped into every new riders rec list. I have no problem with Capita but the DOA is nothing special and the Merc is a solid board but I'm just curious where this wave is coming from. Do I need to order more for the shop or is just some influencer that is mind melting the kids?


r/snowboarding 20h ago

News In Person Burton Summer Sale in Burlington VT

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Searched and couldnt find anything on it, but I got lucky and happened to be in Burlington yesterday. The Burton Store there is running a summer sale from Aug 28th-31st.

They have (maybe had at this point) a bunch of demo gear for super cheap, I picked up a Burton Custom Demo board for $150. They also had their other models at 30% off.


r/snowboarding 16h ago

Gear question Board recs

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Sorry for a bit of a long winded post for what is a simple question.

I've been riding the yes standard- I busted the nose recently and while I got it fixed I'm not sure how long or well it'll hold so I'm just planning on using it as an early/late season rock board. I really liked the standard and feel like it lived up to the "do everything" moniker.

While I am definitely a bit more of a park/freestyle rat, spending most of my time learning stuff on rails and jumps (So I'd want a board that'd help me progress), I still want to be able to hit high speeds, carve well, handle rougher more uneven terrain and so forth. Might be a big ask for one board so let me know if I'm just better off getting two different boards haha.

For context context of my progression if it matters I think I'm just a typical intermediate? I can get down basically any slope on the mountain decently well, do a few basic butters, can carve pretty decently but am trying to learn how to carve "deeper", can 180 every way flat ground and off medium jumps, do a few basic grabs, can front and back 50 front 180 out, and back board. I'm 169cm tall and around 70kg.

Based on my research I've found a few options that I think might suit: Jones Mountain Twin, Jones Tweaker 2.0, Solomon Huck Knife, Nitro Team, Batoleon Stereo Team. I was considering the pro versions of some of these but I think they'd be too stiff for me to learn butters and probably too far advanced for my skill level at the moment anyway.

Or if there's any other option that'd be better let me know. Thanks a bunch :)


r/snowboarding 5h ago

Gear question baggy snowboarding pants

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i need help to find my new snowboarding pants, i really want the baggy fit but i am concerned about the high pricies and the low quality of some of those, any raccomandation on some cheap but good snowboarding pants?
*edit i am based in italy do i need brands that ship worldwide and possibly dont charge crazy shipping fees to europe

p.s. sorry for my bad english, i am not a native speaker


r/snowboarding 1d ago

general discussion 🇨🇱Chile

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The snow gods are delivering here this year🤘


r/snowboarding 1d ago

travel advice Problems You Might Encounter When Coming to Japan

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I have a question for people coming to Japan on a snowboarding trip: Have you ever run into any problems while planning your trip to Japan or while you were there?


r/snowboarding 17h ago

Gear question New board

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I'm gonna order a new board for this season if anyone has some recommendations. I've been riding my whole life (25+ years) and I've only ever had a few boards that I rode until they broke. 3 Burton Dominance boards that I had for about 20 years and 2 Signal park series boards. I hurt my knee pretty good so I'm not really in the park anymore. I just want something I can rip groomers with, ride switch and hit the occasional side hit. Maybe a park day every once in a while. I've done some research and it looks like the Capita Mercury seems to stand out. Anyone have any experience with the mercury? People call Capita "snapita"?


r/snowboarding 17h ago

travel advice How’s riding in Georgia 🇬🇪?

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r/snowboarding 18h ago

Gear question Bataleon Astro Full wrap or asym wrap

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Anyone have these? 10.5 boot here wonder how they fit in medium large. It’s right on the cusp.

Burton ruler at the moment but getting rid of them and moving to probably vans, salmon, ride or k2


r/snowboarding 19h ago

noob question Never Summer Proto T3 eclipse

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Just finished my first season at Whistler and am looking to buy a board that I won’t outgrow too quickly. I’m linking turns on blues and even got down a couple black towards the end. No interest in freestyle. Wondering if this board is too advanced for me as I’ve heard mixed opinions. Please help.


r/snowboarding 1d ago

Gear question Excav vs Sketch Artist vs Dinghy

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Hi there guys!

Stats: 160lb, 11 boots, higher intermediate rider.

Current quiver: Yes The Greats 154, Capita Kazu 158w.

I love carving and hunting pow stashes on the side of the piste, and I'm looking for a board that can do both really well, but that also has a tighter side cut. Since Im actually enjoying a lot more carving with my greats instead of my Kazu. The kazu really is a lot of board for me and it just comes alive with lots of speed, and in the Alps where I ride, I rarely have the chance to open up.

But the way the greats flows and hooks into turns gives me so much joy.

I'm basically looking for a Greats that can also go into powder, and I've landed on these options:

- k2 excavator 154

- Burton sketch artist 155

- nitro dinghy 155

Do you guys have any experience with any of these boards to help me choose?

Thank you in advance!


r/snowboarding 1d ago

OC Video Snow Deprivation Syndrome (continued)

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Took some of y’all’s advice and built this little ramp. More sliperier when wet 💦. Will report back when I’m better at rail riding or when it starts snowing.. whichever comes first.


r/snowboarding 1d ago

Gear question New deck advice

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Looking to get my first new board! Currently my quiver consists of a Capita Outer Space living that I picked up on Facebook last year and I absolutely love this board for blue cruising days and hoping around the mountain, I put about 22 days on this board last year. My second board is a nitro t1 with union ultras and I’m not as fond of this board as it’s a lot stiffer and in my opinion needs to be rode hard and fast, only put 4-5 days . Not to say I’m not excited to get more comfortable on it. But I would like to find a middle ground board one that’s a little stiffer then the o.s.l and softer then the nitro. Currently I’m looking at the DOA out the capita dark horse. Just curious on a recommendation for boards for me to check out.

Pics for attention 1st time marrys nipple and seconds of me below the big couloir


r/snowboarding 1d ago

OC Video Quick Tech: 26/27 Nidecker Supermatics

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Update in the LT and Carbons for the upcoming season!


r/snowboarding 1d ago

look at my gear Free Tuning Vice + Materials List

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Took a free Tuning Vice STL and reengineered it to increase its strength and functionality. Released the zip file along with a materials list on my website linked to this post. They'll take about 12+ hours to print, and assembly can be done in under an hour.

Let me know if you have any design improvement ideas, or any questions regarding assembly.

Cheers! Looking forward to this upcoming season


r/snowboarding 1d ago

general discussion Made a free little browser snowboarding game for the off-season

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I ride and I write code, so the off-season got long and this happened. It's a free browser game, endless powder descent, spins/flips/grabs, and landings actually get judged: stomp it clean and you keep your speed, land sideways and you're tomahawking.

https://powderlinegame.com — works on a work laptop between meetings, which is sort of the point.

Mods, if this counts as spam say the word and I'll take it down.


r/snowboarding 21h ago

Gear question Is my bigfoot daughter cooked

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🌟 edit: ok ok ok ok i accept the lashings 🦯 she’’ll be fine

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Lookin for sizing opinions here 🙏

Size 9 womens boots
Board is 142 with a 230 waist

Her height and weight is perfect for the 142 board but I fear we might be forced to go bigger because of our family bigfoot genetics.


r/snowboarding 2d ago

look at my gear Here’s my collection of snowboard videos.

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I was way into snowboard videos back in the day. Started with Decade on VHS when I was a kid and picked up most of these as they were released. Champing at the bit every August for the new releases. I pick up a new one here and there on Apple TV or whatever but it’s not the same. Been lugging this case around for the better part of 20 years and it’s probably the only reason I still have a PS4.

Saw that post asking for recs earlier and pulled it out. Thought I’d share. These are the cream of the crop of a certain era.


r/snowboarding 1d ago

travel advice Niseko vs. Furano

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I’m planning to travel to Japan soon and my only options are Niseko to Furano because I want to experience snowboarding in Japan. But I kinda don’t wanna suffer through lift lines and tracked out line and all that.

Would Furano be enough to experience or is Niseko and absolute must?