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- Best Snowboards of 2012 -
Most Popular Boards for Review and Purchase
The best snowboards page is newly updated and designed to share up to date reviews and information on the most current and popular snowboards on the market.
Each board below has a review by Snowboard-Review.com, which I feel is a good non biased and high quality resource for board reviews. Along with a link to it's specific purchase page at The-House.com.
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[Best Snowboards -Men] [Best Snowboards -Women]
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Arbor Draft - 2012
The Arbor Draft is the weapon of choice for the new crowd of jibbers learning their buttery trade at Bear Mountain, Southern California. If you watch Nick Visconti and Scotty Vine destroy the jib line, you’ll know what this snowboard is capable of. The Robusto tips have been developed to limit the amount of damage you’ll cause with a head on rail ding.
Read full review of the 2012 Arbor Draft Go to purchase page for 2012 Arbor Draft
Bataleon Disaster - 2012
Expect to see the Disaster’s distinctive Dollar graphics a lot next season, this board is going to sell like hot cakes with 50 dollar bills hidden within the tasty exterior. Jib specific TBT is new to the Bataleon line this season and maximises board on rail contact without compromising on the Bataleon catch-free feel. Bataleon’s Combat wood composite core is lively but damp making the Disaster a great board for urban rail rippers.
Read full review of the 2012 Bataleon Disaster
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Bataleon Evil Twin - 2012
Every brand has its flagship and this is our Madonna, Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley. But instead of going down with drugs and alcohol we gave this board lipo, botox, and a facelift. The new and enhanced TBT tip and tail lets you fly through any kind of snow with ease. Slush, crud or powder this nose takes it all and smooths out your ride in ways you haven’t experienced before. It’s like giving the holy Madonna a boobjob! Feels at home in the park but we have seen this board handle everything. Read full review of the 2012 Bataleon Evil Twin Go to purchase page for 2012 Bataleon Evil Twin
Burton Custom X - 2012
Double-overhead McTwists, threading needles, and sending it at jacket flapping speedóif this is your style, then the Custom X™ is your board. Pro-stock performance for riders like Frederik Kalbermatten and Kazu Kokubo, it combines razor-sharp response and cat-like edge control with helium-huffing weight. Now supercharged with Squeezebox for strategically targeted snap and stability that gives you more while working less. Read full review of the 2012 Burton Custom X Go to purchase page for 2012 Burton Custom X
Burton TWC Pro - 2012
Shaun White started developing his first pro model at age 13. Needless to say, he’s got a pretty good idea of what he wants. The TWC Pro is the exact board Shaun rides at the X-Games, in the trees of Japan, and everywhere in between. With an extra fast base, the pop and precision of camber, the vice-like grip of Frostbite Edges, and the unlimited adjust-ability of The Channel gives you the keys. Now unlock it.Read full review of the 2012 Burton TWC Pro Go to purchase page for 2012 Burton TWC Pro
GNU Riders Choice - 2012
The Riders Choice is the go-to all-mountain freestyle weapon in the GNU arsenal. This year the Riders Choice gets tweaked with the addition of an asymmetrical shape. The heelside sidecut radius is tighter than the radius on the toe edge to make cranking those tight heelside carves a little easier and making the board feel livelier as a result. The rest of the Riders Choice remains un-messed with, it has Mervin’s C2 Banana profile, Magne-Traction and Gnu Sintered 9900 Alloy Base. Read full review of the GNU Riders Choice 2012 Go to purchase page for GNU Riders Choice 2012
Jones Mountain Twin - 2012
Well if you thought that Jones Snowboards was going to be a freeride one trick pony then you are sadly mistaken, the Jones arsenal includes an all mountain twin shaped snowboard appropriately named the Mountain Twin. Forest Shearer, Jonaven Moore and a load of up and comers have been putting time in on the Mountain Twin making sure it lives up to its name. For the 2011/12 season the Mountain Twin is available as a splitboard. Read full review of the 2012 Jones Mountain Twin Go to purchase page 2012 Jones Mountain Twin
K2 Happy Hour - 2012
The K2 Happy Hour is the replacement for the aging Believer. Fashioned in the Dark north by Snowboarding Troll Danny Larson, when this twin, zero camber board isn’t thrashing the park and throwing Danny into all manner of handplants it’s a great weapon for stabbing unsuspecting skiers, snow BMXers and those stupid Snow Tubing rings. Go forth and puncture!
Read full review on the 2012 K2 Happy Hour Go to purchase page for the K2 Happy Hour
Lib Tech Attack Banana - 2012
The Skate Banana is the board that changed Lib Tech’s fortunes and placed them at the forefront of snowboard design. Having won countless awards and changing snowboard design forever the Skate Banana is undoubtedly one of the best snowboards today, and a modern classic. The Skate Banana is the definition of an all-mountain jib stick; ridiculous fun all over the mountain in whatever conditions the weather throws at you, thanks to a Banana Tech profile and Magnetraction edges. Jib-kids and park-junkies that ride in icy conditions most of the time but want a softer board with the capacity to grip and hold an edge should take-note.Read full review of the Lib Tech Skate Banana - 2011 Go to purchase page for the Lib Tech Skate Banana BTX Snowboard
Lib Tech Travis Rice - 2012
Watch Brain Food’s latest release, the Art of Flight and bear-in-mind that Travis Rice was riding this snowboard when he filmed it! The Lib Tech Travis Rice is an all-mountain charger that tracks perfectly through the pipe, is snappy in and out of turns, glides in powder and fires off jumps like Evel Knievel on his Harley Davidson, minus the broken bones.
Read full review of the Lib Tech Travis Rice - 2012 Go to purchase page for the Lib Tech Travis Rice - 2012
Arbor Cadence - 2012
The Cadence takes features and design elements form the successful Westmark and Draft men’s boards and fine tunes them narrowing the waist for female snowboarders. Riders who like to ride the park will enjoy the soft flexing reverse camber profile but appreciate the Grip Tech edges when the temperature drops and soft slushy conditions transform to rock-like hardpack.
Read full review of the 2012 Arbor Cadence Go to purchase page for the 2012 Arbor Cadence
Burton Feelgood - 2012
Year after year, the Feelgood™ is the top selection for pros like Hannah, Natasza, Ellery, Maddy, Linn, SinaÖand countless others. Ripping the envelop wide open, it combines proven performance into an all-around recipe that’s often emulated but never outdone. Synergizing power and precision, we’ve redesigned the core with NEW True Flex and energized the Lightning Bolts to finely tune edge control, stability, and pop around the way women ride. Read full review of the 2012 Burton Feelgood Go to purchase page for the 2012 Burton Feelgood
Burton Fortress - 2012
If you want to stay with women specific snowboards, the Burton Fortress is as serious as it gets. Every step has been taken to keep weight down but increase response and power while retaining a manageable feel. The Fortress has a Vaporskin topsheet to keep weight down and boost pop and there’s a specially profiled Dragonfly core which uses varying grain orientations to focus pressure along the Frostbite edges, this is also aided by Lightning Bolts which are Carbon strips that run from under the bindings to the edge. To top it off, Carbon I-Beam reinforcement runs the length of the board for extra return out of carves and ollies and Smooth Ride dampening will keep the board well-mannered under your feet even when the going gets rought. Read full review of the 2012 Burton Fortress Go to purchase page for the 2012 Burton Fortress
Burton Lux V 2012
At first this just looks like a really beautiful board, but upon closer inspection you’ll realize the Lux V-Rocker™ is more than just a pretty face. Graceful on any terrain and featuring the latest in women’s-focused flex, feel, and function, its premium blend naturally boosts your ability to ride faster, ollie higher, and carve with more finesse. Bottom line, whether it’s park, pow, or laid-back cruising, this is one multi-tasker everyone will enjoy.
Read full review of the 2012 Burton Lux V Rocker Go to purchase page for the 2012 Burton Lux V Rocker
K2 Fling - 2012
If you’re after a good time then the Fling is worth a whirl. Designed for lapping the Terrain Park and general cruising, the twin shape is perfect for those that want to push their switch riding and the zero camber profile makes the Fling catch free and extremely press-able on the groomers and park jibs. Carbon Web keeps pop in the nose and tail for getting airborne.
Read full review of the 2012 K2 Fling Go to purchase page for the 2012 K2 Fling
Nitro Mystique - 2012
Take the all-mountain performing Nitro Addict, soften it up a little, narrow the waist and spruce it up with a purple-ey paint job and hey presto you’ve got the women’s Nitro Mystique! There’s nothing mystical about that.
Read full review of the 2012 Nitro Mystique
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