Editor’s Note: 2015 gear has arrived! View the best snowboards, the best women’s snowboards, the best snowboard bindings and more in our 2015 Snowboard Gear Guide.
Unearthing the best boards of the season is no easy assignment. First, those digs are dangerous, often fraught with frivolous technologies, big words and unstable compounds. Second, it’s remarkable how many boards claim they’re the best, or even the “best of the best.” Navigating that field of BS is like pondering the intellectual dichotomy of “jumbo shrimp,” it’s enough to send you into anaphylactic shock.
Yet, with some heavy analysis and intensive labor we found a few gems among the debris, the boards that through either true innovation or proven design shone bright in a site filled with undistinguished rubble. We uncovered men’s snowboards with mechanics beyond comprehension and intelligent designs soon to be hallmarks of progression. Yet surprisingly as often, we found old school technique like camber and asymmetrical design equally compelling. These are our Platinum Picks exposed.
2014 Women’s Snowboards | 2014 Women’s Boots and Bindings
See Also: Go behind the scenes with Tim Peare in crew to see how we shot the 2014 Buyer’s Guide
Slash ATV Snowboard
Read our full review of the Slash ATV in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
CAPiTA The Outsiders Snowboard
Read our full review of the CAPiTA The Outsiders in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Lib Tech Hot Knife C3 BTX Snowboard
Read our full review of the Lib Tech Hot Knife in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Flow Darwin Snowboard
Read our full review of the Flow Darwin in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Smokin’ Awesymmetrical Snowboard
Read our full review of the Smokin’ Awesymmetrical in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Salomon The Assassin Snowboard
Read our full review of the Salomon The Assassin in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Never Summer Evo 4.0 Snowboard
Read our full review of the Never Summer Evo 4.0 in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Burton Landlord Snowboard
Read our full review of the Burton Landlord in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
Jones Aviator Snowboard
Read our full review of the Jones Aviator in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
YES. The Asym Snowboard
Read our full review of the YES. The Asym in our 2014 Online Buyer’s Guide
