Get ready to take your riding into the backcountry and beyond. This winter our expert buyers have carefully selected the very best hardware from your favourite brands, to ensure that your next alpine adventure is the ride of your life. Delve into the depths of the mountain this winter with our top 5 off-piste snowboards and carve your way to glory. Get ready to feast your eyes upon our top 5 boards to keep you stoked this season.
 

 Off-Piste Snowboards

Never Summer Cobra Snowboard

Features:

• Carbonium Laminate Technology: Lightweight design – maximise torsional response and strength where it’s needed the most
• Original Rocker Camber: Rocker underfoot – floatation & mobility + camber outside of mounting area – edge hold & pop
• Vario Power Grip Sidecut: Multiple radiuses creating extra contact points to enhance edge hold & quicker turn initiation
• STS Pretensioned Fibreglass: Stronger bond between the glass laminates for unmatched strenght, edgehold and performance
• Bi-Lite Fiberglass: Delivers incredible freestyle and freeride performance without sacrificing durability
• NS SuperLight Wood Core: Extremely light wood with durable hardwood for an unrivalled strength-to-weight ratio
• RDS 2 Damping System: Lightweight system that provides the perfect balance of freeride stability and freestyle liveliness
• Elastomeric Underfoot Stabilisers: Optimum vibration absorption & increased high speed stability while reducing fatigue
• Sintered P-tex Sidewalls: Maintain their integrity at any temperature, no matter how cold
• Durasurf XT Sintered 5501 Base: High density base is extremely fast and will provide unmatched performance and durability
• Other Features: Carbonium topsheet, P-Tex tip and tail protection, full wrap metal edge
• Terrain: All Mountain

 
Power and precision are what the Cobra is all about. Carbonium Laminates for a blend of lightness and strength. Vario Power Grip Sidecut for enhanced edge hold and superfast turn initiation. The tail is blunted for flotation and nose is drawn out to cut through the pow like a knife through butter. If you’re looking for  a board to relax and cruise on this is not the board for you. This one’s better suited to charging the mountain and attacking powder stashes.
 

Never Summer Infinity Snowboard

Features:

• Bi-Lite Fiberglass: Delivers incredible freestyle and freeride performance without sacrificing durability
• Carbon VXR Laminate Technology: Transfers energy to the end of the effective edge, tip/tail & gives a more forgiving flex
• Original Rocker Camber: Rocker underfoot for floatation, mobility & forgiving feel with the spring & edgehold of camber
• Vario Power Grip Sidecut: Multiple radiuses creating extra contact points to enhance edge hold & quicker turn initiation
• NS Custom Flightcore: Premium hardwood and ultra light softwood laminates with layers of elastomeric vibration dampers
• Elastomeric Vibration Dampers: Increase vibration absorption the faster you ride while maintaining snap and liveliness
• RDS 2 Damping System: Lightweight system that provides the perfect balance of freeride stability and freestyle liveliness
• Elastomeric Underfoot Stabilisers: Optimum vibration absorption & increased high speed stability while reducing fatigue
• Sintered P-tex Sidewalls: Maintain their integrity at any temperature, no matter how cold
• Durasurf XT Sintered 4501 Base: High density base is extremely fast and will provide unmatched performance and durability
• Other Features: P-Tex tip and tail protection, full wrap metal edge and gloss topsheet
• Terrain: All Mountain

High performance all terrain deck that handles powder, hardpack and natural features with ease. With Elastomeric vibration dampeners which increases dampening the faster you go and Vario Power grip sidecut for amazing edgehold and turn initiation this is the choice for the all mountain charger with pow in mind.
 

Rome Mountain Division LTD Snowboard

Features:

• Free-The-Ride: A combo of positive, flat and rocker for power-meets-float with high turning responsiveness
• Directional: Longer nose than tail letting you ride super fast in your natural stance
• AirPop Core Matrix: Poplar for strength and pop with 5 zones of super low-density wood for maximum lightness
• Turborods-Carbon Double Barrel: Ends of rods near tip/tail load more energy, flex more dynamically & self-dampen quicker
• Z-Tech 20: 2 inch strip of strong, lightweight Zylon down the centre for even more ollie pop without increasing stiffness
• SuperlightBiax Laminate: Insanely lightweight biax pattern keeps the torsional flex smooth and fun
• SinterSpeed Base: Super fast base that absorbs large amounts of wax for multiple days of straight-lining powder
• Good Vibes Sidewalls: Increase strength & dampens chatter when you initiate and exit turns for a better feel & response
• Terrain: Freeride

 
 
 
 
New addition to the Rome line up for this season fully loaded with Rome tech. Built with the Free-to-Ride camber. Rocker in front for flotation and easy turn initiation, flat mid section and camber at the back for response and snap. This is one for the riders who opt for a method in the pillow-line rather than triple cork in the park.
 

 

Gnu B‑pro Snowboard

Features:

• C3 BTX: Dominant and aggressive cambers out to the contacts combined with mild rocker
• Subtle Banana rocker ensures freestyle freedom to the max with stability
• Magne-Traction: Serrated edges create great edge hold all over the mountain, particularly on hard pack and ice
• Twin Shape: Symmetrical nose and tail for perfect freestyle/ freeride performance
• Core Blend: 3: Great Lakes Aspen (light, strong, smooth) with Rocky Mountain Aspen (poppy feel)
• Liquid Crystal Polymer: Plastic as strong as titanium for a smooth, strong, poppy ride
• Bio Beans Topsheet: Earth-friendly bio-plastic top skin made from beans
• UHMW Sidewalls: Ultra High Molecular Weight exterior sidewalls from soy-based elastomer…Totally bombproof!
• Sintered Base: The toughest, fastest, best wax holding base
• Construction: Every Gnu board is handbuilt in the USA
• Artwork: Adam Haynes

 
 
If you check what a rider like Maria Debari uses this for then you get an indication of what this board can do away from the piste or park. Built with a mixture of rocker between your feet and an aggressive camber out towards the contact points for best mix of looseness and stability. The serrated Magne-Traction edges  makes sure you never loose grip when there is more ice than pow or if you just fancy some early morning groomers to warm up. A portion of sales from each board is also donated to B4BC (Board For Breast Cancer) Foundation.
 

Salomon Sickstick Snowboard

Features:

• Tapered Twin: Stance centered within effective edge while tail is pulled in slightly to help with floatation & response
• Flat Out Camber: Flat profile loaded with camber under the feet for maximum stability and response when you need it
• Quadratic: Blend of elliptic curves for easy turn initiation, effortless direction changes and fluid edge to edge transit
• ABC Wrapper: Patented process uses structural bamboo veneers to reduce fiberglass & resin content by 40%
• Popster: Shaped core maximises the natural snap and powerful pop of the wood for skate-like versatility
• BA MD: Medium-density fibreglass layers for guaranteed consistency of quality on light and lively boards
• Ghost Green Core: Light and poppy core made using the best wood strips and carefully selected sustainable light wood
• Bamboo + Cork Rails: Liveliness of Bamboo mixed with cork composite for the best direct feel and dampening
• Sintered EG Base: Superior wax retention, Gallium to strengthen impact resistance & Electra for a super fast glide
• Fine Stone Finish Base: Particularly efficient on Sintered EG Base – speed up in powder and soft snow
• All Mountain Edge Bevel: Strategically detuned sidecut for a solid edge hold with no hang-ups

 
The name gives an indication as to what you can expect. Riders after a pow board that can handle most things you put in front of it can rely on this. Centred stance for all-round use but with a tapered shape and slightly shorter tail for amazing response and float. Backcountry, side country and some piste bashing in between is where this board feels at home.
 

 
If any of these boards have whet your appetite and got the good ol’ slope juices flowing, but you still just can’t decide – don’t hesitate to give our friendly customer service specialists a call! They’re experts in their field and can give you all the information you may need. Unsure of which camber is for you? Looking for a new park board to suit your style? Drop them a line! You may even get a little inside knowledge in to the apres ski scene as most of them are veteran seasonaires.
 

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