The 10 Best Freestyle & Park Snowboards of 2022-2023

GNU Gloss C2E Snowboard - Women's

The GNU Gloss C2E Snowboard is what snowboarding is all about. Sure, it uses some pretty fancy tech like Magne-Traction edges and a C2e rocker profile, and it comes with a stylishly witchy design, but at its core, this board is all about simple pleasures. It's a blunted freestyle twin that's built for glory day in the park and dream days hot lapping with your friends. It's poppy, playful, approachable, and fast. It's simple snowboarding done right.

Rome Artifact Pro

In 1,000 years, when the mountains are barren and no one remembers what it was like to slide on snow, archaeologists will unearth a Rome Artifact Pro Snowboard and marvel at its features. The Artifact Pro picks up where the Artifact left off, with its tried-and-true twin shape, classic camber, and flax impact plates. Double Kick rise in the nose and tail makes presses and landings even simpler and a carbon HotRod in the core provides a snappy feel that's begging to butter or launch you further into the air. True twin, 5 out of 10 flex, traditional camber, and an understated b/w graphic. They say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, and in this case, we’d agree. Your tricks may be lost to time but at least your board can show what a shredder you were, so grab the Artifact Pro and make your mark on history. Best for any level park rider looking for traditional performance and predictability, and at an affordable price point to boot.

Ride Kink

The park is yours as soon as you strap into the Ride Kink Snowboard. For the most part, it's a very traditional freestyle snowboard: a full camber profile, all wood core, symmetrical shape, and beefed-up edges. But Ride gives it a little twist in the form of the quadratic sidecut, adding a bit of their signature flair to an exceptionally dependable park deck. It has a smooth flex, plenty of pop, solid edge hold, and intuitive handling for sending jump lines, pressing boxes, and locking onto rails. There’s a reason that the Kink has been a part of Ride’s board line for as long as we can remember. While this is one of the most affordable boards on this list, Ride equipped the Kink with a stone ground sintered base, a base material and treatment usually reserved for higher-end rigs. For the dedicated, budget-conscious, park rat, who likes a flexy stick on hill!

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Lib Tech Terrain Wrecker C2X

Cue up the Miley Cyrus because you're about to hit the mountain like a wrecking ball. The Lib Tech Terrain Wrecker C2X Snowboard is an all-mountain destroyer that's ready to hit the slopes. This directional twin is sturdy and stable charging down groomers and runouts, and lives to spin and tweak its way through the air. It's a park board that it would be a shame to confine to just the park, with vibration dampening, speed-needing properties that are just waiting to be unleashed.

CAPiTA The Outsiders

The little voice inside your head telling you to pin it towards the lip of that monster jump without scrubbing your speed? It's the CAPiTA The Outsiders Snowboard. Engineered with traditional camber and a boatload of tech, this is a confidence-inspiring board that's thirsty for high speed and huge stomps. It's got tons of pop, stability, and responsiveness, and comes updated with all-new Aramid Body Armor for improved vibration dampening and strength in high-pressure zones. Spend a little time and look into all the Mothership has packed into this thing on our product page: FC Hover Core, HolySheet Fiberglass, Magic Bean Resin, Hyperdrive Base, etc. etc. etc. Best for the intermediate to advanced rider who wants their board to progress with them and inspire confidence on bigger features.

The Selection Process:

Our snowboard buyers have an endless amount of knowledge on all things snowboarding stemming from years of experience in the snowboard industry in tandem with their countless hours spent on slopes everywhere from groomers to the remote backcountry around the world. evo's buyers assess all products coming to market, lean into this knowledge, and put together this selection of the best products. They have a unique perspective as they truly see everything offered across the category.