2019 Snowboards Overview (All Brands)

2019 snowboards are now available – well for most of the brands that I test anyway. Some you’ll be able to get right away, whilst for others, you can pre-order them.

These have been available in the southern hemisphere for the past few months but now they’re available in the northern hemisphere’s – the first signs of the 2018/19 season! Can’t wait (I know it’s the height of summer, but I can’t help it, I need my fix!)

Brands

As of time of writing this (July 11^th) the following brands have 2019 models available (that I’ve seen, there may be others that I haven’t seen).

Arbor
Capita
Never Summer
Jones
YES
GNU
Lib Tech
Ride
K2
Rossignol
Roxy
DC

I’m sure there are some that I’ve missed as well.

Other brands, like Burton, Rome, Salomon, Nitro & Bataleon won’t be far off hitting the shelves either

What’s on Offer this Season

A lot of the old favorites return, of course, but some with overhauls or more minor tweaks.

And, of course, there are some brand new models coming out and some being discontinued or renamed.

Some Newcomers

Here’s a quick list of some of the 2019 newcomers.

This list is far from exhaustive and are only for the brands that I’ve looked at thoroughly so far.

That’s just a selection of new boards from a few different brands but gives you an idea of how many new decks are out for the coming winter.

Most of the old models are returning too – in 2019 versions, but there are some 2018 models that won’t be returning with a 2019 model.

Arbor A Frame (not new but returning after a hiatus)
Arbor Cadence Camber
Arbor Cask
Arbor Formula Camber
GNU Spasym Asym
GNU T2B Asym
Jones Women’s Mind Expander
K2 Afterblack
K2 Broadcast
K2 Manifest
K2 Overboard
Lib Tech Dough Boy Shredder
Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Phoenix Dagmar
Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Phoenix Titty Fish
Lib Tech Lost Lib Round Nose Fish
Lib Tech Mc Way Finder
Lib Tech Orca
Lib Tech Stump Ape
Never Summer Heritage (not new but returning after a hiatus)
Never Summer Peacemaker
Never Summer Shaper Twin
Niche Ember
Niche Pyre
Ride MTNPIG
Ride Twin Pig
Ride Women’s Warpig
Rome Ravine
Rossignol Meraki
Rossignol Sawblade
Salomon Piece
Salomon Premiere
Salomon Speedway
YES Basic Decade

Again, this is not exhaustive, and I haven’t covered some brands here. Also, doesn’t include split boards or kids/youth boards

Some Notable Omissions

The following have been discontinued in 2019. Some of which were quite surprising to me, though some of which are still around, essentially (with some tweaks) and a name change.

Arbor Sin Nombre
Salomon Solomonder
Salomon Man’s Board
Rossignol Tesla
Rome Artifact (camber version)
Rome Mod-Rocker (the camber version is still there (and the Mod Stale is too) but the Rocker version is gone)
Rome Crossrocket
Rome Sawtooth
Ride Crook
Ride Alter Ego
Never Summer Onyx
Lib Tech Lost Lib Twin Rocket
Lib Tech MC Step Tail – Short/Wide
Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Phoenix – there’s the Jamie Lynn Dagmar, Titty Fish and Mayhem Colab – but the original is out of the line this season
K2 Turbo Dream
K2 Fastplant
K2 Subculture
K2 Happy Hour
GNU Swallow Tail Carver (which was new in 2018 so was only around 1 season)
GNU Hard Candy
GNU Metal Gnuru – replaced by the T2B which is essentially this board with a new name and an upgrade core
GNU Zoid
GNU Ladies Zoid
GNU Finsanity
Capita Thunderstick
Capita Supernova
Capita C.Slasher

Note that this list is not exhaustive and that it doesn’t include split boards or kids/youth boards.

More Details

Check out some more details on some of the brands above at the following links. I will publish more of these as the season approaches and will try to remember to add them in here as I publish them, but these are the ones done so far.

>>2019 Capita Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Never Summer Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Rossignol Snowboards Overview

>>2019 YES Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Jones Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Lib Tech Snowboards Overview

>>2019 GNU Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Salomon Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Arbor Snowboards Overview

>>2019 K2 Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Ride Snowboards Overview

>>2019 Rome Snowboards Overview