Welcome to Snowboarding Profiles’ 2022 snowboard gear preview.
Here we will take a look at what’s new, what’s old and what’s changed.
This post won’t go into any great detail (there are separate posts for each individual brand for that), but is here as a sort of contents page for all the different brands that snowboarding Profiles covers. And as sort of announcement of the 2022 gear coming available.
Not that it’s only just become available. As it seems to be the be the case every year (last year excluded to some extent due to Covid) gear seems to be available earlier and earlier, even if just for pre-order. Pre-order availability has already been around for a month or so – and in the southern hemisphere probably longer as they get set to start their season (and in some places have already started their season).
Out With the Old
Plenty of old favorites, some real surprises and some one-hit wonders from respective 2021 lineups have been axed and won’t be holding a place in their 2022 collections.
A lot of these are replaced with similar or similar-ish replacements, but some are just gone with nothing to fill the void.
The following don’t represent all of the brands but is a snap shot of some of the outgoing models.
Men’s/Unisex
- Arbor Cask
- Burton Family Tree Big Gulp
- Burton Family Tree Sensei
- Burton Mystery Skeleton Key
- Burton Kilroy Pow
- Burton Custom Twin Off-Axis
- Burton Paramount
- Burton Descendant
- Burton Name Dropper
- Capita Horroscope
- Capita Supernova
- Flux TT (bindings)
- Flux DSL (bindings)
- GNU 4
- GNU Billy Goat
- GNU Carbon Credit
- GNU Mullair/Essential Service
- GNU T2B Directional
- Jones Aviator
- Jones Lone Wolf
- K2 Cool Bean
- K2 Overboard
- K2 Simple Pleasures
- K2 WWW
- Lib Tech Doughboy Shredder
- Lib Tech MC Snake Kink
- Lib Tech Rasman
- Lib Tech Swiss Knife
- Lib Tech T.Rice Goldmember Split
- Lib Tech Travis Rice Climax
- Lib Tech Travis Rice Goldmember
- Never Summer Atom Split
- Never Summer Chairman
- Never Summer Dipstick
- Never Summer Heritage
- Never Summer West Bound
- Never Summer West Bound Split
- Nitro SHtik
- NOW X YES (bindings)
- NOW Recon (bindings)
- Ride Helix
- Ride Machete
- Rossignol Jibsaw Elite
- Rossignol Templar
- Rossignol XV Sashimi LG Light
- Rossignol XV Sushi LF Light
- Salomon 6 Piece
- Salomon HPS Wolle Nyvelt 159
- Salomon Speedway
- YES 420
- YES Ghost
- YES Globe Traditionalist
- YES Pro 20
Women’s
- Burton Day Trader
- Flux GU (bindings)
- GNU Klassy
- GNU Whip
- Never Summer Shade
- Ride Back Talk
- Rossignol Frenemy
- Rossignol XV Diva Split
- Salomon Gypsy Pro
- Vans Ferra Pro (boots)
Kid’s
- Arbor Helix
- GNU Semi-Gloss
- Never Summer Boys Bantam
- Never Summer Girl’s Starlet
- Ride Machete Jr
- Salomon Gypsy Grom
- Salomon Villain Grom
In With the New
Again this isn’t exhaustive and there’s still some brands to cover in here (and of course brands that Snowboarding Profiles doesn’t cover), but this is a snapshot of the brands I’ve looked at so far)
Men’s/Unisex
- Arbor Single
- Burton Family Tree Mystery Juice Wagon
- Burton Family Tree Wave Tracer
- Burton Family Tree Show Stopper
- Burton Family Tree Leaderboard Splitboard
- Burton Blossom
- Burton Cartographer
- Burton Instigator PurePop
- Capita Mega Merc
- Capita Pathfinder
- Capita Pathfinder Rev
- Capita Urgonnabok
- Flux CV (bindings)
- Flux TW (bindings)
- Flux EM (bindings)
- GNU Banked Country
- GNU Essential Service
- GNU GWO
- Jones Aviator 2.0
- Jones Mind Expander Twin
- Jones Storm Wolf
- K2 Excavator
- K2 Freeloader
- K2 Geometic
- K2 Special Effects
- K2 World Peace
- K2 Orton (boots)
- K2 Thraxis Clicker™ X HB (boots)
- Lib Tech Apex Orca
- Lib Tech Golden Orca
- Lib Tech Orca Split
- Never Summer Hammer
- Never Summer Harpon Splitboard
- Never Summer Icon Splitboard
- Never Summer Proto FR
- Never Summer Proto Splitboard
- Niche Fathom
- Nitro Optisym
- Nitro Slash Split
- Nitro Team Pro
- NOW Select Pro X YES (bindings)
- Ride Benchwarmer
- Ride Smokescreen
- Ride Split Pig
- Ride Zero
- Rossignol Resurgence
- Salomon HPS Louif Paradis
- Vans Baldface (boots)
- YES 420 Uninc JPS
- YES Basic Uninc RDM
- YES Hybrid Uninc DCP
Women’s
- Arbor Swoon Camber Splitboard
- Arbor Veda Splitboard
- GNU Ravish
- Jones Women’s Stratos
- K2 Format (boots)
- Never Summer Women’s Epik Splitboard
- Rossignol Airis
- Rossignol Afterhours Split
- Vans Luna Ventana Pro (boots)
- YES Rival
Kid’s
- Arbor Cheater
- Capita Jess Kimura Mini
- Never Summer Kids Yutes
- Nitro MiniGanger (splitboard)
- Ride Zero Jr
- Salomon Oh Yeah Grom
- Salomon Sleepwalker Grom
Observations
A noticeable increase in splitboard models have come out. In terms of snowboards there seems to be a net decrease in models for 2022 but a net increase in splitboards, with an overall net even effect. But there are certainly more split board models available for 2022 compared to 2021 (and 2021 was probably higher than 2020).
This trend isn’t too surprising with more people taking up splitboarding because of resort closures caused by Covid-19.
Some brands have consolidated their lineups quite a bit but some haven’t at all or even expanded. Perhaps could have expected a little more consolidation because of Covid-19 effects, but I think snowboarding was less hit than other industries, due to it being an outdoor activity and in most places, certainly in North America, remaining open, even if with reduced capacity.
Changes to Existing Models
There’s too much to go into into detail here, but check out the individual brand overviews at the links below, to learn more about significant changes to existing models.
Brand Specific Details on the New, Old and Tweaked/Overhauled
Follow the links below to check out the details for specific brands. I will add links to more of these as they are published on the site.
>>2022 Arbor Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Burton Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Burton Bindings Overview
>>2022 Capita Snowboards Overview
>>2022 GNU Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Jones Snowboards Overview
>>2022 K2 Snowboard Boots Overview
>>2022 Lib Tech Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Never Summer Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Niche Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Nitro Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Ride Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Rossignol Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Salomon Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Salomon Bindings Overview
>>2022 Slash Snowboards Overview
>>2022 Thirty Two Snowboard Boots Overview
>>2022 Union Bindings Overview
>>2022 Vans Snowboard Boots Overview
>>2022 YES Snowboards Overview
More overviews added here every week.
Snowboarding Profiles Reviews
As always reviews for any gear that was tested by Snowboarding Profiles will be released throughout the year. A good number have been published already and more will come out every week.
A View to Next Winter
This exercise always gets me super stoked on snowboarding gear – and makes me want to get up the mountain. It’s 28°C (82°F) where I am as I write this, so I don’t think there’s much chance of snow falling right now! But I can’t wait until it does.
For those in the Southern Hemisphere, hope you enjoy your season! For those of us in the Northern half of this planet, be patient the snow will fall again (and who knows you may even be able to travel south this winter, depending on how much things open up again around the world).
Why don’t you cover any Nidecker gear. Never see them o your site.
Hi Craig
Thanks for your message and great question. I haven’t gotten on any Nidecker gear so far, as they just haven’t been easy to get hold of. However, I have been in touch with them, just this week and going to get some stuff to demo this upcoming winter – so will have Nidecker reviews coming up – and will do previews for them too.