It’s that time of year where we take a look at the upcoming 2023 snowboard gear.
This is more like a big picture overview of everything. If you want finer details of the changes for each brand that we cover, see the links below to each brand’s overview.
As we release more brand overviews, I’ll add the links to those here too. More coming out every week as we approach the 2022-2023 season.
The Snowboarding Product Landscape of Late
With Covid interrupting supply and generally disrupting just about everything, this was bound to influence the industry.
Last season it meant everything seemed to become available late and in short supply. This season feels very different. In fact most things have come out early (at least for pre-sale) and this is perhaps something that brands started to work on when they knew that 2022 supply would be late. They got onto 2023 stuff early so that they could try to make up for lost time – and the fact that less past season gear would be around this time of year, because of that reduced supply. Just spitballing really, but that’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it 😉
Some Snowboard Product Trends
One trend I have noticed is that, for the most part, brands have either stuck to around the same amount of products on offer on average. Though there are some that have reduced their line ups and some that have expanded.
There are still a fair amount of new items that have come in – beyond just rehashing or renaming older models – despite all of that – but typically a fairly equal amount of exiting items. Turnover maybe not to the same extent as in the past, but there are still a good number of genuinely new items available and some significant tweaks to existing models as well.
One other trend that has been obvious for 22/23 is that prices have gone up. They typically go up (on average) every year anyway, so this in itself is nothing extraordinary. But prices on average have gone up more for this year’s boards than they have in any other single season since I’ve been tracking prices (since 2014). This is no doubt in response to inflation and reduced sales for 21/22 product.
As was the case for 21/22, splitboards are on the rise again – though not quite to the same extent as they did last season.. There are a number of splitboards exiting to make way for the new ones, but more are coming than are going still.
Let’s take a quick look at some of what’s retiring and what’s fresh for 2023.
Out With the Old
This isn’t everything of course, and as I go through more overviews I’ll add more here. But this is a snapshot of some of the 2022 models that aren’t returning with a 2023 model.
Some surprise omissions as there always seems to be. Some replaced by very similar models and others not so much.
Men’s/Unisex Snowboards
- Arbor Terrapin
- Burton Kilroy Twin
- Burton Kilroy 3D
- Burton Family Tree Mystery Juice Wagon
- Burton Family Tree Leader Board
- Burton Family Tree Wave Tracer
- Burton Family Tree Show Stopper
- Capita Asymulator
- Lib Tech Skunk Ape
- Never Summer Peacemaker
- Never Summer Ripper
- Never Summer Big Gun
- Niche Hawthorn
- Salomon Villain
- Salomon Ultimate Ride
- Salomon HPS Wolle Nyvelt
- Slash Aurora
- YES The Y
- YES Hybrid Uninc DCP
- YES Uninc JPS
Men’s/Unisex Splitboards
- Burton Family Tree Leader Board Split
- GNU Gorp
- Never Summer Icon Bound Split
- Never Summer Harpoon Split
- Salomon HPS Taka Split
- Salomon Speedway Split
- Salomon Pillow Talk Split
Men’s/Unisex Bindings
- Union Contact Pro
- Union Milan
- Union Explorer FC (splitboard bindings)
Women’s Snowboards
- Jones Airheart
- Never Summer Lady West
- Niche Ember
- Salomon Gypsy
- Salomon Pillow Talk
Women’s Splitboards
- Never Summer Lady West Split
- Never Summer Women’s Epik Split
Kid’s
- Burton Chopper
- Burton Chicklet
- Never Summer Kid’s Yutes
- Never Summer Kid’s Shredder
Some of the most surprising/disappointing retirees, for me, are the Burton Family Tree Show Stopper, Capita Asymulator, Never Summer Lady West and Union Contact Pro/Milan.
In With the New
Again, this list isn’t exhaustive but covers some of the new snowboards, bindings etc that have come in for 2023. I’ll add more as I update the individual brand overviews.
Men’s/Unisex Snowboard
- Arbor Satori Camber
- Burton Family Tree First Cut
- Burton Family Tree Forager
- Burton Family Tree Territory Manager
- Burton Good Company
- Burton Mystery Con Artist
- Burton Name Dropper (returning)
- GNU Forest Bailey 4 x 4
- Jones Tweaker
- Lib Tech Jamie Lynn ‘96
- Lib Tech Rasman
- Lib Tech Skunk Ape II
- Salomon Abstract
- Salomon Highpath
- Salomon HPS Wolle Nyvelt Fish
- Salomon Super 8 Pro
- YES 420 (returning)
- YES PYL Uninc DCP
- YES Standard Uninc
- YES Warca Uninc JPS
Men’s/Unisex Splitboard
- Arbor Satori Split Camber
- Arbor Landmark Split Rocker
- Arbor Landmark Split Camber
- Capita Mega Split
- Capita Powder Racer Split
- GNU Banked Country Split
- Jones Stratos Split
- Jones Ultra Stratos Split
- Salomon Highpath Split
- Salomon HPS Taka Split 2.0
Men’s/Unisex Bindings
- Union Atlas Pro
- Union Ultra (returning but quite different)
- Union Charger (splitboard bindings)
Women’s Snowboards
- Jones Airheart 2.0
- Never Summer Lady FR
- Never Summer Women’s Proto Slinger
Women’s Splitboards
- GNU Barrett Split
- Never Summer Lady FR Split
- Salomon Bellevue Split
Women’s Bindings
- Union Women’s Ultra
Kid’s
- Arbor Satori Youth Camber
- Burton Grom Ketchup
- Burton Grom Purple
- Burton Mini Grom
- Capita Children of the Pow
- Jones Ultra Prodigy
- Salomon Dancehaul Grom
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.
>>2023 Never Summer Snowboards
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. More will come out every week.
Looking Forward to Next Winter
We’ve got some exciting new things we’re looking to do to further improve our reviews and our recommendations, which we’ve started preparing and implementing in the off season and hope to implement more as the season gets underway. Also looking forward to getting our hands on the 2024 gear this winter!
For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, hope your season is going well. For the rest of us, hold tight, winter isn’t too far around the corner and we’ll be shredding up the slopes in no time!
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