Past Season Cheap Snowboards Lists

BEST CHEAP FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD

Board: Arbor Relapse

Price: $389

SnowboardingProfiles.com Freestyle Rating Score : 86.3/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

The Arbor Relapse, before even taking price into account, is a great freestyle board. In fact it ranks 6th/36 for 2022 in the Top 10 Freestyle Snowboards. 

Then taking price into account, it is a good $59 less than the average price of boards I looked at - and well above the average score.

There are some cheaper freestyle snowboards, but they're not that much cheaper and as far as value for money goes, the Relapse tops the list. 

The Slash Happy Place has occupied this spot for a few years now and is also an awesome freestyle deck and great value for money. But after testing the relapse, it had to surpass it this year, but the Happy Place still easily second on the list. 

Note: The average score for the 12 boards that cost $399 or less was 79.8.

Notable Alternatives

• Slash Happy Place (85.7 points | $399), which was a close second place; and
• YES Dicey (88.5 points | $429); and
• Burton Kilroy Twin (85.2 points | $419); and
• The YES Basic (84.6 points | $399)

BEST CHEAP ALL-MOUNTAIN-FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD

Board: Capita Outerspace Living

Price: $449

SnowboardingProfiles.com All-Mtn-Freestyle Rating Score : 85.6/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

Even though the Outerspace Living actually went up $30 in price this year, it's still the best value for money all-mountain-freestyle board, IMO. 

It’s my 9th overall pick for all-mountain-freestyle snowboards (not taking price into account), and it’s $48 cheaper than the average snowboard in this category.

So, it scores well above the average and a price well below the average, and ranking above a number of boards that cost a good bit more than it, the Outerspace Living is the obvious choice here, for me.

Alternatives

The next closest in terms of value for money, IMO, would be the Endeavor BOD, coming in at $429 ($68 below the average) and with 83.3 points. 

BEST CHEAP ALL-MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARD

Board: Slash Brainstorm

Price: $429

SnowboardingProfiles.com All-Mountain Rating Score : 88.3/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

At $78 cheaper than the average score and with a score way above the average score - and being the cheapest board in my top 10 all-mountain snowboards list (coming in at #7), this was a bit of no-brainer for this spot this year.

In fact this board went down in price by $20 (which is almost unheard of in this industry for boards to go down in price, but it does happen - the Brainstorm case in point). 

Alternatives

Honorable mentions to:

• the YES Typo ($449 | 87.7 points); and
• the Dinosaurs Will Die Wizard Stick ($449 | 84.6 points); and
• GNU Essential Service ($459 | 86.4 points)

BEST CHEAP AGGRESSIVE ALL-MTN-FREESTYLE SNOWBOARD

Board: Salomon Assassin Pro

Price: $549

SnowboardingProfiles.com Aggressive All-Mtn-Free Rating Score : 90.7/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

Seems crazy to have a $549 board make a "cheap" snowboards list, of course, but if you're looking for an aggressive all-mountain-freestyle board, you're looking at least $499 (of the 12 I rated - this is a pretty niche category - especially after changing my definition for it this year).

The Assassin Pro is $28 cheaper than the average price for boards in this list, was the cheapest in my top 5 aggressive all-mountain-freestyle list - and also tops that list.  

Alternatives

There are some semi-aggressive all-mountain freestyle boards that were taken into account in the all-mountain freestyle section and not here. But there are some cheaper options there that are semi-aggressive, if you're looking for a cheaper option. The two best value for money, IMO: 

• the Niche Crux ($499 and 88.5/100); and
• the Capita DOA ($499 and 83.3/100); and

BEST CHEAP AGGRESSIVE ALL-MOUNTAIN SNOWBOARD

Board: Nitro Team Camber

Price: $499

SnowboardingProfiles.com Aggressive All-Mtn Rating Score : 83.1/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

Whilst not the most aggressive, aggressive all-mountain board going around, it's still something you can get aggressive on. And at a price over $87 cheaper than the average but with a score pretty close to the average, the Nitro Team Camber is the standout when it comes to this category.

It’s the 3rd cheapest overall that I looked at in this category and was also ranked 9th best.

Alternatives

In a category that has a very high average price, there aren't too many cheap options, but the

• Jones Frontier (though only semi-aggressive) ($479 | 80.9 points); and
• the Slash ATV ($529 | 91.0 points) is another good cheaper option (ranked #1 in my aggressive all-mountain list) 

BEST CHEAP FREERIDE SNOWBOARD

Board: GNU Banked Country

Price: $529

SnowboardingProfiles.com Freeride Rating Score : 87.4/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

Whilst not too many would consider $529 cheap - for a freeride board, it really is. With a price $90 less than the average, it's considerably lower priced than most in this category. 

And it still managed to claim the #5 spot in my top 10 freeride snowboards list and scores way above the average score. 

Alternatives

• Niche Maelstrom ($569 | 86.8 points); and
• Burton Flight Attendant ($579 | 89.0 points); and 
• Salomon Super 8 ($499 | 81.3 points)

BEST CHEAP MELLOW FREERIDE SNOWBOARD

Board: Capita Navigator

Price: $479

SnowboardingProfiles.com Freeride Rating Score : 90.0/100

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Why This Board Was Chosen

The Navigator comes in $77 cheaper than the average price for this category and way higher than the average score. Enough said. 

Alternatives

The Endeavor Scout ($399 | 87.8 points) was a very close second and the GNU Gremlin ($499 | 84.4 points) deserves a mention too. 

BEST CHEAP BEGINNER SNOWBOARD

Board: Nitro Prime

Price: $299

SnowboardingProfiles.com Beginner Rating Score : 92/100

Why This Board Was Chosen

The Prime is the equal cheapest I looked at for this category and ranks 5th overall in my top 15 beginner snowboards list. It's a nice $131 cheaper than the average price. A steal for that first board to progress on.    

Price is taken into account for the scores for beginner boards – so this is somewhat skewed for this category.