Top 5 Women’s Freeride Snowboards 2019-20 (Past Season)

Board: Jones Dream Catcher

Price: $479

Flex: Medium-Stiff (6/10)

Rating: 82.2/100

Starting the list in the #5 position is the Jones Dream Cathcer. 

Whilst not what I would call strictly a freeride board, the Dream Catcher is something that I would call all-mountain bordering on Freeride, but it's certainly the kind of board that you can use for freeriding and scores well enough in the category to make this list. 

It's the kind of board that is at home in powder, on the groomers, in the trees but also something that's forgiving enough that you can also take it for the occasional park lap. 

This is the cheapest board on this list too, so if you're looking for a good low cost freeride option, and want something that's on the more forgiving side for a freeride board, the Dream Catcher should be on your radar. 

Score Breakdown for the Dream Catcher

Board: GNU WHIP

Price: $479

Flex: 

Rating: 84.4/100

* HARD/ICY SNOW OPTION

Next we have the GNU Whip. This board is new from GNU for 2020 and features a C3 Camber profiles that will help you rip carves and bomb the mountain. 

Not quite as floaty in powder as others on this list, but otherwise, it's a freeride powerhouse, that works epecially well for those that see hard/icy conditions often. 

Score Breakdown for the WHIP

Board: Burton Family Tree Story Board

Price: $549

Flex: Medium- Stiff bordering on Medium (6.5/10)

Rating: 84.4/100

The Story Board is a great option for surfing powder, when you get those powder days. But it can also tear up the groomers when there's no fresh pow around. 

So if surfing powder is your number 1 concern but you still want to be able to lay down a carve on a groomed run, then the Story Board might be a great option for you.

Score Breakdown Story Board

Board: Never Summer Lady West

Price: $519

Flex: 

Rating: 90.6/100

In at #2, we have Never Summer’s Lady West. 

Like it's men's counterpart (the West Bound), the Lady West is new from Never Summer for 2020 and it's a great new addition to their line.

It's a smooth, consistent, yet also hard charging board that carves well, handles the uneven terrain well, can bomb and floats well in powder - everything you want from a good freeride board. 

Score Breakdown for the Lady West

Board: Jones Women’s Flagship

Price: $649

Flex: Medium Stiff (7/10)

Rating: 90.6/100

And in at #1, we have the Jones Women's Flagship. 

The Women's Flagship underwent some fairly significant changes for the 2020 model, making this board less of a straight line bomber, but a much more well rounded, more agile deck, that's just a little more forgiving than it's previous models. 

What it lost in flat-out bombing, it gained in uneven terrain, agility (now a much better board in the trees) and for jumps. 

But that doesn't mean you can't ride it fast. It's still very very good when opening it out and bombing - just not quite as freakishly bomby as previous models. 

Still definitely a board for the steep and deep - but it's evolved into a more modern feeling, more well rounded option. 

Score Breakdown for the Flagship