What is the difference between the different types of snowboards? (all-mountain/freestyle/freeride/etc)
I'm looking into buying my first snowboard, and there's all kinds of types:
- All mountain
- Freestyle
- Freeride
- Splitboards
- Powder
What's the difference between these types?
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The different types of snowboards are:
All-mountain: Versatile snowboards that can be used on all parts of the mountain, including machine-groomed runs, backcountry, and park and pipe.
Freestyle: Boards that are light, short, and flexible, and ideal for terrain parks and doing tricks (riding rails, jibbing, etc)
Freeride: Boards that are ideal for backcountry riding and going fast on groomed runs.
Splitboards: Boards that can split in half for backcountry climbing.
Powder: Boards that will spend most of their time in deep powder. They have wide waists, wide noses, and are generally rocker shaped to prevent the edges from catching.
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