Snowboarding is an extreme sport that involves performing tricks while flying high in the air and traveling at a high rate of speed. These elements can make the sport quite dangerous, so you'll want to make sure you have the best equipment before hitting the slopes or the halfpipe. Relying on well-known snowboard brands with good reputations can help improve your safety and enhance your performance.
Burton
According to the website Compare The Brands, Burton is the top snowboarding brand, with good designs, wide availability and good performance in snowboarding parks and on the mountainside.
Burton snowboards are known for their quality, and the brand is trusted by many professional boarders. According to Burton's official website, professionals and Olympians such as Shaun White, Nicholas Miller, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark use Burton snowboards.
Ride
Ride is another high-quality snowboard brand with a wide variety of models for boarders of all skill levels. The brand has a number of sponsored riders that compete in events such as the X Games, suggesting that Ride boards are reliable and durable.
In addition, "Snowboarder Magazine" named one Ride model, the Machete, as its top snowboard in the "Best of Test 2010." This assessment involved a survey of riders from across the United States.
Bataleon
Bataleon is a brand that has only been in the business of snowboards for six years but has found success already. As "Snowboard Magazine" notes, the brand is "rider-owned and operated," which allows for insightful design.
Bataleon is known for introducing Triple Base Technology, which "Snowboard Magazine" calls "one of the most influential advances in snowboard tech."
K2
K2 is another brand that found acclaim in "Snowboarder Magazine's" "Best of Test 2010" assessment--the brand's "Slayblade" model was rated the third best board overall.
K2 has a number of sponsored riders, including Shaun McKay, Jordan Mendenhall and Danny Larsen. K2 manufactures boards for men and women in four different lines: ATLAS, Progression, Women's and Youth.
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