Modern snowboards

Manufacturers are basically producing freestyle, freeride, carving and race boards. The categories are not firmly separated, but overlap. The split board (divisible snowboard) occupies a special position among snowboards.

In general, a snowboard is 1 to 1.8 meters long and has a core of wood, foam or a honeycomb aluminum structure. The predominant material is still wood, while also often combining different types of wood with different properties. More stable wood strips that are too often placed in the holes for the binds are known as stringers. New technologies also use carbon fiber, fiberglass and similar materials to provide more stability.

Meanwhile, there are also snowboards for children that have correspondingly smaller dimensions. On the bottom is the driving surface, which may consist of different materials and wax absorption, which thus improves the sliding properties. The waisted boards have steel edges at the sides to allow them to grip on hard snow and to corner.

Meanwhile, there are so-called park boards without edges, which are designed exclusively for the fun park. On the top are two snowboard bindings mounted to secure the snowboard boots on the board. A distinction is made between plate and soft bindings, and between step-in and semi-step-in bindings.

Comparable boards on wheels are called freeboards. Driving on sand instead of snow is called sandboarding.

Materials of the core
The following materials are used for the core of snowboards:
Plastic
Wood
Aluminum Honeycomb
Carbon-Kevlar compound