Mountain Weekly News Picks: Best Women’s Snowboards

Fun fact: did you know that females only make up 32% of the snowboarding population? Even funner fact: 60% of snowboard sales are made online! Which is why we here at Mountain Weekly News personally test the gear and provide reliable, honest experiences with equipment.

This women’s top snowboards list is showcasing 5 boards that will answer your questions and relieve you from being on a forever quest for the perfect board this season. Bonus: help increase the 32% female snowboarder statistic by leading a group of girlfriends out on boards! There’s an ideal board for all styles of riders on this list of top women’s snowboards.

Best Women’s Snowboards

Jones Dream Weaver

This Jones freeride board has a tapered directional rocker with a nose that’s designed to keep the board floating over 1” of snow. There’s nothing worse than charging after a big storm, and you get bucked from too much snow piling on top of your nose. The Traction Tech 2.0 edges aid in connecting each turn on groomers or crud, while the usage of recycled, oversize edges maintain long lasting durability for the handful of times you get the urge to hit a rail or box in the park. Combine this board with the Jones SkateTech bindings for exceptional control in all conditions.

Jones calls the Dream Weaver their “Playful Charger”, and the board exceeded expectations. It proved to be fun and flirty while resilient, and is a fantastic board for beginner-intermediate riders. It loves short turns, and its softer flex will boost your confidence. The Dream Weaver is a no brainer for anyone wishing to start boarding, or looking for their next upgrade. IF you’re looking for a more aggressive board, check out the Coalition Myth at the bottom of this line up. Sizes range from 139cm – 156cm.

Coalition Myth

The Coalition Myth snowboard is one of, if not the hardest charging, all mountain boards in this line up. Rumor no more, Coalition created a wormhole when they birthed the Myth. This allows for women to be hard-charging AND unlimited in where they go while traveling all aspects of time and space on the mountain.

You’ll find the Myth to be an inviting, medium flex board that will progress beginners and advanced riders alike. The flat camber between the bindings, positive camber underfoot, and rocker in the tip and tail give you a dynamic, yet secure, everyday board for all conditions.
I found myself highly impressed with the Myths carving capability on groomers and over ice, while keeping me in control on the crazy, off-piste, dense snow here in Tahoe. Riding this board feels playful yet powerful, and is a solid choice for a daily driver. Its true twin shape helps encourage growth for beginners, and allows the more advanced to expand on their riding potential. I have no doubt you’ll become obsessed with this board once you get a taste.

Coalition uses FSC certified popular wood core to help absorb chatter, and maintains a sustainable stiffness that transfers energy from turn to turn. If you’re ready to defy your own limits and excel on snow, pick up this burley, good time girl and become your home mountain’s own myth. Sizes range from 143 cm to 155 cm.

Nitro Mercy

Park enthusiasts, look no further than the Nitro Mercy Snowboard. This is a freestyle, twin shape board created with the guidance and stamp of approval of pro athletes Christy Prior and Alexis Rolland.The Nitro Mercy will ensure you rarely – if ever – catch an edge on take off, have long lasting durability to stomp your next best trick, and encourages your urban fantasies with softer flex.

Nitro’s Cam-Out Camber underfoot helps stabilize the board when you pop into and off of rails and boxes, while the early rise in the tip and tail give you assurance that you won’t catch an edge while taking off in your next spin. Intermediate to advanced riders will feel an unmatched sense of confidence unlike ever before with the Dual Aggressive Sidecut. The tight radius in-between the bindings helps you control how hard you lay it out in the turn, while the gradual radius out to the tip and tail sets you up for a safe entry and exit turn to turn.
Riding this board proved to feel playful while performing butters, strong in absorbing landings, and responsive in every take off. The durability and longevity of this board is impressive- for someone who is extremely tough on gear, I felt like I finally met my match! A testimonial of Nitro’s RailKiller edge that is double the thickness to withstand your long term relationship with urban and park riding. Sizes range from 138 cm to 149 cm.

Here’s our picks for the best women’s snowboards for 2022 from the Mountain Weekly News annual women’s snowboard test.  From big mountain, camber, rocker and freestyle boards there is a women’s snowboard designed for every style or riding.  These boards rip, and the women that ride them snowboard even better thanks to some serious upgrades in women’s snowboard shapes and designs over the past few years.

Arbor Mantra Rocker

The Arbor Mantra Rocker will have you repeating in your mind: I am snappy, I am lively, I am in flow with life. Why? Because you will get lost in your own trance of happiness soaring the entire mountain on this soft-medium, all mountain, twin flex board.
Arbor stands out in many ways, but my absolute favorite aspect is how they have dedicated rocker and camber boards. As a rider with experience, you are bound to know what way you lean. If you enjoy higher speeds, responsiveness, and require a board that’s more aggressive, go with the System Camber. If you enjoy speed but equally love a surfy, playful, fluid ride that encourages spins and slides, go for the System Rocker.

I would compare this as a perfect inbetween board of the Jones Dream Weaver, and the Nitro Mercy. The Arbor Mantra is a great option for ladies who are beginner to intermediate and seek a grippy, yet easy to switch from regular to goofy kinda style. This board held up on groomers, in the park, and cruising a few fresh feet of snow.

The two systems that define the camber and rock performance in Arbor boards are built from their Grip Tech and Parabolic Profiling. This helps create ergonomic and real time handling changes in snow variation, like groomers to ice, and take off to landings. Grip Tech in the Rocker System allows for greater edge hold in the toe and heel, white the Parabolic Profiling lowers the leading edge so you can spin, butter, or switch on a dime.Sizes range from 138 cm – 153 cm.

Rossignol Airis

The Rossignol Airis is a versatile board for ladies who enjoy being a jack of all trades and indulge in a little bit of everything the mountain has to offer. Not having a direct speciality in the powder or park, I consider this a mellow, medium flex board that can fulfill freestyle needs.

This board gives off Goldilocks vibes. It’s not too aggressive, not too poppy, and is just right for riders who seek stability on icy runs, with the option to set back your binding stance for knee-deep days. On waist deep days, I advise you to check out a powder specific board, or the Jones Dream Weaver. Rossignol’s AmpTek All Mountain design places 50% camber between the feet and 50% rocker on the tip and tail, helping this board maintain its integrity for casual riding with bursts of speed or air. This design definitely upheld in jibbing off side hits while maintaining a decent edge hold on carve turns. I see this as a reflection of the 5S serrated edges that provide 3 additional points along the sidecut that keep each turn smooth while locked in.

The Rossignol Airis is an easy to ride, easy to perform board for ladies who enjoy cruising with ease and flow, yet are more advanced in technique. Although it can perform everywhere, I wouldn’t recommend this board to anyone looking to ride fast down steep terrain with long turns, or who spend ample time in the park. Sizes range from 143 cm to 152 cm.

Best Women’s Snowboards Past Winners

Burton Stylus Snowboard

There’s no need to worry about how you’ll look when it’s your first time on the mountain with the Burton stylus. Made for beginners, this super soft all mountain board is here to show you the ropes. First time riders are looking for catch-free edges and symmetrical shapes to find perfect balance while cruising the corduroy. It won’t be long until you’re jibbing down the runs and switching like a pro.

The Burton Stylus is a traditional twin board with a Flat Top profile to blend control and play. A stable base with rocker in the tip and tail allow for effortless transitions from heel side to toe side. This versatile board will give you a taste of what it’s like to set an edge, butter, and zoom in and out of the trees. Burton’s Fly 900G Core is simple yet strong, using two wood types to keep the board light while maintaining its pop. Top of the line core profiling is used through Burton’s Squeezebox Low technology, where stiffer zones exist outside of the feet for precise energy transfer. A soft flex highlights your ability to manipulate this board according to the terrain you find yourself on. Pulling it all together is The Channel Mounting System, providing you with incredibly easy access to adjusting your stance for wherever the adventure takes you. Riders who are new to the sport and wanting to excel quickly, grabbing the Burton Stylus is your one way ticket to the fast lane.

Capita Birds of a Feather Snowboard

If you were to read about one board to fit your needs, you would need to read no further. The Capita Birds of a Feather is a premium board and hands down a personal favorite for your freestyle and all mountain endeavors. Intermediate to advanced riders take flight on this medium stiff deck without hesitation. If you’re ready to have your mind blown, this best selling and award winning board will simply show you what it’s made of.

We’ll start the bragging sesh by complimenting Capita’s rocker Resort V1 profile. It begins with a positive camber middle, zero camber on the contact points, reverse camber as it transitions from flat to tip or tail, and rocker the rest of the way. This flawless design delivers smooth turn initiations and reliability. We love a solid twin shape, making riding switch or regular a walk in the park. The Dual blaster V2 core elevates this to a premium board with its Poplar strips blended with Paulownia. Lightweight and assertive, this board can handle high volume impacts. Especially when you combine it with its award winning Fortress Kevlar Bound Sidewalls that double down on unmatched performance. Bridging the sidewalls and the core materials as if they were never apart, this S-wrap screams strength. The Capita Birds of a Feather is a timeless board that is a must have in any serious rider’s quiver.

Capita Space Metal Fantasy Snowboard

The power behind Capita’s Space Metal Fantasy board is limitless as it comes back in 2022 without any change ups. They say when it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and this award winning board has definitely found it’s sweet spot. Capita’s true twin, freestyle, rocker-flat-rocker design captivates it’s riders within moments of gliding down rails, carving at high speeds, or jumping into fresh pow stashes.

Space Metal Fantasy is traditionally seen as a park board, but that severely limits its potentiality. For a soft – medium flex and true twin shape, playful forgiveness greets you as your push past your own limits. Capita’s Park V2 Profile introduces the rocker/flat/rocker style, showing off dual reverse camber paired with raised contact points. You get the best of both worlds with snappy reaction time and cosmic floatation in the deep stuff. FSC Certified Dual Core is a mandatory feature for riders looking to surpass last season’s accomplishments. Weightless Poplar and Beech uphold a long lasting and punchy flex that is uniform throughout the board, making the next biggest trick easier to nail. To formally preach how capable the Metal Space Fantasy is, Superdrive Bases enhances longevity with repeated exposure to high impacts. This combination of extruded and sintered bases creates Sintruded, emphasizing surface hardness. To the ladies looking to thrash in the park and soar off jumps into fluffy landings, Capita’s Space Metal Fantasy will leave you radically impressed by its next level versatility.

Bataleon Spirit Snowboard

It’ll be hard for you to not be in good spirits as you butter your way down the hill on the Bataleon Spirit snowboard. This direction twin is fit for all level riders, making any learning progression full of fun. This is an all mountain deck that inspires curiosity while instilling courage as you begin to embody and expand your own unique style.

Bataleon’s softest board embraces their mellow, positive camber in combination to their 3BT (Triple Base Technology) design. This improves the spring-like feel under foot without the worry of catching an edge with lifted contact points. Unparalleled edge hold is engaged with little pressure, creating a seamless transition from bombing straight down the run and into quick turn initiation. The soft flex allows for a flowy freestyle and freeride experience that illuminates your style without sacrificing integrity. The Super Slick X and Flip Flop base technologies provide a maintenance free, sustainable, and long lasting board to match any amount of impact you throw at it. With Bataleons Spirit Snowboard you’ll be cheesin’ as you blaze through pow stashes, pop over terrain park features, and soar over groomers.

Arbor Ethos Snowboard

Calling all Environmentalists- Arbor designs their snowboards with a brighter, more sustainable future in mind. This is a perk of taking the steps towards the Arbor Ethos. This fully rockered, all mountain board is a great start for any entry-level gal looking to learn how to ride the snowy waves. With Grip Tech technology under the bindings, optimizing your progression as you expand your style has never been easier.

Engaging, flexible, and smooth on the transition, this directional twin board is easy to control. The Rocker System by Arbor delivers seamless turn initiation by mimicking the design of a surfboard with its reverse camber platform. Four contact points on the heel and toe edge are factory tuned to be catch free, while Recycled Steel Edges maintain durability without compromising sustainability. Taking it to the next level, Bio Resin replaces petroleum bases, reducing the carbon footprint up to 40%. These definitive features are intentionally constructed to produce high quality products for a high quality ride. As you explore higher speeds, large landings, and sharp turns, the Arbor Ethos will meet you every step of the way.

K2 First Lite Snowboard

It’s a new year and you need a new hobby that’s addicting, that is when you look towards the K2 First Lite. This beginner, all mountain, traditional twin board is shaped perfectly to increase the time you spend on your feet. Hop back and forth from switch to regular as you fall in love with the fundamental support this board provides.

Ranging from sizes of 138 – 154, this board invites any gals with a curiosity for snowboarding to the center stage. An incredibly thoughtful profile design of flat underfoot and rocker outside of the bindings into the nose and tail make this the perfect first board. With an overall average rating for all obstacles on the mountain, you’ll truly be able to get a taste of the cool, crisp mountain air in your lungs as you cruise groomers, pop in and out of the trees, and prowl the park. An entirely Aspen core defines durability and snap, while Biaxial Glass provides an easily manipulated flex pattern. A nightmare of many beginners is catching an edge, and with K2’s Catch-Free Tune, the small bevel in the tip and tail make progressing at a quick pace easy. For anyone looking for a simple board, the K2 First Lite will go above and beyond the horror stories your friends gossip about.

Lib Tech Cortado Snowboard

You say you still want a rocker board but with camber undertones? I get it sister. That’s why Travis Rice stepped in to help design the Lib Tech Cortado, an all mountain freeride monster. He sought out to create a board of balance and resilience without sacrificing precision and traction for the ladies ready to kick it up a notch. Kinda like ordering a fresh cortado from your favorite barista, let this board deliver the bitter and the sweet straight to your soul.

Looking at this board’s edge, you’ll first notice the Magne-Traction. Located with intentionality, these serrated points provide glue like edge hold in the best and worst conditions. Camber/rocker/camber is paired with medium stiffness to highlight the OP (Original Power) Construction, an environmentally friendly combo of 75% Aspen and 25% Paulownia core. It’s your time to drop into hard-charging lines without hesitation while you explore the freedom the Lib Tech Cortado has to offer.

Salomon Lotus Snowboard

The Salomon is a softy, but don’t think you can push her around without any kickback. This directional twin board soars through freestyle movement with a directional punch at high speeds for a stable ride no matter the weather. Lady shredders looking for an easy going companion that can hold its own will find the Salomon Lotus to be top notch choice.

We look to the lotus to provide newer riders with the Bite Free Edge Bevel, Biaxial Low Density Fiberglass, and Radial Sidecut. The Bite Free Edge Bevel allows you to put any nerves at bay as you practice fun butters and lively pops on the landings. Catching an edge is not on our list for 2022! Next we look at the Biaxial Density Fiberglass which is constructed of low-density fibers that ensure the spirited play of this board is never lost. The Radial Sidecut tops off this easy going twin shaped board by making practicing bouncing between regular and switch a happy memory. All you lady shredders that are looking to fall in love with snowboarding, grab yourself a Salomon Lotus and get your groove on!

Jones Stratos Women’s Snowboard

Can we take a moment of silence for this all around quiver killer? Jone’s wasn’t messing around when they introduced the Stratos to their lineup. Ladies who have experience with controlling a stiffer board and are looking for one board to fit all of their needs, well, here she is. Coming in sizes of 146, 149, and 152, this hybrid all-mountain artifact beholds a directional freeride body with a freestyle spirit. As women, we like being able to rip it and grip it on the hardpack with confidence, show off our style in technical steep terrain, and nail huge landings into the pow while staying afloat.

The advanced technologies behind these bold achievements array from, but are not limited to, the 3D contour base, FSC Ultra Core, and Traction Tech 3.0. The 3D contour base is built with a  7mm spoon like bevel in the nose starting at the contact point, balancing the 0-7mm tail bevel. Progressive side cuts enhance smooth turn transitions while the 10mm taper lifts the nose for floatability. Jone’s keeps it light and tight by equipping the Stratos with paulownia and specifically placed poplar stingers to withstand any amount of torsional twist you may throw at it. A V-core allows it to be slightly more malleable in the center to improve reaction, getting stiffer as it spreads to the tip and tail to pop, lock, and drop it however you need. I promise it’s not too good to be true when I also add that the Traction Tech 3.0 will provide three bumped out areas on the toe and heel edges to sink you into the hill like angry cat claws. However, you’ll be the opposite of angry while riding the Jones’s Stratos because of your fierce disposition and unlimited expansion of what is possible!

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