What Snowboards are Built in North America?

If you’re looking for a quality product made by other snowboarders that genuinely care about you tearing up the mountain on the board theses snowboard manufacturing companies make. Check out some of our favorites in this list of best American Made Snowboards.

While the continued globalization of snowboarding and economical overseas manufacturing has caused many brands to build boards outside of North America, a number of great brands are still churning out a quality product on American soil. These American made snowboards and Canadian Snowboard brands have stayed true to their image while giving back to the mountain communities that support them. As a result, some of the most innovative snowboard technology and design characteristics have come from these companies.

Best American Made Snowboards

Never Summer

Busting at the seams with Colorado pride, this brand is known for its durability and hybrid approach to park and freeride terrain. A constantly changing lineup of snowboards and longboards has kept fans happy since 1983, making Never Summer one of the longest-lasting brands in the USA. Their approach of quality over marketing has kept their image consistent while carving out a healthy Colorado niche from the Denver, Co factory. If you are looking for a snowboard from Colorado, NS has you covered.  This is one of the best Colorado snowboard brands. And one of the few independent snowboard companies still around.

Weston Snowboards

Weston Snowboards in located in Minturn Colorado, and is making a presence on the backcountry lines and ski hills throughout Colorado. They are located right across from the Minturn Saloon, next time you drop into the Minturn Mile, stop in the shop to check out there line up of snowboards. Update: Weston is now based in Denver, Colorado.

Mervin MFG

This Northwest powerhouse has been innovating and continuously turning out high tech quality goods since 1977. Including LibTech, GNU, and now Roxy, the Mervin influence is widespread throughout snowboarding. From the introduction of Banana tech and Magne-traction to the basalt surfboards built for the fickle NW surf, Mervin always has something in the works up in the forests of Washington. The technology doesn’t stop at board performance; Mervin has been environmentally focused since day one, with the world’s most environMENTAL snowboard factory constantly innovating and turning out some of the planet’s most eco-conscious boards.

Gilson Snow

A snowboard company in Michigan?  You better believe it and the boards absolutely rip.  But the snowboard industry really hasn’t “publicly” paid much attention to what Nick Gilson the founder and his team have been doing.  Perhaps the first snowboard company to offer a contoured base (Jones seems to love promoting that) when infact it was Nick at the SIA tradeshow 10+ years ago that first showed that technology.  Turns out riding a board with a contoured base is rad, and they have an entire line of boards to checkout some more traditional shapes like you might be used to.

Tahoe Lab Snowboards

In the early days of splitboarding, Abe and Lee of TahoeLab came together with a plan to make boards that were built to handle the abuse of harsh backcountry treatment while still being able to RIP. Completely handmade from start to finish with hand profiled bamboo cores and full carbon fiber, the attention to detail and final tuning of these boards provide quality and durability from day one. Keeping focused on a few solid designs that function excellently whether split or solid has led to a very well refined shape with amazing all-around characteristics.

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