It’s the most wonderful time of the year: shredding season! Make sure you’re ready to hit the slopes with the hottest snowboard gear this year, from boards to boots to bindings. These bestselling products boast the newest innovations to combine cutting-edge technology, performance, and ease of use.
With in-demand gear from top brands like Burton, Capita, Salomon, and Nidecker, our winter spotlight features the products we’re most excited about, suitable for a wide range of skill levels and types of riding.
Here’s what we’ll cover in the following winter gear spotlight:
- Our most popular snowboards
- Step On boots and bindings
- Other recommended bindings
- General snowboarding tips
Our Picks for the Best Snowboards
Our top snowboard picks of the season offer the perfect blend of eye-catching style, intuitive control, and technical precision.
Of course, there are lots of different snowboards out there for various types of riding (including park/pipe, all-mountain, freeride, and powder), and they feature various profiles, flexes, and ideal skill levels. In our summaries below, we’ll lay out the technical specs and give our recommendations for the kinds of shredders these boards will suit best. Our picks below are separated into men’s, women’s, beginners’, and kids’ snowboards.
Men’s Snowboard Recommendations
These new boards for the 2024-25 season feature the latest upgrades to make your shredding days more comfortable, safe, and exhilarating than ever. We’re confident you’ll love your experience on these incredible boards, but remember, we have a lot of other snowboard options online and in-store too!
Capita D.O.A.
The Capita D.O.A. takes everything Capita has learned over their last 24 years making snowboards and puts it all together into one awesome ride. The D.O.A. will take anything you throw at it: all-mountain, freeride, even a foray into the park.
This is ERIK’S best-selling snowboard, a lightweight, durable, and poppy ride. It’s packed with technical innovations from Capita, including a P2 Superlight core and Hybrid HolySheet construction that blends carbon and fiberglass for a precise, featherweight feel.
The D.O.A. is an all-mountain board designed to be ridden across all types of terrain with ease. Its unique design integrates the benefits of traditional, zero, and reverse camber, creating an ideal blend of pop and response along with easy turn initiation. The D.O.A.’s twin-tip shape is perfect for balanced freestyle riding, and its medium flexibility makes it versatile and responsive in various conditions.
This board is best-suited for intermediate or advanced shredders, so beginner snowboarders should probably look elsewhere (see below for our recommendations!). Buy it online or stop into an ERIK’S location to see it in-person—our expert staff is happy to answer any questions you might have. Even better: for a limited time, when you combine a Capita board with Union bindings, you’ll save 10% on your purchase!
Salomon Sleepwalker
The Salomon Sleepwalker is the last park board you’ll ever want. With extra pop for hitting jumps, a soft nose and tail for easy presses, and a profile that’s perfect for locking into rails, riding it feels like a dream.
Unlike the D.O.A. all-mountain board, the Sleepwalker is a park/pipe snowboard that’s shorter and more agile—perfect for doing tricks in snow parks. Its mid-soft flex paired with a Rock Out camber allows for a playful ride with definitive pop off jumps.
The Sleepwalker is ideal for intermediate or advanced riders who can’t wait to spend winter days shredding it up at the park. Read more about the Sleepwalker board here, or visit your local ERIK’S and ask a team member for more info!
Jones Frontier
The Jones Frontier is a playful all-mountain snowboard, designed for powder days, terrain park riding, or exploring anywhere on the mountain. It’s a directional freeride board with a floaty nose matched and a freestyle tail, with the adaptability to suit adventurous riders in the intermediate-to-advanced skill set.
Featuring Forever Flex to stabilize the board throughout its lifetime, a durable sintered base, and a full-wood premium poplar core, the Jones Frontier offers fun pop, even flex, and reliable toughness. Like a serrated knife slicing into the snow, its Traction Tech improves your edge grip by adding multiple contact points along the running length of your board.
With gorgeous board design to boot, this is a perfect option for more advanced riders! For a limited time, you’ll save 10% when you bundle a Jones snowboard and bindings.
Women’s Snowboard Recommendations
We also have a full array of snowboards for women to suit all types of riding. The recommended women’s boards below combine comfort, safety, style, and technical innovation to offer the best shredding experience.
Burton Stylus
The Burton Stylus is an all-mountain board better-suited for intermediate or advanced riders. With an easygoing feel, forgiving flex, and a virtually catch-free riding experience, it’s stable and maneuverable, no matter which way you point it. This is one of the easiest boards to learn in our women’s lineup, teaching balance and board control from the first time you strap in. For a limited time, you’ll save 10% when you bundle two or more Burton boards, boots, or bindings!
Salomon Oh Yeah
The Salomon Oh Yeah is a great park/pipe board, designed to take your riding to the next level. A medium-soft flex paired with Rock Out Camber provides versatility along with a smooth and poppy ride. The Popster core maximizes the natural snap and pop of wood, while soft Royal Rubber pads underfoot dampen vibration and mellow big impacts.
Nitro Lectra x Brush
The Nitro Lectra x Brush is an all-mountain board suited for beginner or intermediate riders. It offers a relaxed ride that makes it easy to transition from butters in the park to navigating runs from the summit to the lodge. Its laid-back feel is the perfect blend of progression-friendly features and that extra style that you deserve.
Beginner Snowboard Recommendations
What if you’re just starting off on your snowboarding journey and need a board that will help you build your skills? We got you covered! Take a look at our recommended beginner boards below.
Salomon Kickback
The Salomon Kickback is a beginner park/pipe board designed to elevate your riding. It features a softer flex, Rock Out Camber, and Royal Rubber pads underfoot, allowing for a smooth and playful ride with added protection against sidewall blowouts.
RIDE Manic
The 2025 RIDE Manic snowboard is designed to take on the entire mountain, offering effortless turn initiation and performance. RIDE’s patented Slimewalls provide a smooth ride and increased durability, while linear carbon is positioned below the core for snap and ollie power without added stiffness. For a limited time, save 10% when you bundle at least two RIDE boards, boots, or bindings!
Burton Ripcord
The Burton Ripcord is one of the best snowboards for beginner to intermediate riders, designed with easy-to-learn technology. It’s a classic directional board with a little more nose than tail for the control to handle mixed conditions. A softer and more playful flex opens the door to more moves, while giving you more room to grow than most entry-level boards. For a limited time, you’ll save 10% when you bundle two or more Burton boards, boots, or bindings!
Kids’ Snowboard Recommendations
Last but definitely not least, the young shredders in your crew will need their own boards as well! ERIK’S has a wide selection of snowboards for kids, making it easy for them to develop their skills, stay safe, and find their own style. Check out our picks below.
Burton Custom Smalls
The Burton Custom Smalls is a highly maneuverable, skill-accelerating, harder-charging ride for snowboarding’s youngest rippers. A balanced blend of flex and pop lets young snowboarders ride the whole mountain with a freestyle attitude. Burton’s Channel board mount system is compatible with all major bindings and lets young riders dial in the stance exactly the way they like it. Remember, for a limited time, you’ll save 10% when you bundle two or more Burton boards, boots, or bindings!
Capita Children of the Gnar
The awesomely named Capita Children of the Gnar is designed for the tween terrain park rider looking for a responsive freestyle board to take everywhere on the resort. It’s with this board that kids start riding better than their parents (if that hasn’t happened already!). It features a next-generation hybrid camber design that delivers the pop and response of a camber board with the predictability of reverse camber. Although this series is very forgiving and promotes skill-building, it’s no toy: the Children of the Gnar’s premium quality components make it the go-anywhere, do-anything freestyle deck for young shredders.
Nitro Ripper
The 2025 Nitro Ripper is designed to make snowboarding more accessible and get more kids addicted to having fun! The new generation of the Ripper’s catch-free shape perfectly matches young rippers’ boot size, creating the perfect mix of flex, support, and surface area to allow any rider to progress at their own pace.
Our Picks for the Best Snowboard Boots
Once you find the perfect snowboard to suit your needs, you’ll need to complement it with high-quality boots and bindings. Our recommended boots are a great option for ease, style, comfort, and safety.
Burton Step On Snowboard Boots
Burton’s Step On snowboard boots are, in fact, a complete lineup of options that use an intuitive system for stepping on and off your snowboard. When used in conjunction with Burton Step On bindings, stepping onto your board is as easy as “heel, toe, go”: step into the binding heel-first to engage the heel clip, then press down your toes until you hear the clicks.
Getting off your board is even easier: just pull the lever on the heel of the binding and twist your foot. Boom—you’re out!
The latest updates to Burton’s Step On boots make them even easier to use for a wider variety of riders, including freestyle, park, and all-mountain snowboarding.
Shop our online collection of Burton Step On boots, or stop into an ERIK’S location if you have any questions. As a reminder, you’ll save 10% when you bundle at least two Burton boards, boots, and bindings!
Men’s Burton Step On Boots
You can’t go wrong with any of the men’s Burton Step On boots we have in stock, which include the Photon, Ruler, and Ion.
Burton’s Photon Step On boots combine locked-and-loaded power with Step On convenience. The precision fit and responsive feel are perfect for riders who like to push for the edge.
Burton’s Ruler Step On boots allow you to step up to larger drops, burlier hits, and stronger challenges. They’re nimble and powerful, with a micro-adjustable fit for a convenient on-the-fly experience.
Finally, Burton’s Ion boots combine adjustable fit and flex with the ease of Step On for full-speed-ahead charging. Their secure foothold enables comfort right out of the box.
Shop Burton Step On snowboard boots for men!
Women’s Burton Step On Boots
We stock two Burton Step On boots for women: the Limelight and the Felix.
Burton’s Limelight Step On boots allow you to jib, butter, and carve the day away with foot-hugging comfort. They combine a relaxed feel with versatile performance for consistent board control.
The Felix Step On snowboard boots emphasize comfort, adjustability, and fun. They encourage a relaxed stance and are perfect for all-terrain versatility.
Shop Burton Step On snowboard boots for women!
Kids’ Burton Step On Boots
Don’t forget about the young shredders in your group! They can experience the ease, comfort, and performance of Burton Step On boots too.
The Burton Smalls Step On boots for kids set young riders up with a system they can master quickly: no buckles, no straps, no fuss. With insulated, heat-moldable liners included, these boots give kids the independence to manage their own gear, helping them enjoy the slopes as quickly and easily as possible—and giving parents more time to enjoy their own shredding.
Our Picks for the Best Snowboard Bindings
Finally, you’ll want to invest in some durable, easy-to-use snowboard bindings to complete your experience and ensure the safest ride possible. Check out our picks for recommended bindings below!
Burton Step On Bindings
Burton Step On bindings, when used in tandem with Step On boots, make getting on and off your board a breeze so you can spend more time riding down than strapping up. This intuitive boot-to-binding connection creates unmatched simplicity, security, and board control, maximizing comfort and minimizing fatigue.
While Burton Step On bindings do have to be used in conjunction with Burton Step On boots, the combination improves board flex and feel for an unbeatable experience.
Shop men’s and women’s Burton Step On bindings today (and save 10% when you bundle at least two Burton boards, boots, or bindings)!
Nidecker Supermatic Bindings
Nidecker’s Supermatic bindings are the next evolution in ease-of-entry snowboard bindings. Simply step in from the back and watch as the straps and highback secure your boot in one simple motion. The best part? They’ll work with the boots you already own!
These are universal dual-entry bindings with Aux-Tech straps that deliver a perfect fit every time. The “slip’n’grip” plate helps your toe slide easily over the pad, and the comfortable mid-stiff flex offers the perfect combination of control and precision.
Shop our selection of Nidecker Supermatic bindings online, or stop into an ERIK’S store today to see them in person!
Conclusion: The Best Snowboard Gear for 2024-25
There you have it: our best bets for snowboard gear this winter! These are the snowboard options we’re most excited about, not to mention some of our bestselling products. As a recap, we can’t wait for you to try these out:
- Our recommendations for men’s snowboards, including the Capita D.O.A. snowboard and Salomon Sleepwalker snowboard
- Great picks for women’s snowboards, like the Nitro Lectra x Brush, Burton Stylus, and Salomon Oh Yeah
- Perfect options for beginners, like the Salomon Kickback, RIDE Manic, and Burton Ripcord
- Burton Step On boots for men, women, and kids
- Burton Step On bindings for men and women
- Nidecker Supermatic bindings
Of course, we have a lot more boards, boots, and bindings online and in-store. If you need help finding the perfect fit, check out our How to Choose a Snowboard blog post and our Snowboard Buying Guide.
As always, our expert team is here to help answer any questions you have. Ask an ERIK’S team member in person or reach out using the chat icon in the lower-right corner of your screen. And don’t forget about ERIK’S Extras, which make shopping for new gear a breeze.
Time to gear up, get ready, and have fun on the slopes this season. We’ll see you out there!