Carving Snowboards - Manufacturers and website links

This post is a basic FYI. The best English language site for really learning more about hardboot snowboard carving is

https://forums.alpinesnowboarder.com/

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Hard boot snowboards – who makes them?
A whole lot of companies that snowboarders new to the carving world may never have heard of!
An incomplete alphabetical list

BOARDS

Alloy                                                http://www.alloysnow.com/default/

BC Stream                                       http://www.bc-stream.com/

Black Pearl                                       http://www.blackpearljp.com/
The Schoch brothers are Swiss Olympic medallists in Parallel GS snowboard.

Coda                                                https://codaboards.com/
Custom builder of carving snowboards, skwals, carving monoskis, and skis. Whatever carving misfit you are on snow Coda probably have something for you.

Coiler                                               https://coiler.com/  
Bruce Varsava is a Canadian  ex FIS racer whose boards have gone worldwide. Bruce is scaling back his build program to “hobby” level, and you are unlikely to get on his build list unless you have been a previous customer. Coiler’s Contra design concept boards are designed for ease of carving on variable snow, and are the pinnacle of Bruce’s art as a builder. (I own 4 Coiler boards, 2 retired, and a 2017 Nirvana & 2023 Contra still in use.)

Donek                                              https://www.donek.com/
Sean Martin runs his company out of Colorado, and brings an engineer’s and carving snowboarder’s sensibility to his designs. He has some brilliant stock boards, his Madd Killer harks back to the famous Madd snowboards of the 90’s, but he’ll custom build you the board of your dreams, even if you’re Ryan knapton’s bigger footed brother.

Exegi                                                https://exegi.ca/
Custom built snow gear for 25 years

F2                                                     https://www.f2boards.com/en/winter/f2-snow
A big manufacturer, they’ve been in this game a long time, building freecarver boards, boardercross, and now their race boards are enjoying a resurgence at World Cup level.

Gray                                                 http://graysnowboards.co.jp/
Japanese board maker making carving boards in their range.

Jasey-Jay Anderson                            https://jaseyjay.com/
Perennial Canadian Olympian, Parallel GS Gold Medallist at Vancouver, and multiple GS World Cup wins and podiums, now turned board maker. Minimalist website, just contact details and get a snowboard legends input into your next board.

Kessler                                            http://www.kessler-swiss.com/
Kessler pioneered Titanal in race snowboards and their boards have won so many races at all levels up to World Cup & Olympics over the last 20 years. Their Alpine 168 is a race bred freecarve board. Kessler build custom boards for World Cup racers and weekend warriors alike. (I own a Kessler KST 162 slalom race board from 2012)

Korua Shapes                                   https://koruashapes.com/collections/snowboards

Moss                                                http://www.mosssnowstick.com/
Japanese company with both powder and carving boards in their lineup.

Nobile                                              https://nobilesnowboards.com/
A German company that relatively recently appeared on the race scene.

OnEdge Style                                  https://www.oes.cat/

Ogasaka                                          https://www.ogasaka-snowboard.com/
A Japanese company, and a long time player in the carving snowboard game.

Oxxess                                             https://oxess.ch/
Custom builder of recreational carvers, race boards and skwals. Regularly seen in the starting gate on the World Cup for boardercross, slalom & GS, and sometimes on the podium.

Prior                                                 https://www.priorsnow.com/
This Canadian company has been making carving snowboards and race boards for a long time. Continuing after the death of founder Chris Prior in 2017.

Pureboarding                                 https://www.pureboarding.com/en/
Joerg Engli’s company makes boards tailored to his promoted style of riding. The graphics fit the vibe!

R.A.D                                                https://r-a-d.se/vinterprodukter/
Make carving snowboards and skwals

Rabanser                                        http://www.rabansersnowboards.com/en/
Italian race board manufacturer

RadAir                                             https://rad-air.com/store/
Known for their Tanker line of LONG powder boards, these boards are sought after for their on piste carving properties as well.

Sense                                               http://www.sense4.me/en/
Slovenian snowboard maker, freecarve to race boards.

Sigi Grabner                                   https://www.sgsnowboards.com/
Austrian Sigi Grabner is a multiple Olympian turned snowboard builder and promoter. Sigi is a beautiful rider just to watch in full flight. SG boards were under the feet of Ester Ledecka in her 2018 & 2022 Parallel GS Olympic Gold medal winning events. SG also makes a range of recreational level carving boards.

Soul                                                  https://www.soulwaterman.com/
Corran Addison, a South African world champion in white water canoeing, was the founder of Riot Snowboards in the 90’s, and Riot Velocity and Supercarver boards were sought after in their time (I still ride mine). Corran has come back to making white water canoes and snowboards and his credentials are impeccable.

Stranda                                           https://www.strandasnowboards.com/
A Swedish company known for their carving softboot boards.

Swoard                                            https://www.swoard.com/
The board of the original popularisers of Extreme Carving.

Thirst                                               https://www.thirstsnowboards.com/
Mark Miller builds custom snowboards in Idaho. His original boards which earned him a significant following in the Nth American hard booter community were Titanal-free, but Mark is starting to build his SuperConductor freecarve board in a Titanal variant. (I own a non-Titanal Superconductor)

Virus                                                https://shop.virus-snowsports.com/
Custom built in Switzerland from exotic materials, and known for their lethal model names, people have been catching Viruses long before Covid appeared. Benjamin Karl has just won the 2023-2024 FIS World Cup season Crystal Globe for Parallel GS on a Virus race board.

Winterstick                                     https://www.winterstick.com/
Recently returned to making custom alpine boards which experienced North American hardbooters are enthusiastic about.

Yonex                                              https://www.yonex.com/snowboarding/boards
A Japanese company known for a range of sporting equipment, they have carving snowboards in their range.

Trench Board Company were to launch at Montucky Clear Cut 2024 but the event was cancelled for lack of snow. Can’t find their website yet but the guys behind it are long time carvers!

SKWALs

Ace Skwal                         https://aceskwal.com/

Lagriffe                             http://www.skislagriffe.com/www/skwal/pages/lagriffemain.html

Mpride                              https://www.mpride.net/

Thias                                  https://thias-skwal.com/en/

Coda, Oxxess, R.A.D., and Virus in the board maker list above also make skwals.