Ride Moderator Snowboard 2026 Mens

The 2026 Ride Moderator is your go-to snowboard for any condition. With a medium flex and a Tapered Directional Extra Camber profile, it delivers smooth turns, great pop, and enough lift in the nose to handle deep powder. The Tapered Linear Quadratic Sidecut makes turning easy and provides strong edge hold without slipping out and the Slim Wall construction adds a layer of urethane along the edges for extra flex and shock absorption, giving you a smooth ride anywhere on the mountain. 

Packed with high-performance features like a Performance Light Core, Carbon Array 3, a Sintered Stone Ground Base, and eco-friendly bio-resin, the Moderator is built to perform and handle whatever you can throw in front of it.

Product Features

• Board Type: Freeride - Powder

  Freeride snowboards are built for steeper, off-piste terrain. These boards are ideal for aggressive riding and usually for more advanced riders.

  All Mountain snowboards are versatile boards that excel across various terrains, from groomed runs to off-piste. These boards offer solid edge control and responsiveness, making them a great option for riders who want one board to do just about everything.

• Flex: Medium

  Offering a balanced blend of flexibility and stiffness, mid-flex boards are versatile and suitable for all-mountain riding. They provide enough responsiveness for carving while maintaining some forgiveness for playful or casual riding.

• Ability Level: Intermediate - Advanced

  Intermediate snowboards offer more responsiveness and stability at higher speeds, with a slightly stiffer flex for better control on varied terrain and more advanced manoeuvres.

  Advanced snowboards are stiffer and more responsive, designed for high-speed control, precision riding, and handling challenging terrain or tricks.

• Shape: Tapered Directional

  A tapered directional snowboard features a shape where the tail is narrower than the nose, providing enhanced control and stability in deeper snow. This design improves floatation in powder and allows for smoother turns, making it ideal for freeride and backcountry riding. While it excels in one direction, the taper helps the board naturally guide you through challenging conditions.

• Camber Type: Directional Extra Camber

  

  A directional shape with a predominantly positive camber profile, complemented by a subtle rocker in the nose.

• Width: Standard, Wide

  Standard width boards deliver exceptional edge-to-edge quickness and responsiveness while providing enough platform space for riders with average boot sizes.

  Wide boards are for those with large boot sizes and provide extra flotation, reduced drag, and never feel clunky or cumbersome underfoot.

• Sidecut: Linear Quadratic Sidecut

  A directional sidecut featuring Quadratic curvature from the tip to the rear insert pack, transitioning into a linear section toward the tail. This design ensures smooth, catch-free turn initiation while providing strong support and consistent grip through the turn exit.

• Inserts: 2x4 Inserts

  These offer a tighter hole pattern, allowing for more precise stance adjustments. They're common on modern boards and ideal for riders who want fine-tuned positioning and can be used with any binding with a standard or mini disk.

• Board Construction

  • Topsheet: Topless Topsheet

    Topless Construction eliminates the need for a topsheet by transferring graphics directly to the fiberglass. This process enhances durability, reduces weight, and minimises raw material usage.

  • Laminate: Hybrid Glass, Linear Carbon, Carbon Array 3, Single Impact Plates

    Triaxial fiberglass on top and biaxial on the base, providing balanced torsional flex and stiffness for improved response at high speeds.

    Two carbon strips beneath the core enhance snap, boosting ollie power.

    This power distribution technology ensures complete board control at every stance position. Three carbon stringers, strategically placed in the binding zone, collect input from any stance width and pressure angles. Rider input is efficiently directed to the opposite contact point for optimal board control.

    Single layer urethane weaves placed beneath each binding area enhance compressive strength, preventing board breaks where it’s needed most.

    

  • Core: Performance Light Core

    A blend of high-strength Aspen, Bamboo, and lightweight Paulownia wood creates the ideal balance of strength and lightness.

    Sidewall: Slimewalls

    Flexible and impact-absorbing, Slimewalls work like skateboard wheels, softening interactions with snow, wood, or metal surfaces. Virtually indestructible, they’re the most durable sidewalls in snowboarding.

  • Base: Sintered, Stone Ground Base

    This base is created by heating and compressing small polyethylene particles, forming a porous structure that absorbs wax efficiently. As a result, the board glides smoothly and quickly on snow. Sintered bases are known for their toughness, durability, and speed. Ride uses a premium 4000 PTEX material for its sintered bases.

  • Edges: Standard Steel Edge

    A strong, standard metal edge material.

• Additional Features:

  • Thin Con - All Ride boards are designed with Thin Construction, featuring tapered tips and tails. This design reduces swing weight, improves tip flex, and boosts overall durability.
  • Bio Resin - A plant-based epoxy used to bond the layers of snowboards, crafted from renewable resources like vegetable oils instead of petrochemicals. This eco-friendly resin helps create snowboards with a reduced carbon footprint.