These articles will help guide you in selecting your new snowboard. If you are a beginning snowboarder start with Types of Snowboards to learn about the different types of snowboards. You can move forward or backward through the articles at any time. The type of board you ride should correspond to the type of riding that you like to do. Courtesy Dan Graf Freestyle boards are typically used for riding the pipe or in the terrain park.
Most freestyle boards are either twin tip boards or directional-twin boards.
Twin tip boards have a centered stance with a tip and tail that are exact copies of each other. Directional-twin boards look like a regular twin tip board, but with a tail that is stiffer than the nose. Most freestyle boards tend to have a softer flex than freeride or alpine boards, which makes them handle better in the bumps and easier to turn. Freeride boards can also be ridden fakie, despite their directional shape. Also, the stance on freeride boards is usually offset toward the tail of the board.