7 Best Beginner Snowboard Packages With Bindings for the Upcoming Season

Did you know that, on average, it costs $47.50 per day to rent a snowboard with bindings? If you plan to rent your gear more than six times in a season, you would be better off getting one of the beginner snowboard packages below.

I know. Learning to snowboard can be difficult, and you want to be sure you have the right gear. Now here is the truth. Snowboarding gets easier with the more time you spend on your board. And those rentals are rarely in a good enough shape to help you do you any favors with your learning curve.

Each board package on this list is beginner-friendly, durable, and inexpensive.

The Best Snowboards for Beginners (Men’s & Women’s)

Burton Cultivator Snowboard With Freestyle Snowboard Bindings

The Black Chain Graphic (Men’s)

 

 

The White Water Color Graphic (Women’s)

Pros

• Excellent snowboard for the money
• Perfect to learn on and stable enough enough to cover the entire mountain.
• Playful flex for learning tricks
• Twin shape east to ride / Great for tricks
• Binding mounting system that allows you to fine tune the width of your stance

 

Cons

• The base is quick. However, it isn’t the fastest base material. It is perfect to learn on and maintain though.

 

Sizes: 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 155W, 160, 160W, 165W

Flex: Soft / Medium (2 out of 10)

 

The Burton Cultivator Snowboard is perfect for beginners because it offers many features that will help you learn in a lower-priced bundle that includes both the board and the bindings.

The Cultivator has a flat board profile. This means the board is completely flat under your feet. A flat snowboard is good for beginners because it offers stability without feeling like you will catch your edge as you learn to carve. The Cultivator is easy to learn on, great for riding in all types of conditions, and perfect for riding all over your local resort.

The Burton Cultivator is a twin-shaped all-mountain snowboard with a softer flex. That means the snowboard is symmetrical on both sides. This gives a balanced, familiar feel (if you’ve ever stood on a skateboard), and is versatile enough to go everywhere at your local resort. As you progress, it is soft enough to have fun in the park hitting rails.

The core of the Burton Cultivator uses a combination of wood to make it lightweight and durable. The base of the Burton Cultivator is an extruded base. It is an easy-to-maintain material that you won’t have to wax often. Additionally, it is easy to repair if you get any deeper scratches.

This snowboard package is paired with the Burton Freestyle Snowboard Bindings. These are the perfect bindings for riding the entire mountain as well as hitting jumps or rails in the park. These are forgiving bindings that will help you learn.

If you’re looking for a snowboard that is fun to learn on and is perfect for all types of snowboarding, go with the Burton Cultivator with Burton Freestyle Bindings.

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The Best Beginner All Mountain / Freestyle Snowboards

GNU Money C2E Snowboard + Bent Metal Bolt Snowboard Bindings 2026

 

 

Cons

• One of the more expensive packages on the list.
• The mid flex is great for jumps. However, some brand new riders might find it to feel too stiff while learning to ride.

 Full Review: 82.25 / 100 See our full GNU Money Review for all of the details. 

Sizes: 144, 148, 150 Wide, 152, 154, 154 Wide, 156, 158 Wide, 159

Flex: Medium (5 out of 10)

The GNU Money is a board that is everything you need to be your primary park snowboard while still being able to carve all over the resort, too.

The GNU Money was built with the beginner rider in mind because it’s easy to learn on while still being incredibly stable. It’s also an excellent value for being a relatively cheap board. 

The Money is built on the hybrid c2e board profile. This means there is a mild rocker (u shape curve) between your boots and camber (lower case n curve) outside of your feet. The benefit of having both a rocker and camber profiles is that it mmakes this a versatile board that is easy to ride while still being excellent for carving in all conditions. In other words, it offers the easy to ride benefits of a rocker with the power and percision of camber.

The GNU Money features Magne-Traction edges. That means that the edges of the snowboard are serrated just like a steak knife. The benefit here is that the board will be able to carve on ice. If you’re an east coast rider like me, this becomes a core selling feature of the snowboard. Here is an image of what these edges would look like.

The GNU Money pairs nicely with the Bent Metal Bolt Snowboard Bindings. The Transfer bindings are a mid-flexing binding that will offer the right level of response for you to learn turns while still offering some give for your park riding.

If you are looking for a beginner-friendly all-mountain board that is fast, carves well, and is park-ready, you should get the Lib Tech Box Knife snowboard with Bent Metal Transfer bindings.

 

Pros

• Made in the USA
• Playful mid flex great for learning tricks, carving, and learning to hit jumps
• Great for icy conditions – while learning to carve on the easy coast you will encounter ice. This has serrated edges to help.
• True Twin Shape – great for riding switch
• Bindings that have the right flex to last you as you progress as a rider

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Best Women’s Beginner Snowboard Package

Burton Hideaway Women’s Snowboard 2026 With Citizen Bindings

 

The Burton Hideaway is the perfect beginer-level directional twin snowboard for the ladies. This is a board that you can ride anywhere at your local resort while still having all the features you need to learn to carve and even get a little help with floating in powder, too.

Here is a quick summary video of why the Burton Hideaway is perfect for someone who wants to learn to snowboard.

Just like the Burton Cultivator mentioned earlier, this has the same flat, easy to ride board profile. The Hideaway snowboard has features that make it easier to ride than some other snowboards. It’s built with the beginner in mind because Burton has added beveled edges that are lifted off the snow. Basically, the base of the snowboard has a convex curvature to it that looks like this.

The benefit to having beveled edges is that you will be able to initiate turns easier, and the board will be completely catch-free. As you’re learning, your edges won’t get caught in the snow and send you flying.

The Burton Hideaway has a softer flex that makes it more maneuverable and easier to learn on. The board has a playful feel to it. With a more forgiving flex, you will easily learn some press tricks on boxes in the park.

The Hideaway snowboard has an extruded base. Extruded bases are great for anyone learning to snowboard because they are durable, easy to maintain, and easy to fix if you get any deep scratches. That means it will be durable and won’t require a lot of wax to maintain. Simply put, you can just strap in and ride without having to worry too much about it.

For finding the right size Burton Hideaway, use this weight chart.

This snowboard package is paired with the Burton Citizen Snowboard Bindings. These are the perfect bindings for beginners because they are softer flexing while offering the stability needed to ride the entire mountain.

If you’re looking for a women’s snowboard that is fun to learn on and is perfect for all types of snowboarding, go with the Burton Hideaway snowboard with Burton Citizen Bindings.

Also check out our 2026 Best Women’s Snowboards. There are a few other beginner-friendly boards on that page too.

 

Pros

• Easy to learn on – Beveled edges that make the board catch free
• Excellent price
• Can ride anywhere on the mountain.
• Playful flex for learning tricks
• Directional Twin shape makes the board float better in deeper snow while offering a more controlled ride
• Binding mounting system that allows you to fine tune the width of your stance

 

Cons

• Just like with the Ripcord the base is fast enough for learning to snowboard. It isn’t the fastest base type you can buy, though.

 

Sizes: 138, 142, 147, 152

Flex: Soft / Medium (2 out of 10)

 

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Best Beginner Resort Board for East Coast Riders

GNU Facts BTX Snowboard With Bent Metal Joint Bindings 2026

 

The GNU Facts is an excellent option for anyone wanting to learn to snowboard. This particular board is also on our best all-mountain snowboards award list for good reason. It is an awesome board at a great price.

Check out GNU’s overview video of this board here.

This snowboard is built for going anywhere on the resort while still being simple to learn to ride.

This board can be a great option for riders on the east coast (like me) and tend to ride more ice than snow. GNU added Magne Traction serrated edges into the board. These edges are designed similar to a steak knife. They are meant to carve through resort terrain, powder, and even ice. This image does a great job showing you what the serrated magne traction edges look like.

The GNU Facts has a banana rocker snowboard profile. If you were looking at the board from its side, you would see the section between the bindings is convex like a u-shape, and the sections under your feet are slightly concave like a lower case n-shape. The convex and concave (rocker and camber hybrid) benefit is that the board will be easy to ride while still offering enough stability to ride this anywhere. Additionally, this has all the features you need to hit jumps or rails too.

This board package is paired with the Bent Metal Joint snowboard bindings. These are the perfect bindings to pair with the GNU Facts snowboard because they are softer to medium-flexing binding. They will have the proper amount of forgiveness for a new rider while being perfect for riding the entire resort as you progress. They also have reclining high backs that you can enter from the back. It will take you only a few seconds to strap in. You will spend less time trying to strap in and more time riding.

If you’re looking for an entry-level snowboard at a phenomenal price that can do it all, get the GNU Facts 2026 snowboard with the Bent Metal Joint bindings.

 

Pros

• Can grip ice / Carves well thanks to Magne-Traction® serrated edges
• Incredibly easy to ride – Soft flex with easy to ride board profile – You won’t catch an edge
• Durable, lightweight, and forgiving
• Can do it all – Floats in powder, carve any slope, also great for park / freestyle riding
• Made in the USA

 

Cons

• Like the others, the base isn’t the fastest material you can get. It is fast enough to keep up with friends while being easy to maintain.

 

Sizes: 147, 150, 153, 156, 156 Wide, 159, 159 Wide, 162 Wide

Flex: Medium (4 out of 10)

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Best Beginner Snowboards for Kids

Burton Grom Kids Snowboard 2026 ​With Grom Snowboard Bindings

For the 2026 season, Burton added the Grom snowboard deck to its line up. This is the right snowboard for a child between fifty and one hundred pounds who wants to learn to snowboard. This snowboard is for both boys and girls. It comes in either purple or red colored options. The Burton Grom snowboard is built to be durable and easy for your child to ride. Like the other beginner Burton boards on this list, the Grom was designed to be inexpensive, so it will cost you less to buy this package than if you rent a snowboard and bindings a few times at your local resort.

The Grom is an all-mountain true twin snowboard with a centered stance. This snowboard will ride the same in either direction, so as your child learns their dominant stance, you won’t have to remove their bindings and swap their direction.

The Grom is a softer flexing board that is simple to learn to ride. Additionally, the softer flex will make doing tricks like nose presses on boxes easier.

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The Burton Grom’s profile is flat between the bindings with an early rise in the nose and tail. The profile makes the board virtually catch-free and easy to learn to carve with.

The primary reason the Burton Grom snowboard is the best option for kids is because of its beveled edges. The edges of this snowboard are lifted slightly off the snow. The edges look like this.

These edges are what make this snowboard so easy to learn on. They stay out of the way when they are not in use. As your child rides, the edges won’t trip them up by catching them in the snow. This makes the board easier to learn to carve and balance on.

The Burton Grom has a durable FSC™ Certified Fly Core. Its core is durable and lightweight. The base on the Grom is an extruded base. It will not require a lot of maintenance or wax to keep it fast. Additionally, the base will be simple to repair if it gets a gouge or deep scratch.

This snowboard package is paired with the Grom Snowboard bindings. These are the perfect bindings for kids because of their softer flex, lightweight, and size range.

If you’re looking for the perfect snowboard for your child to learn on, this is it. Get the Burton Grom.

PS here is a pro tip. There are a few larger sizes available if you get the board and the grom bindings separately.

Pros

• Very easy to ride – The beveled edges that make the board catch free
• Excellent price – It would cost more to rent a board 2-3 times
• Softer forgiving flex to help your child balance

Cons

Sizes: 110, 120, 130

Flex: Soft / Medium (3 out of 10)

Also check out our best snowboards for kids award list to see more beginner friendly options for kids.

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Best Beginner Snowboards for Little Kids

Burton After School Special Snowboard Package

 

The Burton After School Special is an excellent option for kids of all sizes who want to learn to snowboard. This snowboard has the right features to help your child progress while lasting multiple years. Best of all, it is an inexpensive package that would cost you less to buy than it would be to rent twice.

The After School Special is an all-mountain true twin snowboard. Its stance is centered, so it will feel the same riding in either direction whether your child wants to experiment riding with their back foot in the front. Additionally, it has a softer, more forgiving twin flex. A softer flexing board makes the snowboard easier to snowboard and balance on.

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The board profile is flat between the bindings with an early rise in the nose and tail. The shape will make the board stable while preventing it from catching its edges while your child learns to carve.

Just like the other Burton snowboards on this list, the After School Special m is one of the best snowboards to learn on because of its beveled edges. The edges of this snowboard are uplifted slightly off the snow. It looks like this.

The benefit here is that the edges will stay out of the way when your child doesn’t need them. They will not catch an edge in the snow that will trip them up as they learn. The beveled edges are the primary feature that makes this snowboard perfect for them to learn on.

The Burton After School has a durable FSC™ Certified Fly Core. It is a wood core that is lightweight and durable. The base on the After School Special is an extruded base. You won’t need to wax it often to keep it fast, and it will be durable and fast enough to learn on. It also is extremely simple to repair if your child happens to run over a rock and gouge the base.

This snowboard package is paired with the Grom Snowboard bindings. These are the perfect bindings for kids because of their softer flex, lightweight, and size range.

If you’re looking for the perfect snowboard for your child to learn on, stop researching. You just found it. Get the Burton After School Special.

 

Pros

• Very easy to ride – The beveled edges that make the board catch free
• Excellent price – It would cost more to rent a board 2-3 times
• Softer forgiving flex to help your child balance

 

Cons

 

Sizes: 80, 90, 100

 

Flex: Soft / Medium (2 out of 10)

 

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Need More Options?

Check our second page to see a few more board options.

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