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Benchmark 25/26
€699.95
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In short

The Never Summer Benchmark for the ultimate float in powder and effortless control anywhere on the mountain. Locked in when conditions get sketchy and makes average days memorable. Slashing through backcountry bowls, carving clean lines on groomers, or rolling through the park, you’ll soon realize why it’s named the Benchmark.

In detail

PROFILE

  • Original Rocker Camber
    2 times camber underfoot with rocker in the middle and at the tip and tail, for a playful and surf-like riding style. With still enough grip, performance and versatility to use all over the mountain.

  • Transition Area
    A small, flat section in the snowboard profile that improves both turn initiation and powder floatation.

CORE

  • Powersurf Wood Core
    A high percentage of lightweight Paulownia is combined with Poplar and Birch running down the middle of the core and Poplar along the sidecut edge. Adding strength and the optimum amount of torsional rigidity. THE POWERSURF WOOD CORE strategically combines these woods in crucial areas of the core for a durable yet lightweight feel.

 

REINFORCEMENTS

  • Bi-Lite Fiberglass
    Bi-lite fiberglass combines many of the strength characteristics of Never Summer’s sts fiberglass with an ultra light glass fiber matrix. This delivers incredible freestyle and freeride performance without sacrificing durability.

  • STS Pre-tensioned Fiberglass
    The world's best snowboard fiberglass, period. Never Summer’s sts pre-tensioned fiberglass is an advanced pre-hardened, pre-tensioned, layered laminate that has added elastomer stringers between the 0 degree and 90 degree glass fibers (the length of the effective edge). This produces a stronger bond between the individual glass laminates giving Never Summer’s snowboards unmatched strength, edge hold and performance.

  • RDS 2 Damping System
    This lightweight system uses three narrower laminated damping layers that provide the perfect combination of vibration, absorption, and stability. Rds 2 is the perfect balance of freeride stability and freestyle liveliness.

  • Elastomeric Underfoot Stabilizers
    Elastomeric underfoot stabilizers directly below the mounting area provide optimum vibration absorption and increase high-speed stability while reducing foot fatigue.

  • Carbon Max Laminate Technology
    More carbon equals more power and performance. The carbon max laminate technology combines an advanced top and bottom carbon matrix to maximize response and strength where it's needed most. The result is a lightweight yet powerful configuration that provides torsional rigidity and energy transfer without sacrificing the control a rider needs.

TOPSHEET

  • Premium Co-extruded Polymer Topsheets
    The premium topsheets are very durable, lightweight, scratch and chip resistant fiber made of co-extruded polymer thermoplastic.

BASE

  • Durasurf XT Sintered 5501 Base
    Crown Plastics has developed an exclusive, super fast, durable sintered base specifically for Never Summer's higher end boards. Just the right amount of graphite has been added making the Durasurf XT Sintered 5501 Base the fastest they used.

  • Base color
    Never summer works with Flip-flop bases. This means that the same pattern is cut in 2 colours and the punch is changed. Therefore, we cannot guarantee which base colour you will receive.

 

SIDEWALL & EDGES

  • Sintered P-tex Inner and Outer Sidewall
    Never Summer was the first snowboard company to use and perfect sintered p-tex sidewalls, and we've never seen one crack. Unlike conventional abs sidewalls, that have a tendency to crack in colder temperatures, sintered p-tex sidewalls maintain their integrity at any temperature.

  • P-tex Tip and Tail Protection
    Boards with P-TEX TIP/TAIL PROTECTION have UHMW Plastic, or P-Tex, which is a softer molecular material, that not only seals and protects the wood core, but also absorbs vibration and impact.

Specification
Never Summer Benchmark Sizechart
Length 152 156 160 157X 161X
Nose Width 30.7 cm 30.9 cm 31.1 cm 31.6 cm 31.8 cm
Waist Width 25.7 cm 25.9 cm 26.1 cm 26.6 cm 26.8 cm
Tail Width 29.7 cm 29.9 cm 30.1 cm 30.6 cm 30.8 cm
Rider Weight Range (kg) 54–72 63–90 72–100 68–90 71–100+
Rider Weight Range (lbs) 120–160 140–200 160–220 150–200 160–220+
Sidecut Radius* 7.56 m* 7.78 m* 8.00 m* 7.80 m* 8.10 m*
Effective Edge 114 cm 118 cm 121 cm 119 cm 122 cm
Taper (cm) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
*Sidecut radius is a multiple radius average – the radius changes along the effective edge.
Important details
Season 2025-2026
Style All-Mountain
Profile Directional Camber-Rocker-Camber
Shape Directional Twin
Flex Medium
Snowboard Core Types Poplar, Paulownia, Birch
Snowboard Fibers Core Biax