2025 Men's Never Summer Proto Synthesis Snowboard - QPST
Product Features
Loaded with all the technical features, the Proto Synthesis is the top selling board year after year for a reason.
The mid-flex all mountain freestyle true twin is perfectly balanced for spins, riding switch and stomping the biggest tricks.
Shockwave Rocker Camber allows for pop, boost in and out of turns and vice like edge hold while maintaining natural float and pressability.
Perfect for riding anywhere on the hill, the Proto Synthesis makes for a smooth ride with minimal chatter, while staying crisp and powerful.
Terrain
- All Mountain and Freeride
Rider's ability
Binding Compatibility
Rocker Type
Shock Wave Rocker Camber
- Shock Wave Rocker Camber gives you the shock of explosive power and the fluid feel of riding a wave.
- SWRC features longer camber areas for huge pop and vice like stability with a smaller rocker area that retains quick turn initiation and floatation.
- The hallmarks of our patented Rocker Camber Profile.
Rocker Profile
(Camber / Rocker / Camber)
Flex
Medium
Flex Rating
6 out of 10 (1 Soft - 10 Stiff)
Shape
True Twin
- Perfectly symmetrical for a balanced ride so you can spin and stomp with outstanding stability whether you're riding regular or switch.
Taper
0mm
Core
NS SUPERLIGHT WOOD CORE
- Using a custom blend of wood species that was designed to be a lightweight yet durable core.
- NS SUPERLIGHT WOOD CORE is CNC sanded in their custom woodworking facility to a fraction of a millimeter.
- A tailored flex is perfected, giving our snowboards unequaled performance.
Topsheet
Coextruded Polymer
- This Premium Topsheet is a durable, lightweight, scratch and chip resistant fiber backed thermoplastic.
- This premium topsheets also provide more grip than other topsheet materials, working as a built-in stomp pad.
Laminates
STS Pretensioned Fiberglass
- The world's best snowboard fiberglass, period.
- Never Summer's STS PRETENSIONED 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 our snowboards unmatched strength, edge hold and performance.
- Most bows use this type fiberglass due to it's unmatched ability to spring back and cast an arrow at a tremendous velocities without breaking.
Bi-Lite Fiberglass
- BI-LITE FIBERGLASS combines many of the strength characteristics of our STS fiberglass with an ultra light glass fiber matrix.
- This delivers incredible freestyle and freeride performance without sacrificing durability.
RECLUSE CARBON WEB TECHNOLOGY
- Carbon Fiber is bound in 20 degree angles to add torsional stability to the board, along with longitudinal rebound, enhancing edge hold pressure.
- The RECLUSE CARBON WEB TECHNOLOGY holds the integrity of the board's flex pattern over a longer period of time and creates powerful snap in and out of the turn.
Base
Durasurf XT Sintered 5501 Base
- Never Summer's suppliers have developed an exclusive, super fast, durable sintered base specifically for our boards.
- Just the right amount of graphite has been added making the DURASURF XT SINTERED 5501 BASE one of the fastest and certainly the most durable P-Tex bases on the market..
Edges
Full Wrap Metal Edge
Sidewalls
UHMW POLYETHYLENE SIDEWALL
- Never Summer was the first snowboard company to use and perfect UHMW POLYETHYLENE SIDEWALL (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), and they never seen one crack.
- Unlike conventional ABS sidewalls, that have a tendency to crack in colder temperatures, UHMW POLYETHYLENE SIDEWALL maintain their integrity at any temperature.
- UHMW Polyethylene sidewalls also enhance damping characteristics above the metal edge.
POWER GRIP SIDECUT
- POWER GRIP SIDECUT utilizes multiple radiuses creating extra contact points to enhance edge hold.
- A flat section in the rocker area provides a broad contact point when flexed, however when unbent allows the board to track straight and not catch.
- Flanking this straight section are two shallow radiuses which provide the second and third contact points.
- Towards the ends of the sidecut are deep radiuses which render quick turn initiation and the final contact points
Additional Features
RDS 2 DAMPING SYSTEM
- RDS 2 or Rubber Damping System 2 is the perfect balance of freeride stability and freestyle liveliness.
- A more substantial system than a freestyle board to stabilze the board at higher speeds but a little less than damping in a freeride board for leaving the snow.
- An ideal combination of vibration absorbtion and energetic feel.
ELASTOMERIC UNDERFOOT STABILIZERS
- ELASTOMERIC UNDERFOOT STABILIZERS are placed directly below the mounting area, providing optimum vibration and shock absorption and increase high-speed stability.
- These underfoot stabilizers also add cushioning while reducing foot fatigue.
HARMONIC TIP/TAIL DAMPER/PROTECTION
- HARMONIC DAMPERS in the tip and tail take out a high percentage of residual vibration by quieting the nose and tail.
- This enhances stability at speed, in variable snow conditions and on board landings without deadening the liveliness and pop of the cambered areas.
TRANSITION AREA
- A flat section of a snowboards profile, the TRANSITION AREA, that lies at the end of the camber zones just before the tip/tail rise.
- This area smooths out the transition between the camber area and the tip rise for fluid turn initiation and enhanced powder floatation.
Factory Tuned
- Board comes waxed and ready for the mountain right from the factory.
Warranty
3-YEAR WARRANTY
- Your new Never Summer Snowboard is warrantied to be free of defects in material and/or workmanship for a period of three (3) years* from the original date of purchase.
- If Never Summer Industries determines, in its sole discretion, that your Never Summer Snowboard is defective, then Never Summer Industries shall, at its sole discretion, either repair or replace your Never Summer Snowboard without charge to you.
- All replacements are subject to availability.
- Never Summer Industries will not be responsible for any costs, losses or damages incurring as a result of loss or use to your Never Summer Snowboard.