The 2026 Salomon Kickback is a versatile and approachable freestyle board designed to help you refine your skills in the park. Featuring a softer flex and Rock Out Camber profile, it delivers a smooth, playful ride ideal for locking into presses and rails. Despite its forgiving nature, the board maintains plenty of pop, giving you the confidence to send it off jumps while keeping control and stability on landings.
Board Type: Freestyle
Freestyle snowboards are built for park riders and those who love performing tricks on jumps, rails, and side hits.
Flex: 2/10 (1=soft, 10=stiff)
Snowboards with a soft flex are forgiving, easy to control, and ideal for beginners or freestyle riders. They excel in playful manoeuvres, like park tricks and buttering, and provide a smooth ride on groomed trails or in powder.
Ability Level: Beginner-Intermediate
A beginner snowboard is softer, lighter, and more stable, making it easier to control and manoeuvre while learning basic skills like turning and stopping.
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.
Shape: Twin
A twin-shaped snowboard is symmetrical with an identical tip and tail, designed for equal performance riding forward or switch. It’s perfect for freestyle tricks, spins, and jumps, offering balance, stability, and control in both directions.
Camber Type: Rock Out Camber
Flat between the bindings provides stability, camber near the feet adds response, and rocker at the tip and tail enhances pressability.
Sidecut: Equalizer Rad Sidecut
Equaliser and Radial radii are combined for a sidecut that provides agility on the mountain. It consists of a combination of straight lines and short radius.
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.
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
Laminate: BA MD Fiberglass, Popster
BA MD medium density fiberglass is used to create a light and lively board. Popster mills the core inside of the inserts, allowing the board to flex more naturally and energy is transferred to the nose and tail more efficiently for extra pop.
Core: Aspen Strong Core
CNC-cut high-density Aspen wood strips in the insert and rail zones improve impact resistance and ensure consistent flex the entire life of the core.
Sidewall: Royal Rubber Pads
Soft Royal Rubber blocks are strategically placed in high-pressure areas of the ABS sidewalls to effectively absorb vibrations and dampen hard impacts, ensuring a smoother, more controlled ride.
Edge: Freestyle Edge Bevel
For superior edge hold and forgiveness while on rails and boxes, a 1.5 degree base edge bevel is added.
Base: Extruded EG Base
By taking the easy to maintain extruded base material and adding Electra, you get a deluxe version of a normal extruded base that has increased gliding and speed characteristics.
Additional Features:
| Size (cm) | Effective Edge | Nose/Tail Width | Waist Width | Sidecut (m) | Rec. Stance | Weight (kg) |
| 148 | 1140 | 287 | 242 | 7.4 | 530 | 45-65 |
| 151 | 1170 | 292 | 247 | 7.6 | 540 | 50-70 |
| 153 | 1190 | 295 | 250 | 7.8 | 550 | 55-75 |
| 155 | 1205 | 297 | 252 | 8.0 | 560 | 55-85 |
| 158 | 1230 | 299 | 259 | 8.2 | 570 | 65-90 |
| 155 Wide | 1205 | 304 | 259 | 8.0 | 560 | 65-95 |
| 158 Wide | 1230 | 307 | 262 | 8.2 | 570 | 70-105 |
All measurements in millimetres otherwise specified
We are confident in our products and our sales staff to make sure that you get the best help and the gear that is most suitable for your adventures.
We are a local, independently owned store and do not offer ‘change of mind’ refunds for returned items (this includes incorrect sizing), however we're happy to offer you a store credit or exchange subject to the following conditions:
Store credits, lasting up to 3 years, will be issued for the amount paid at time of purchase for the particular item being returned. They are issued via email in which you'll receive a 16 digit code that you can use at checkout online or in store.
Unfortunately stock levels vary and we are not able to stock all products in all sizes, which may result in your desired exchange product or size not being available. In the event that your desired exchange product is not in stock, a store credit will be issued.
Should you not want a credit or exchange, in extenuating circumstances Melbourne Snowboard Centre may issue a refund minus a 20% restocking fee.
If your return is time sensitive, our regular returns policy applies and no refunds will be given if you purchase new items prior to returning original items.
Making a return is easy. Please follow the steps below to make the process quick and easy for everyone.
Please note:
We require all items be returned in their original, sellable condition. All returns must meet the below criteria:
When returning, please ensure you take care to protect the item and its original packaging. Damaged packaging or damaged products may result in a reduction in your credit, or a refusal of your return. Refused returns incur a minimum $10 return shipping fee (more for bulky items).
An example of how your boxed return should be packed:
An example of how your boxed return should NOT be packed:
If you have received a faulty product or you feel the product you have been using is eligible for a warranty evaluation by the manufacturer due to defect in its materials or workmanship, contact us and we can walk you through the appropriate steps to lodge a warranty claim. Please include photos of the item and issue so we can expedite the process. Find out more on our warranty page.
If you have received a damaged product (eg. damaged in transit), please send photos and a description of the damage within 7 days of receipt to web@melbournesnowboard.com.au, along with your order number and contact details. Damaged product claims do not apply after the item has been used.
Our packages are discounted to help you get on snow at a reasonable price. Due to this, if you get the wrong size we are happy to offer an exchange in size of the same product, but we do not accept returns for individual package items. If you would like to return one or more items in a package but not all items, you must return the entire package and re-purchase the remaining item at its advertised price.
If you've bought a package online and would like to return one or more items but not all items, please email web@melbournesnowboard.com.au prior to return.
