Kijima Snowboards
Quote from Alpine Underground on July 16, 2026, 4:39 pmKijima Snowboards is an ultra-premium, boutique Japanese manufacturer that handcrafts bespoke snowboards out of Nagano, Japan. Founded and shaped by master shaper Lee Ingram, Kijima does not offer a mass-commercial catalog divided by gender, instead engineering high-end, wide, unisex shapes that utilize premium bamboo cores and hardwoods for a highly responsive, snappy feel. Their lineup focuses entirely on wide-body technical softboot carvers and "snow surfing" powder shapes. The current collection of boards offered by Kijima includes:
Deep Carving & Softboot Freecarve Models
These models are built super wide without a traditional taper, allowing riders with larger boot sizes or shallow binding angles to lay down deep carves without booting out.• Catfish (1465 / 1545)
A highly unique, short-but-wide specialized carving footprint designed to dig razor-sharp trenches while maintaining agile, quick turn transitions.• Nawa (1605)
A longer, high-stability directional freecarve model optimized for aggressive, high-speed stability and continuous edge grip on firm resort slopes.• Kijima Twin
A zero-taper, ultra-wide true-twin carving board designed for explosive pop out of turns and switch-carving capabilities.• Kijima Pintail
A directional carver featuring a locked-in tail profile engineered to hold clean, pencil-thin lines on late-afternoon groomers.
Snowsurf & Deep Powder Shapes
Built to bring surf-inspired mechanics onto fresh snow, leveraging bamboo's natural spring to float effortlessly through deep backcountry lines.• Kiotoshi Swallowtail (3.0 S/T)
The absolute flagship powder board of the entire brand. The highly refined 3.0 version features a rockered, tapered nose and a deep swallowtail cutout to naturally sink the rear of the board and keep the rider surfing seamlessly through deep fields.
Kids & Junior Models
• Kijima Kids Board
A scaled-down version utilizing the brand's core technologies in smaller profiles (such as 110cm and 124cm lengths) featuring forgiving flex profiles to help younger riders build technical control.
Kijima Snowboards is an ultra-premium, boutique Japanese manufacturer that handcrafts bespoke snowboards out of Nagano, Japan. Founded and shaped by master shaper Lee Ingram, Kijima does not offer a mass-commercial catalog divided by gender, instead engineering high-end, wide, unisex shapes that utilize premium bamboo cores and hardwoods for a highly responsive, snappy feel. Their lineup focuses entirely on wide-body technical softboot carvers and "snow surfing" powder shapes. The current collection of boards offered by Kijima includes:
Deep Carving & Softboot Freecarve Models
These models are built super wide without a traditional taper, allowing riders with larger boot sizes or shallow binding angles to lay down deep carves without booting out.
• Catfish (1465 / 1545)
A highly unique, short-but-wide specialized carving footprint designed to dig razor-sharp trenches while maintaining agile, quick turn transitions.
• Nawa (1605)
A longer, high-stability directional freecarve model optimized for aggressive, high-speed stability and continuous edge grip on firm resort slopes.
• Kijima Twin
A zero-taper, ultra-wide true-twin carving board designed for explosive pop out of turns and switch-carving capabilities.
• Kijima Pintail
A directional carver featuring a locked-in tail profile engineered to hold clean, pencil-thin lines on late-afternoon groomers.
Snowsurf & Deep Powder Shapes
Built to bring surf-inspired mechanics onto fresh snow, leveraging bamboo's natural spring to float effortlessly through deep backcountry lines.
• Kiotoshi Swallowtail (3.0 S/T)
The absolute flagship powder board of the entire brand. The highly refined 3.0 version features a rockered, tapered nose and a deep swallowtail cutout to naturally sink the rear of the board and keep the rider surfing seamlessly through deep fields.
Kids & Junior Models
• Kijima Kids Board
A scaled-down version utilizing the brand's core technologies in smaller profiles (such as 110cm and 124cm lengths) featuring forgiving flex profiles to help younger riders build technical control.