You wouldn’t want to cut your snowboarding season short because of a serious injury would you? This is what could happen if you don’t take care in choosing the right snowboard gear. Safety is paramount in snowboarding so don’t cut corners on the essential snowboard gear. Quality equipment will pay for itself in no time.
Get good quality boots that fit your foot well and fit your snowboard properly. Buy the boots before the board because the width of the snowboard will be dependent on the size of the boot. Next to the purchase of the board and boots the most important piece of snowboard gear is the helmet. Your mom would say it’s the most important, but we’ll let you buy the board and boots first. There is a separate article on choosing the right helmet. Check it out in the article pages. There are lots of other items you will want to add to your arsenal of snowboarding gear. Good quality gloves or mittens are a must. You will need bindings, wax, a lock for your board and comfortable clothing. Consider getting yourself some wrist guards and elbow protectors. Sunglasses or goggles are necessary too as is a good quality sunscreen. Think about getting a stomp pad to stop you from slipping of the board at the lift line. Get yourself a snowboarding iron or old non Teflon iron for waxing your board.
These are the basics that you will need for snowboard gear. There are lots of accessories that you can add to this list. We have put together some equipment suppliers on our resources page, why not take a look?
