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Post subject: Protection while snowboarding
 Posted: May 01, 2008 - 09:29 PM
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Hi gang,
I have bought a helmet as head protection, but I have not bought anything else yet. What do you recommend to buy as additional protection? Is it worth to buy a body armour/shield plus knee & wrist, hip trousers, etc.
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Post subject: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 01, 2008 - 09:32 PM
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| a part from a helmet i only wear impact shorts when in a park. you could look at wrist guards but i've never had any since day one. |
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Post subject: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 01, 2008 - 09:45 PM
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First thing i bought was Wrist Guards, and now im kind of scared to stop using them in case i bring on the law of sod. But I also wear Impact shorts and Knee pads, i dont really need them but they are great when you just want to sit on the hill and not get a cold ass, and the knee pads are just some light protection. Although saying all that, the impact shorts have certainly stopped me getting a bruised ass on more than one occasion.
I would not say you need most of this gear in a fridge though unless you are going to start do kickers, rails and boxes? |
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Post subject: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 10:36 AM
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| Only must-haves for me are wrist guards. I wear a pair of RED ones under my gloves after a particlarly pathetic fall last Christmas (ice skating rather than snowboarding sadly!) and have been sore ever since. The guards have helped me out on quite a few occassions since. I know lots of people can't be bothered but I love them. |
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Post subject: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 11:04 AM
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| I use a helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, and impact shorts. I never go boarding without them cos you fully well that the second you go boarding without any of that kit, something bad will happen. |
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Post subject: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 11:06 AM
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| Helmet and impact shorts for me. got some really good dianese shorts, can take some of the padding out so i normally only ride with a coxyx protector in |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 11:07 AM
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 11:23 AM
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Wrist guards are a must
The LeVeL gloves come with wrist protectors built in [Biomex] and the support they give is pretty good, wrist injuries are by far the most common injury in snowboarding |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 11:31 AM
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| helmet, biomex wrist guards in gloves, ass pads - not just for bum protection but you can sit on the snow and not get cold!! |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 12:06 PM
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The two things I started off with was the impact shorts and the wrists guards and still wear them whenever I ride.
I wear a helmet, knee and pack protector as well when doing freestyle stuff |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Protection while snowboarding
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 12:53 PM
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Yeah, I always ride with a helmet and knee pads.
But I suppose everyones different, I've never really felt a need for wrist guards or impact shorts  |
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Posted: May 02, 2008 - 01:15 PM
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I ride dryslope most of the time and never ride without, impact shorts, wrist guards and knee pads (dendix is mean). I lent my wrist guards to a nervous pupil once, then caught my board in a bit of mat that was sticking up and broke my wrist in 4 places. Now that is the law of sod!
Also whenever I am doing freestyle or on the mountain I also wear a helmet and back protector. I am so glad of my helmet, I was doing a bit of off piste pow in Austria when I rag dolled, funny at first until I heard an almighty crack. Turned out I had hit my head on a rock buried by the pow, when we got to the bottom I had cracked both my helmet and goggles, as well as having a pounding headache, who knows what state I would have been in if I didn't have it.  |
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Israel
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Posted: May 02, 2008 - 01:35 PM
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It is great to see how open this group is. It is cool to be part of SCUK.
Thanks for all comments.
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Posted: May 02, 2008 - 01:42 PM
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personally I'm just a helmet kind of guy. I've tried impact shorts, but firstly i didn't find them comfortable, and secondly I've got a fat ass anyway! Depends what sort of thing you're doing, and how hard you're gonna be charging.
I prob would have had wrist guards when starting out, but they didn't have them back then, so I did without. I never really knock my elbow much so don't feel a need for that. Knee pads can be nice just to add cushioning. I could have done with them last weekend! Helmets are the way forward tho - the number of times I've just been messing around and caught an edge and I've been glad for my helmet! |
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Posted: May 02, 2008 - 01:54 PM
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On dry I always wear knee pads. Its the main place, especially from the beginning that Dendix can really screw you up!
Impact shorts are good too, but i have a huge ass to take the impact! |
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