Learn to Snowboard

Ride Solace Snowboard – Women’s — The Solace freeride snowboard offers advanced response and snap, and easy turning for superior all-mountain performance. Tip-to-tail, rail-to-rail, 100% wood Foundation Core offers a smooth, responsive ride and a lively natural flex. Core features carbon linear reinforcements that run the length for increased liveliness and pop, plus strength and stiffness. Tip and tail are tapered for reduced swing weight and enhanced tip flex, and the sidewalls run past the effective edge for greater durability. Structurally strong and lightweight, the top and base are wrapped in a web of stitched biaxial glass, increasing torsional stiffness and snap. Durable 1500-grade extruded fusion base keeps you moving fast in all types of snowand it’s easy to repair to boot! Directional shape with 1 in. setback is versatile, easy riding and easy to control in varied conditions. Radial sidecut is smooth and predictable. Solace gives you the confidence to take your performance to the next level. | R08014150 | Ride | Snowboarding Snowboards Women’s Snowboards

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Burton Lux Snowboard – Women’s – ‘08 — Pushing your ‘’skillz” or just learning how to drop in? The women’s Lux is a twin-tip with forgiving flex, perfect for indulging your riding without working overtime. Easy-riding directional flex provides tail pop and nose resiliency, plus plenty of float and control to rip any terrain or snow. Super Fly wood core improves board feel, flex and durability; Dualzone Engineered Grain Direction (EGD) increases durability and adds superior edge hold. Negative Core Profile puts thinner core sections in between the bindings, providing a soft flex and allowing improved foot control. Biax React fiberglass construction provides torsional forgiveness, board feel and edge hold, perfect for taking new tricks to the next level. With crisp and vibrant graphics, the Lightspeed Vision base combines speed and durability to keep you moving fast in all conditions. Grip and Rip edge tune is perfect for slicing and dicing the entire mountain. Pro-Tip edges are profiled at the tip and tail, reducing swing weight and improving powder flotation. Infinite Ride Technology: Burton overbuilds every board to retain its shape and ride characteristics throughout its life. . | 206873 | Burton | Snowboarding Snowboards Women’s Snowboards

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These Dynastar Supra X RL skis are a lightweight all mountain intermediate ski that would work well for beginner or intermediate riders. A good maneuverable ski to learn all the basics and more the Supra X RL Skis are a smooth ride. The Supra RLs are easy to pivot with their fat shovel and the wide

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The Phase is Light on Weight and heavy on features. The Phase is a great snowboard boot with skate shoe aesthetics that’s been dialed is specifically for women. Learning tricks on boxes, jumps and rails could not be easier with this boot. With its forgiving flex and low profile outsole, board control just comes natural. Great for the up and coming boarder looking for comfort for all day sessions without breaking the bank. Features: Pre curved full tip finger grips, 8,000mm waterproofing, 5,000g breathability. Material: PU Leather, Lacing System: Traditional, Removable Liner: Yes, Recommended Use: All-Mountain, Warranty: One Year, Skill Range: Beginner – Advanced Intermediate, Model Year: 2010, Product ID: 175681

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Start your future shredder off right with this full sidewall performance Ride. They will enjoy the ability to turn and learn with ease, while parents will enjoy the ease on their pocket book when handing down this durable deck to the next little one in the family. With the ride Lowride the whole mountain can be their playground and with killer graphics this is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Features: Shape: Directional, Sidecut: Radial. Turn Radius: 61m (@ 125cm), Base: Fusion 1500, Construction: Biaxial Glass, Core: Foundation Tuned, Length: 105-135cm, Recommended Use: All-Mountain, Warranty: One Year, Effective Edge: 954mm (@ 125cm), Waist Width: 225mm (@ 125cm), Stance Width: 330-406mm, Stance Setback: Centered, Skill Range: Beginner – Advanced Intermediate, Model Year: 2010, Product ID: 163742, Shipping Restriction: This item is not available for shipment outside of the United States.

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www.backcountryoutlet.com/outlet or just backcountry.com or if your not in a hury steepandcheap.com and whiskeymilitia.com sell one item at a time for real cheap and they usually have coats. Dogfunk.com is real good too.

I’m planning to get maybe Relay E/Antidote bindings (Any ideas on which one to get?) and the F22W boots from Salomon, with the Burton Feather. I was just wondering if the bindings would fit with the board? And if say, size 7/8 boots with the Medium bindings?

My shoe size is about 8 and I really don’t have anywhere to go try on the boots or the bindings, so I’m kind of stuck on terms of knowing what size I need. I’m just starting out boarding and have only gone a couple times, but I’m getting a season pass up to one of the local mountains and planning on going lots later on.

Any additional info you need just ask. Thanks!

You should never buy snowboard boots without first trying them on. If you plan to buy them online then you should try them in a snowboard shop first. Having the boots fit properly is really important it’ll affect your riding and your feet will get tired and sore and you won’t have as much fun. So try to go to a snowboard shop and get someone to help you find a boot size that fits right.

With snowboards and bindings there isn’t usually any problems with fit/compatibility so you won’t have a problem there.
edit: oh yeh, i forgot about the base plates, the bit that attaches the binding to the board. Burton do have a different hole arrangement on the board, but some bindings do come with replacement base plates to fit Burton boards, just ask the shop person when buying the board/bindings.

With boots and bindings it is best to try them together to see if they fit properly (you’ll have to go to a shop for this aswell). However, most of the time this shouldn’t be an issue, just make sure you get the right sized bindings for your boots.

If you really can’t get to any snowboard shops off the mountain, you could wait till you go to the ski mountain and buy your entire setup there, that way you’ll have the correct sizes and get some professional advice on your gear. However, i highly recommend you go to a snowboard shop off mountain before your trip that way you can take your time to think about which gear you really want. Also board shops off mountain tend to be cheaper then ones on mountain.

Im thinking of heading over to nz next snow season and wandering if anyone has been there.

If so where have you been and what do you recommend?
Also how much did it cost you?

Any additonal info is welcomed.

Thanks in advanced,
Danny

SNOW PARRRRRK. nah im just sayin that cuz i love it. i spent a week there, and its really good for doing park stuff like rails etc.. and they have a half pipe which is good… but you will find more snowboarders than skiiers. you should also look at cadrona and remarkables… i dont know much about them unfortunatly…

but the whole wanaka area is just arun with ppl for the snow season so you kno its good…

not very helpful but hey… hope yu get something from this.

I really have no clue, Whiteface has a couple hard trails, but the hardest trail by far I have been on is in Scranton, PA on one of my favorite mountains called Montage, now called Mt, Sno called White Lightning. Lastly, whats the hardest trail too, no glades or anything but trail you have been on?

I’ve heard Mad River Glen is very difficult because they don’t groom or make snow or anything. They don’t allow snowboarders either.

Killington has some challenging terrain as well, I’m sure you’ll find some good stuff there.

Mount Snow (not Sno) has the hardest non-glade I have ever gone down. It is called Bear Trap, and when I was on it it had hip-high moguls. the pitch is not too steep, which made it even more strenuous, and it was about 2,000 feet long. It even had its own lift to service it, and I was going up and down on it all day. That was a great day

I can go down, make turns, and make full stops but thats it.. I can’t make turns backwards though. Do you have any tips?

When you say "backwards" do you mean riding fakie?

To become better find a friend who is a bit better than you and ask them to take you on a few (easy) runs. If you follow their line that’ll make you not have to think so hard about where you’re going and leave you able to just think about the turn you’re about to take. When you make a turn commit to it and remember to not dig an edge in until you’re past the fall line.

My friend told me "when in doubt ride it out" and that was a great piece of advice. It takes a while to get comfortable on the board and with speed and give it the time it needs, it’ll click before you know it.