Snowboarding: Learning to Ride from All Mountain to Park and Pipe

Arbor Coda Camber This is for a seasoned rider who needs versatility from a board. The Camber System gives it a fully engaged performance when charging around the mountain but also focuses your technique. Ride OMG I used to ride this board for bigger jumps but I feel it would make a great technical board and be excellent for instructing. The rocker on the nose and tail of this board start just before a normal board would, so it is slightly more forgiving.

This is another area of snowboarding that is amazing to get into. It opens up a whole new world to snowboarders and requires a high level of fitness and technique. A split board is a snowboard that can be separated into two parts like skis. You then use them with climbing skins to climb slopes, put them back together at the top and be ready in no time at all to enjoy the descent down the mountain. Burton Custom This is a legendary Burton Board — a real icon and now one of the most versatile split boards in the market.

Burton Anti- Social W This is a great women specific split board to start out on which is nice and comfortable to ride. It has excellent float-ability in powder due to its s-rocker shape, but stable and reliable at the same time.

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Here are some other essential items you will need to have for your snowboard trip — best get writing that Christmas list…. A real must have to protect your eyes from the glare of the sun and snow. Different lenses are used for different conditions so make sure you buy ones that allows you to easily swap over the lenses. Oh, and ideally you need to be able to still breath through your nose…Ive always used Dragon Goggles as they fit my face the best and I like the graphics. They do both guys and girls goggles and have a really easy changeable lens system.

Celtek do both guys and girls gloves. For pipe gloves, RAD gloves from Australia do some awesome unisex ones. Again, try them on for size before you buy! Saying that, I always rode stiff boots as I felt they gave me more support and were more responsive. Salomon boots fit my shape feet the best narrow, skinny heal, small. One thing to look out for is heel lift — if you have this in a boot you will get cramp on the mountain.

When you bend your knees in your boots your heel should stay on the bottom of the boot.

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These come in different sizes and most snowboard brands do them. Make sure they fit to your boot and that they fit on your board.

How To Ride Powder On A Snowboard

The stiffness varies, again generally softer for freestyle and stiffer for all-mountain. Once you have your biding you can fiddle around with the set up on your board, for example, the angles, forward lean, straps, stance width etc. Union bindings are really durable so they do both guys and girls bindings. Sooooo many options available! Always check the waterproof rating, its breathability and how warm the items are. Also a snow skirt on your jacket and snow gaiters at the bottom of your pants will stop unwanted snow getting in.

Most importantly you need to be able to move freely in your snowboard outfit, so do some crazy dance moves when you try it all on just to make sure.

Which snowboard should I ride?

The original pointy shape continues to stay true and rule all it aims at. Focused on freestyle maneuvers wherever you want to go, the Happy Hour started the experimental shape revolution and has won countless Good Wood awards and diehard fans ever since. The Eco Lite snowboard has all the technology and finesse required to allow women the greatest possible progression.

The Eco Lite brings a similar comfort and happiness to every day spent on the mountain. The Lime Lite snowboard's Freestyle Baseline with Tweekend and Thythm core provide the best possible feel and flex for women who want one snowboard for eveything freestyle. The best of rocker and camber combined for intermediates looking towards their next steps. The easy shape makes turning easier and hooks up beginners with their new favorite sport. Centered stance provides both stability for learning and ideal position for freestyle progression.

Made for powder float and quick turns in the trees. The Gyrator continues the tradition with added features like Carbon Web II for even more pop and lively feel in the deep stuff. Whether you need a solid jump board, or a battle axe for the cold hard streets, the K2 Bottle Rocket will have you whistling with confidence when you step to something big.

WHERE TO START

The Machete GT is a responsive freestyle deck with a stiffer flex, so don't be an angry snowboarder if you don't have the chops to get the maximum performance from the Machete GT. Hybrid camber gives you a small amount of rocker under the tip and tail for a catch-free feel at the contacct points and camber under foot to give you all the pop and control you need. Once again, these snowboards are directional which means they are designed to go downhill, not to hit tricks in the park. Good powder snowboards come in a few different shapes and usually run taller. Most powder specific boards have a wider nose that tapers into a narrower tail.

Like a Freeride snowboard, the side cuts can range from mellow to sharp to sharp in, sharp out. Its intent to to allow you seek the deep and slay pow turns all day long in the backcountry or deep bowls. Privacy Notice Conditions of Use. All Used Snow Gear. All Parts and Accessories. Women's Bags and Purses.