When a snowboard waist width is sized correctly your snowboard boots will hang over the edges of the snowboard just slightly but not so much as to hit the snow when the board is on edge (see the images below). Extending the toes and heels slightly over the edges of the snowboard allows...
The conditions and temperatures you ski in as well as how warm or cold your hands run will determine how much insulation you require, and you may want to consider more than one pair if you ski in varying temperatures. Also, just because a pair of ski gloves is thicker does not ...
If your board is too wide for you and your boots don't overhang at all, you might have a harder time getting the board from one edge to the other. If your board is too skinny and your toes and heels overhang too much, then you might end up dragging your toes and heels, which ...
“It’s a much healthier situation for us right now than it was when we owned it outright,” Saari said. “And the truth is we didn’t own it, the bank owned it. We got loans. We were kids with no money when we started building boards.” Today, the team at the helm of Mervin...
ensuring responsible purchasing and material usage choices, and minimising your manufacturing carbon footprint as much as possible. Most brands have changed a material or two. Or maybe they’re sourcing energy from lower carbon intensity sources (like hydro). But few have invested to make c...
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You can experiment with so many aspects of a snowboard like flex, sidecut, taper, insert positioning, and so much more to create a snowboard to perform a specific way. All of these changes don’t affect the snowboard as much as changing the overall profi
If so, you may want to look at snowboarder-specific jackets. While the primary features like insulation, waterproofing, and breathability won’t be much different than a ski jacket, the fit is tailored to the movements done while snowboarding. For example,snowboard jacketstend to have a...
When you flex your knees, your heels should remain locked down. Too much heel lift (when your heel rises inside your boot) could lead to ankle or foot pain. How to Strap Into Your Strap Snowboard Bindings Strap bindings are the most common type ofsnowboard bindings; rear-entry and step-...
Growing up with so much snowboarding history around him, it is no wonder Avallone’s first try on a board was before he learned how to walk. “I was super young, like12 months old, and my parents put me on their big Burton board, and the bindings were huge, and I just went down ...