The perfect place to learn everything about snowboarding safety accessory gear!UPDATED FOR THE 2006/2007 SEASONWhat are the PROS AND CONS for each type of pad or guard and where you can look to find the best quality gear and best deals on the net!!! Although not as important as a safety helmet, a good set of snowboarding safety accessory gear can save your day if you happen to go down hard!!! WRIST GUARDS... Wrist guards especially can be an inexpensive way to protect your paws on the slopes especially if you are gonna boost big airs or jam the latest tricks...They are the most used type of snowboarding safety accessory gear... There's two types of wrist guards, strap on wristguards which fit under your gloves and the integrated guard/glove type which are part of a glove or mitten setup... Personally I think the strap on type give better protection and safety... But they are not as comfortable to wear... So you gotta decide what is more important for you....comfort or safety...This depends on your age, riding style and ability and will determine how much you want to spend on any snowboarding safety accessory gear. Believe me I know from personal experience...In Canada I caught an edge going mach 9 on a icy flat cat track cause I knew it had a walker ahead and I didn't wanna walk....I ended up getting pitched forward and stuck my hand out to try to roll with it...ended up tweakin my wrist and although I didnt break it or sprain it bad, it hurt bad the next day and it dogged me the rest of the week... I kept it on cruise control for the next few days even though there was good powpow later in the week.I wish I had a wrist guard on that day, but I was not into snowboarding safety accessory gear yet... Two years ago I badly broke my wrist on Maui roller blading at the skate park...no wrist guards on ...no safety accessory gear on that day, narrowly avoided surgery! But I spent a few months in a cast.It was real beat..NO JOB and LOW ON CASH It sucked...But I got my cast off Dec.1st and by Dec.7th...I was back in the early season powpow in Hokkaido Japan !!! I wore a DAKINE wrist guard for the first 2 months every day and for another couple of months only if it hurt or the conditions were hard pack/icy days... I went down a bunch of times hard, even catching a tree or two and cratering a few times and never hurt the weak wrist... DAKINE guards are killer.They saved my drag azz tail unit last season...AND changed my tune and attitude about snowboarding safety accessory gear... BUTT PADS... Ok now for BUTT PADS....alias impact shorts They dont sound cool, look cool or feel cool either...But they can sometimes be cool....as long as no one knows your packing....Plus everyone who wears em said it keeps their tail unit warm..... Yah right... its only cause they don't wanna bust their priceless a$$... So Im gonna say this once only...The snowboarding master's lady wears them all alot in the spring cause she wacked herself hard a few times on hardpack and tweaked her tail unit....So she's packin a pair everytime she hits the slopes now during the springtime...She wont admit it though.... so don't ask her...Whatever you do don't say.... I said so...But SERIOUSLY, if you are just learning they can keep your tail unit from gettin tweaked and you can ditch em the next year to your younger bro or sis....These could be the third priority item on your snowboarding safety accessory gear list WHERE TO BUY THE BEST SNOWBOARDING SAFETY ACCESSORY GEAR WRIST GUARDS AND THE REST... A good place to start the search is at Backcountry.com ...You can see right here all the snowboarding safety accessory gear and impact clothing they have in the shop ready for the new season... IF you are using the Internet Explorer browser or ANY browser that is restricting content (scripts) AND you CANNOT see any of the snowboard pants on this page... Then Please change the browser setting to ask you to allow blocked content so you can see all the cool guards and pads... The best place I know of to get DaKine, Serius and Burton snowboarding safety accessory is from the SNOWSHACK.COM They also got the SEIRUS jam master palm and wrist protectors, although I never tried em before....I hear they are OK...Seirus makes Da BONE gloves and mittens that come with the removable type of guards. In some ways these are phat too... As my friends said...Look man ...I can take em out when riding pow and only need em when riding the hard pack...Seirus gloves and mittens are not super expensive either so they may be a good way to go...They are one of the best snowboarding safety accessory items I have seen available... Check out..SnowShack.com Another place that has a limited selection of protective gear is the The House - snowboard shop
A few guys I know who are into tricks are wearing shoulder pads...but I dont know of anybody who makes em for snowboarding...My friends who do.. I think got em from mountain biking shops and use em in the summer too ... Now here is another shop that has lots of snowboarding gear...It's REI Snow Sports Here's a QUICK LIST of other online stores and resources to score snowboarding safety accessory gear...
E-bay also has new gear from lots of online shops------------------------->>> Moosejaw.com Boardtactics.com - Your online source for boarding gear. Amazon.com  where you can find a snowboarding safety accessory gear offered by Amazon.com thru their affiliated retail stores...Try Bizrate to Compare prices for Snowboarding safety accessory items and other Snowboarding Gear. Its a fast way to find the best price if you already know exactly what you want... SNOWBOARDING SAFETY ACCESSORY GEAR FOR CANADIAN, UK OR EU RESIDENTS
If you ride and reside in Canada check out SportMart.ca which is the largest sporting goods chain in Canada.  SPORTMART.ca has DaKine wristguards in their snowboarding safety accessory section...What can I say you guys up north are tough no need for the rest of the safety gear eh...Check the Dakine wrist guards though now!!! If you live ANYWHERE in the EU... You are in luck as the HOTZONE.tv Well If you live in the UK you can check out Boardshop.co.uk but they only have the Baboon Bum-pads in their general accessories section... ....So you know enough about snowboarding safety accessory gear to make your own decisions about what you want to wear and how far you want to take it.....and decide the cost versus benefits for your particular situation.....My advice is to buy some inexpensive snowboarding safety accessory gear and cheat the MED-DOC out of some cash! One last thing... I am a Snowboarding Master but I am NOT an Internet Master, see how this site was PLANNED then BUILT and is QUICKLY and EASILY maintained... PLUS ...more importantly how to attract the right traffic to your business website by clicking on the graphic!!!  If You are like Me, Then I KNOW you want to be out doing some outdoor activity, not sitting in front of your &$@?* computer all day................ See how with SBI ! .....Check it out TODAY ! IF you have ANY questions here is a convenient way to ASK OTHER SBI USERS A QUESTION KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! INFORMATION IS KNOWLEDGE!!!! INFORMATION IS YOUR POWER!!! USE YOUR POWER!!!! |
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