Snowboarding Equipment

Series Summary

Snowboarding is an extreme sport with similarities to both surfing and skateboarding, though generally snowboarding is much faster. Snowboarding requires snowboard lessons, practice, and thick skin as falling is inevitable. Learning how to snowboard can be difficult, but it is much easier to learn with lessons from an expert. In this free extreme sports video series, a snowboarding instructor discusses the proper equipment for a beginning snowboarder. Learn about the different types of boards, their physical properties and how they are used. Find out about low-end and high-end bindings, and learn to choose the right kind of boots. See the different kinds of outwear that is available for warmth and protection. Start snowboarding with this beginner's guide to equipment.

Video Transcript

"OK so today I'm going to show you what you're going to need based on what you want to do for your ability. We'll be covering boards. The main boards you're going to see in the stores are free style, free ride, half pipe and learn to ride boards and women's boards. Bindings are next, they link you to your board. Cover low end and high end bindings. There's a lot of different things to bindings these days. I'll tell you all about them. We'll cover boots. Basically soft, medium and hard boots, it's just a matter of preference. I'll tell you all about them and how they affect your snowboarding at first. We will be covering outerwear, which is my jacket and pants and includes gloves, what you want to look for for what you want to spend. And then we'll be going over goggles and wax and other things you're going to need to get you out there and get you going. If you need anything else, it won't be in this. Anything else you probably won't need anyway. Hopefully I can get you set up, help you find the right board, help you find the right bindings, boots are a big preference, but I'll let you know how boots go as far as...it's just a matter of preference, pretty much, boots. And snowboard accessories, I'll tell you about those. It includes wax, sharpening tools for your edges, tuning equipment, cleaning stuff, all types of other stuff. And we'll go over different snowboards, different bindings, different boots and under stuff--stuff you want to wear underneath, all your outerwear to make you not sweat and make you get out there and have fun without being all soaking wet in freezing cold."