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Best Snowboard and Boots for 2013
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Mr.Azim
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Found this site: reviews and explains the new boots for this year (and old)
http://thegoodride.com/boot-reviews/?gender=m
http://thegoodride.com/boot-reviews/?gender=m
eljay
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It was 130 and change with tax in. Very comfy... though it's the first new pair I've had in years. They will do the trick for the average weekend rider. Going high end tech will not help anyone at the "hills" in Ontario. I'd have no problem going several seasons on these boots in even the most extreme all mountain riding.
I don't get why people riding these hills feel the need for hard core gear. As long as they are comfortable, lower cost gear will do the non-competing every weekend rider fine. I've been riding most of my life and learned that unless you are competing at a world class level, there's no point in spending a lot of money. Just stick with quality brands like Burton, Ride, etc and their lowest end stuff is sufficient for pleasure cruising (and I consider back mountain riding a pleasure!)
I don't get why people riding these hills feel the need for hard core gear. As long as they are comfortable, lower cost gear will do the non-competing every weekend rider fine. I've been riding most of my life and learned that unless you are competing at a world class level, there's no point in spending a lot of money. Just stick with quality brands like Burton, Ride, etc and their lowest end stuff is sufficient for pleasure cruising (and I consider back mountain riding a pleasure!)
Mr.Azim
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Thanks, I was thinking the same thing. The only thing I really splurged on were the Oakley goggles because I love the brand and my first cheapy pair fogged up and had the strap rip out on the first evening of use, so I returned it the next day.
But for boots, definitely need something comfortable more than competitive.
vociferous
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the most important thing when buying gear is the boots.
buy good, comfortable, secure boots, and you will have more fun than with a fancy board and cheap boots
buy good, comfortable, secure boots, and you will have more fun than with a fancy board and cheap boots
optionfa
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If you ride in Ontario...
Buy quality boots because no matter what you are riding if your feet hurt or are freezing you will hate the sport.
Chances are if you are asking these questions you are a begginer, any Burton Custom or similar type board will suit you just fine in our parks to learn to do some straight airs.
I don't ride in Ontario anymore and my 5 year old Option pro model has served me fine from park to back country kickers out west, as it was said earlier snowboard tech is completely dependant on the style you ride and until you develop this style you should probably save your money.
Buy quality boots because no matter what you are riding if your feet hurt or are freezing you will hate the sport.
Chances are if you are asking these questions you are a begginer, any Burton Custom or similar type board will suit you just fine in our parks to learn to do some straight airs.
I don't ride in Ontario anymore and my 5 year old Option pro model has served me fine from park to back country kickers out west, as it was said earlier snowboard tech is completely dependant on the style you ride and until you develop this style you should probably save your money.
vociferous
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+1.
my current fave setup is my 32 Prime boots (amazing btw, but can be expensive), old pair of bent metal bindings, and either my Liquid 163 from 02, or (if icy), any board with magnatraction (or the like)
I'm partial to Lib Tech snowboards.
http://www.lib-tech.com/snowboards/trs-total-ripper-series/
I would probably recommend the TRS, as it's more of an all mountain board than the banana skate. Still has the same magna-traction, and the same inverse camber. The magna-traction edges really do make a big difference on ice, and Ontario has it's share of that. A park board, because of it's softness, is more forgiving and better to learn on but once you start picking up some speed you'll find an all mountain board is a better all-in-one. In the long run, you'll probably get more use out of it.
The TRS has also won transworld's Good Wood award like 5 years in a row or something like that
http://snowboarding.transworld.net/...nologies-trs-good-wood-snowboard-review-2013/
For boots I'd check out ThirtyTwo.
http://thirtytwo.com/boots/
They are the last pair I bought and they are crazy light. They probably weigh about as much as a pair of cross trainers. They also have the heat-molding material so they conform to the shape of your foot after a few hours of wearing them around. Finally, I don't know how they do it, but they are super resistant to stink! I know that sounds strange, but my last pair used to knock out a room. With these (which have gotten just as much use, if not more) they don't smell at all. Maybe not the biggest priority.
My experience comes from living 2 years out west and working in a tech shop.
http://www.lib-tech.com/snowboards/trs-total-ripper-series/
I would probably recommend the TRS, as it's more of an all mountain board than the banana skate. Still has the same magna-traction, and the same inverse camber. The magna-traction edges really do make a big difference on ice, and Ontario has it's share of that. A park board, because of it's softness, is more forgiving and better to learn on but once you start picking up some speed you'll find an all mountain board is a better all-in-one. In the long run, you'll probably get more use out of it.
The TRS has also won transworld's Good Wood award like 5 years in a row or something like that
http://snowboarding.transworld.net/...nologies-trs-good-wood-snowboard-review-2013/
For boots I'd check out ThirtyTwo.
http://thirtytwo.com/boots/
They are the last pair I bought and they are crazy light. They probably weigh about as much as a pair of cross trainers. They also have the heat-molding material so they conform to the shape of your foot after a few hours of wearing them around. Finally, I don't know how they do it, but they are super resistant to stink! I know that sounds strange, but my last pair used to knock out a room. With these (which have gotten just as much use, if not more) they don't smell at all. Maybe not the biggest priority.
My experience comes from living 2 years out west and working in a tech shop.
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