Snowboarding?

[Neppo1345]

Anybody here board?

I'm going to be making a few trips to Salt Lake this season and wanted to pick up a board, yet know nothing about them.

I usually board 2-3 times a season in Ohio, but I rent.

Now that I have a decent job I figure I might as well pick one up.

Any particular brands to stay away from? Anything thats particularly good for the price?

Also, where can I go other than Salt Lake (location does not matter as long as there's powder)

[Mechanic79]

Anybody here board?

I'm going to be making a few trips to Salt Lake this season and wanted to pick up a board, yet know nothing about them.

I usually board 2-3 times a season in Ohio, but I rent.

Now that I have a decent job I figure I might as well pick one up.

Any particular brands to stay away from? Anything thats particularly good for the price?

Also, where can I go other than Salt Lake (location does not matter as long as there's powder)

I've been boarding for 8 years. used to rent as well. bought a cheap board, cheap bindings, and awesome boots. I've since upgraded a the bindings and board.

FIRST: Buy the most "comfortable" boots FIRST, FIRST, FIRST.
SECOND: Then bindings (this is something that must be experienced to believe)
LAST: The board. the board should be sized for you boot size and weight of the boarder. (DO NOT GO BY YOUR HEIGHT) boarding physics could care less about your height!

You boarding preference. regular or switch? Do you ride goofy as well?
Do you board mainly on short runs, pipes, terrain park?
Long runs/mountains?
Do you like speed or agility?


My example:
I started out with comfortable boots. then bought cheap bindings and a cheap board "pale ski sports" based off the "nose to chin". I boarded this set up for 2 years. couldn't land jumps at all, super stiff, unforgiving and was slow (due to the extruded base) This board was a directional board. which means it was designed to go down only one way.

I live in MN so there are more terrain parks and short runs. though I do go out west 2-3 times per year as well so I ended up purchasing 2 boards. I am not the best in the pipe or terrain park but do like to try.
Ride Kink: super short, super flexible, agile and forgiving. not fast. This board also sports twin tip, which basically means the board is equal front and back for riding regular/switch or goofy.
I loved the Kink so much that I wanted an all mountain board similar, but faster and more responsive.
Capita Photo Fetish: similar to the kink but much stiffer/responsive, deeper side cut, and a touch longer. This thing snaps, not as forgiving as the kink.

I use burton cap strap bindings. These bindings even gave my old pale ski sports board more control in turns. Turns easy without much energy.

This is my experience, I hope it helps.

My GF also uses burton cap straps and has a park board and all mountain board that is fitted to her weight and boot size.

We bought our high end stuff from this place http://www.the-house.com
of course we are local, so we went straight there.

[bryceeden]

I use too, but then my feet grew to a size 18 and that kind of put an end to that.



I'm going to be making a few trips to Salt Lake this season and wanted to pick up a board, yet know nothing about them.


Also, where can I go other than Salt Lake (location does not matter as long as there's powder)

If you're coming to Utah go to Park City instead of Salt Lake. Its only about 30 miles from Salt Lake but has much better resorts and mountains.