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Snowboarding Personal Clothing

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Thermal Body Shirt

Depending on the temperature (be sure to check this) you will want to use thermal or polypropylene underwear as a first level of clothing. This Snowboarding Apparel will keep you warm and dry by wicking moisture away from the skin and transferring it to the next layer. When buying a thermal body shirt, be sure that it has long sleeves. 76.77

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Thermal Underwear
Thermal underwear is the best apparel to use as a first level of clothing. Polypropylene thermal underwear is readily available and does not scratch. 43.02

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Snowboarding Socks
The most important inner layer and the key to a good boot fit are socks. This Snowboard Gear is essential to keep your feet warm, dry, comfortable, and padded against hard impacts. Choose thinner snowboard socks over thicker ones. Thin, synthetic socks are a good choice since soft boots already incorporate some insulation, and very thick socks encourage feet to sweat and lose warmth more quickly. Preferably, buy special snowboarding socks that will give you more specialized features. Keep in mind that socks need to come at least halfway up the calf. 7.71

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Fleece Jackets or Sweater

As a second layer you will want a Fleece or a Wool sweater. The fleece is the key component to remaining warm since it is lightweight and is able to 'breathe'. Generally though, it does not offer protection from the wind or rain. However, this Snowboard Gear has thermal properties that enable the body to breathe by allowing perspiration to evaporate through. 74.18

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Thermal Pants
Put on your Snowboarding Pants on top of your base layer. Snowboarding Pants are usually roomy. Still, make sure you don't feel any pinching in the crotch area. Otherwise, look for another pair. Moreover, a good pair of Snowboarding Pants should keep you warm and dry and should have basic padding on the knees and the rear that will prevent melting snow from seeping through. 193.58

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Snowboard Boots
These are special boots that will work together with your Snowboard Bindings to keep your body connected to your board. Snowboard Boots come in all regular shoe sizes. However, different boots of the same size usually vary in the way they hold your feet and ankle. Quality boots can last for a long time so take time to consider this when buying one. 76.77

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Beanie, Hat or Helmet

Do not expose your head and ears to extremely low temperatures, protect them with a comfortable hat or beanie. If you prefer to wear a hat, choose one with the little ear flaps. Remember, you can lose up to 90% of your body's total heat through the top of your head. For head protection put on a Snowboard Helmet. 36.08

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Snowboarding Goggles
Protect your eyes from UV rays, snow, wind, ice, and tree branches with Snowboarding Goggles. This Snowboard Gear is designed for functionality (i.e. UV and full eye wind protection) and won't fly off when you fall. Also, goggles can be placed over you hat and fastened onto your head. 25.13

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Snowboarding Jacket
Finish off your upper body layering with a water repellent and windproof Snowboarding Jacket or top shell. Make sure that the fabric for this Snowboard Gear is also breathable. Its ability to 'breathe' would allow heat from perspiration to escape from the inner layers of clothing. 116.02

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A Snowboard
The focal point of Snowboarding: The Snowboard. There are Three Different Types of Snowboards available on the market today: Freestyle, Freeride (All Mountain), and Alpine (Carving) Boards. Each board has a unique Construction Technique and Materials, Shape, Flex Pattern, and Size. The type of board you ride should correspond to the Style of Riding that you like to do. 271.12

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Snowboard Bindings
Attach your boots to your Snowboard through sturdy Bindings. This Snowboard Gear typically comes in two or three sizes - Small, Medium and Large. The size you choose will depend completely on the Snowboard Boot that you have chosen in combination with the binding. Make sure the binding has the correct size that allows you to comfortably get into the binding and easily adjust the straps (when using strap binding) without leaving too much strap on either side. 109.07

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Snowboarding Gloves
Protect your hands from snow, ice and impacts with padded gloves - preferably those that are designed for snowboarding. Choose gloves that are durable, waterproof, and have fleece or other synthetic-based insulated glove liners. Also, make sure this Snowboard Gear have built-in reinforcements for the palm and the undersides of the fingers as they keep these areas from wearing through. 128.04

Equipment Freestyle Freestyle is the term used for riders on man-made terrain over features such as boxes, rails, ramps, quarter pipes, half-pipes, super-pipes and many others. This type of terrain is where you will see riders performing many of their jib or aerial tricks and stunts. A soft boot is worn and the board will have extra flex. This is the type of board most commonly used in competitions.

Freecarve (Race) or Alpine Snowboarding Powerful and graceful curves cutting into the snow - this style is best suited to hard snow or manicured runs. Stay focused because this is race style and not one for beginners.

Freeride The most commonly practiced, and is basically the term for just pointing the board down the mountain and going! It also includes aerial stunts and tricks which are used in Freestyle. Freeriders typically wear a softer boot and the board is longer and not as flexible. This style of boarding is used on the smooth, groomed and hard-pack snow runs for a faster ride. The boot is sturdier and the board stiffer and narrower.

Half-pipe A half-pipe is a purpose-built semi-circular ditch in a slope which can be anything up to 21 feet deep. Competitors descend the pipe by traversing from one side to the other and catching air at the sides.

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Snowboards Freestyle Wider more stable and easy to ride, also the board is shorter and lighter than other boards, shorter in flex which makes it easier to turn. Short short snowboards provide greater manoeuvrability, they are ideal for beginners aerialists who find them easier for spinning whilst in mid air. Park/Jib (rails) - Flexible and short to medium length, twin-tip shape with a twin flex and an outward stance to allow easy switch riding, and east spinning, a wider stance, with the edges filed dull is used for skateboard-park like snowboard parks. Freeride - Longer than freestyle and park boards. Moderate to stiff in flex and typically directional (versus twin-tip). Used from back-country riding to park riding in various types of snow from groomed hard-packed snow to soft powdery snow. All-Mountain - Also very common. A mix between freeride and freestyle boards. The 'jack of all trades, master of none.' Commonly twin-ish in shape (sometimes described as "directional twin") with an even flex on both sides of the board. Racing/Alpine - Long, narrow, rigid, and directional shape. Used for slalom and giant slalom races, these boards are designed to excel on groomed slopes. Most often ridden with a "hard" plastic snowboard boot (similar to a ski boot), but also ridden recreationally with soft boots, particularly by riders in Europe. Splitboard - A snowboard which splits in half lengthwise, and allows the bindings to be quickly connected to hinges aligning them longitudinally on the board, allowing the halves of the boards to function as cross country skis. Used with removable skins on the base of the board, which easily slide forward on snow but not backwards, they allow a snowboard to easily travel into the backcountry. Once the rider is ready to descend, the board halves can simply be joined back together.