| There's a lot of things to look out for when buying a | | | | the boards you're interested in. Before you buy, you |
| new snowboard. You need to find a board that will | | | | could always try renting the snowboard of your |
| suit your style, so whether you're a fan of heading | | | | choice and spending a few hours at the snow dome |
| down the side of a mountain as fast as you possibly | | | | or indoor snowboard park. See how natural it feels to |
| can or whether you're interested in gadding about in | | | | you, see if it matches what other people have said |
| the park, there's a board to suit your style. If your | | | | and get a feel for how you and board work |
| feet are larger than average, you might be interested | | | | together. When you've found the perfect snowboard |
| in getting a board with a larger than average width, | | | | for you, you'll know it as soon as you try it out. |
| like the Burton Custom Wide (or any number of | | | | If it's your first board and you're not sure what to |
| others). You should be looking at getting a board | | | | get and you've got friends that snowboard, you |
| that's got the right shape for your style, a board | | | | should think about bringing them with you to the |
| with the right smoothness, rigidity and a board that's | | | | snowboard shop, or getting them to find a decent |
| concave exactly to your liking. | | | | bargain for you online. It can be particularly difficult if |
| You need to find the snowboard that will mesh | | | | it's your first board, because it's so hard to know |
| perfectly with your bindings (or failing that, find | | | | what's good and what isn't until you've tried it out. |
| bindings that will suit your board). The board that will | | | | You could just choose the one with the coolest |
| work with your stance, build, foot size, height and | | | | design, but you'll probably regret it if the board itself |
| weight. | | | | doesn't suit how you ride. If you're going to drop |
| A good way of making sure you get the right | | | | some serious wedge on a board, then you definitely |
| snowboard for you is to get a few ideas of what | | | | need to check out the reviews online first to make |
| you're looking for first - try to find some snowboard | | | | sure that it's a decent board. |
| reviews and see what other people are saying about | | | | Good luck hunting for that perfect snowboard! |