| While you can get away with wearing any type of | | | | much moisture can pass through the material. Look |
| pants while snowboarding getting snowboarding pants | | | | for the highest number possible here as well. The |
| is definitely a good investment if you are trying to | | | | warmer and dryer you can keep your body the more |
| 'up your game' and need to spend more time on the | | | | energy you will have to practice longer. This is the |
| hills practicing. Melting snow kicked up from the | | | | reason gear is so crucial. It is very important for any |
| board, moisture in the air and your own body's | | | | of your snowboarding gear to be something you can |
| reaction to exercise can mean having to cut sessions | | | | depend on to function as it should. |
| on the board short as your core temperature drops. | | | | The next thing to consider is the fit. When you try |
| Not only can the wrong type of clothing let you get | | | | them on can you move freely in them or do you feel |
| cold if the cut of the pants or jacket is too | | | | any pulls this way or that? If you walk in them do |
| constrictive it can throw of your coordination. | | | | they bunch up? Try moving around the shop or store |
| Snowboarding pants need to be made of breathable | | | | or even just take big steps around the fitting room |
| material, not be too constrictive, and be waterproof. | | | | area to see if the pants move well with you. You |
| This might sound like a tall order, but there are pants | | | | cannot stop to correct troublesome pants on the hill |
| that will fit the bill. On the label of snowboarding | | | | so make sure they fit well before you leave with |
| pants, there is a number for the garments | | | | them. |
| waterproofing rating. 10,000 mm is alright, but if you | | | | The next thing to look for is actually fun. Pockets are |
| can find something higher than 30,000mm that has all | | | | important for snowboarding not just as decoration, |
| the other qualities you need then even better. This | | | | but because you need a place to carry items you will |
| waterproofing ranking designates those with the | | | | need with you. This is why many brands of |
| highest ranking as the best at keeping you warm and | | | | snowboarding pants have lots and lots of pockets. |
| dry. | | | | After all you cannot take a backpack snowboarding |
| Being warm and dry through is more than just | | | | with you as this would throw off your balance, and |
| keeping out the snow and ice. When you are moving | | | | you certainly do not want to have to have some |
| on the snowboard you will sweat, and you need a | | | | sort of sling getting tangled around your arms or legs |
| garment with fabric that can whisk this away before | | | | that is full of keys, lift tickets, lip balm or water |
| you start losing warmth. Breath-ability is also shown | | | | bottles when you can have pockets to keep |
| as rank on the label and it too goes up to show how | | | | everything organized in as you snowboard. |