Cheap Snowboarding

Ok, I’ve been wanting to snowboard for a while now and I’ll be a beginner. Can someone tell me what it’s like to snowboard and to get cheap gear like pants and jackets (I’m going to rent a board, boots and bindings)? And can someone also help me find the right size snowboard for me? I’m a 17 year old girl, about 202 lbs and 5′7” thank you!!!
Oh yeah, I’ll be looking for goggles, gloves and hats too!

Your question is practically impossible.
1. the feeling of snowboarding differs by the day. Comparing it to music sometimes its like a heavy metal scream and others are like Beethoven. The way i say it is "Its hard to learn but fun to do"
2.ahh the infamous "cheap" gear. Shop around for QUALITY gear.
3.If your renting you dont need to know the board size. They are going to give you a 152 or a 155. somewhere in there.

I live in Norwich and i want a good snowboard jacket like burton or other. and i know that cheap isnt always great but i dont want one dirt cheap one around £100 or animal as i like the brown jacket 08 one
i live in Norwich and i want a good snowboard jacket like burton or other. and i know that cheap isnt always great but i dont want one dirt cheap one around £100 or animal as i like the brown jacket 08 one.

I KNOW CHEAP ISNT GREAT BUT IM NOT ASKING FOR CHEAP BRANDS I WANTED TO KNOW WEAR TO GET GOOD CLOTHES AND BRAND FOR CHEAPER!!!
i get annoyed about people saying save your money cheap isnt good and stuff like that. so dont please. i know i need good stuff and thats what im asking about.

Thanks

www.the-house.com has a lot of good snowboard clothing for 50-70% off.

Keep in mind when buying snowboard clothing, you need something that will withstand the weather. Cheaper stuff usually tends to leave you wet and cold at the end of the day.

Burton is a good brand, but not near the best. It’s something a lot of amateur riders buy because of the name and they end up spending way more money than the clothes are worth. The only good thing I see about burton is that their jackets come with all of the extra stuff instead of the essentials.

If you want a good brand, try to find a Rome jacket. They’re designed by people who used to work at Burton.

Lastly, if you spend the money you’re talking about on a jacket, it will more than likely be non-insulated and you will freeze your butt off. Make sure when looking at a jacket:

Polyurithane(sp?) covered (waterproof)
Insulated
Zippered pockets (don’t want ur stuff falling out)
Waist gaiters
Wrist gaiters

Those are the only things you really need.

and be able to customize them cheap

I like thehouse.com they have great deals

well

i need to find some tighttt (as in cool) lol snowboarding gear but i have like hardly any money =\
haha
so do you know of any sites that i can find nice gear that is really really really cheap?
or how i can get gear cheap?
fast to!

Really really really cheap?

If you don’t mind used, you can get stuff on geartrade.com . Also as someone said TJ maxx randomly has new stuff that is from a couple seasons ago that never sold. Ebay is also an option but usually hard to find anything cheap on there, for me at least

I need some really cheap and now just black
like maybe plaid

i would say your best bet would be ebay!
they have alot of pants on there :]

snowboarding season is comming up, and i was an idiot and sold all of my stuff and used the money or small things, so now im broke but i want to save up for a board bindings boots goggles gloves jacket pants.
the whole deal. but i want to do it AS CHEAP as possible becuase i also have presents to buy for christmas and what’not.
can anyone help me out, and tell me where i can get some stuff, or if your selling youres?
im 5′6 boot size 8-8.5 medium in everything ellse.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I just bought brand new DC boots off EBAY for 65$ shipped to my door, i also bought a snowboard rack for my car..25$

EBAY man EBAY

I’m just looking for cheap boots and bindings, but which are better?
Bindings:
http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/produc…

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/produc…

Boots:
http://www.zumiez.com/zshop/ProductDetai…

http://www.burton.com/Gear/Default.aspx#…

the links dont work:(

This season i would like to start snowboarding. I need help figuring out how to pick out the right snowboard size, boot size, and bindings. Here’s me info. in case it helps:
height – 5′ 5"
weight – 145
shoe size – 10.5 – 11
Also, where is the cheapest place to get quality stuff?
Can some one give me some pointers please?

Awesome decision to start snowboarding. First off, one thing you’ll learn is that a lot of people will tell you to get a board that comes somewhere between your chin and nose. Or something of the sort. Truth is, even more people are going to tell you that your board will depend on your weight alone and rarely your height. This is who you need to listen to lol. Boards are designed based on weight, not really height. For you, a board ranging from a 152cm to a 154cm, possibly right in between will work for you. Go to your local snowboarding destination and rent a board for a day and see which one you feel most comfortable in because it’s also about personal preference, an awesome thing about this sport. Nothing is set in stone for you, whatever feels good to you is what you use, not what everyone’s going to tell you. And for your boot, I’d go to a store for those so you can try them on and know for sure which ones you want and what size fits perfectly. Find an associate there to help you out because a lot of your snowboard boots today have heat-molded liners. Which means the boot might feel snug at first but after you break it in it will really open up, at least a half size, sometimes slightly more. You can either break it in the old fashion way by shredding the mountains everyday, all day OR you can have the store selling the boots to you put them on a special heat machine which will form the linear to your likings, making them customized to the curves of your feet. The ultimate comfort. Bindings are simple though. You’ll most likely need a binding in size large. Large bindings are classified as boot sizes of 10 and up. Just as a suggestion, for your boots and bindings, I’d go Burton. They’re amazing. The bindings made by Burton are designed differently than other bindings. The highbacks (the support lip that’s against the entire back of your calf) are anchored more forward than other bindings, not only strengthening the highback overall, but also enabling it to be more flexable and responsive than others. It’s an awesome and innovative idea that put Burton a step ahead in bindings. But also, Burton has has made it so that their boots work best with their bindings and vis versa. So if I were you, I’d get Burton bindings and boots together. Go to www.Burton.com to check out their entire line. Some cheap sites for Snowboard Gear are the-house.com, actionvillage.com, porterstahoe.com, shredshop.com, and there are loads more. But your best bet is to visit your local snowboard shops. Even a lot of ski shops have junk for boarding if you don’t have snowboard shops near by. Nice thing about going to these places for your gear is that you can bargain with them on prices and most places sell their stuff from last year at 50% or more off. It’s awesome, the kind of deals you can get away with from these places on junk that’s just from last year. You’d be surprised on what kind of money you can save. Even if you want this years stuff, you can usually get 10% off the stuff just by asking or negotiating. Use it to your benefit dude, you’ll get outta there without tearin a hole in your wallet for it all. Good luck this year man, have fun.

Do i need to take moonboots for when im not snowboarding? Should i take a small back pack for when im on the slopes? Where is the best place in the UK to buy good Cheap Snowboarding Gear? Can you wear snowboarding goggles over glasses? Sorry there are so many questions. Please answer soon – i’m going in February
and what sort of hat is the best to take?

ur worrying waaay too much about it, but there are deff some things you cannot forget, or the experience wont b fun…

Waterproof snowboarding pants
Waterproof jacket
two long pairs of socks (two, to stop from getting blisters, and make sure they are long, so that the boot itself dont cut up ur leg)
you only need googles if its going to be snowing hard or if your gna b going pretty fast
you deff need gloves!!!, very important
and i take it since ur starting, it might be a good idea to buy wrist guards to put under ur gloves, the most frequent injury in begining snowboarding is wrist injuries, a 5-10 dollar wrist guard should protect you very well from that, cuz you willll be falling on ur hands ALOT…

other then that, just dont give up… and if you could, id put contacts in, but if not, u probably wont even need to wear googles so the glasses will suffice…

i dont live in UK so i dont kno where to get that stuff there

Do i need to take moonboots for when im not snowboarding? Should i take a small back pack for when im on the slopes? Where is the best place in the UK to buy good Cheap Snowboarding Gear? Can you wear snowboarding goggles over glasses? Sorry there are so many questions. Please answer soon – i’m going in February
and what sort of hat is the best to take?

ur worrying waaay too much about it, but there are deff some things you cannot forget, or the experience wont b fun…

Waterproof snowboarding pants
Waterproof jacket
two long pairs of socks (two, to stop from getting blisters, and make sure they are long, so that the boot itself dont cut up ur leg)
you only need googles if its going to be snowing hard or if your gna b going pretty fast
you deff need gloves!!!, very important
and i take it since ur starting, it might be a good idea to buy wrist guards to put under ur gloves, the most frequent injury in begining snowboarding is wrist injuries, a 5-10 dollar wrist guard should protect you very well from that, cuz you willll be falling on ur hands ALOT…

other then that, just dont give up… and if you could, id put contacts in, but if not, u probably wont even need to wear googles so the glasses will suffice…

i dont live in UK so i dont kno where to get that stuff there