poutanen

Yeah I bought my upper body armour for previous shoulder and chest snowboarding injuries. Touch wood but since the armour I've only had one upper body injury (chest) and it was relatively minor.

For the park I 100% agree on as much armour as you can comfortably wear. For regular all-mountain riding I'd say two pairs of lower armour is overkill. Get a single piece of gear that protects the injured area as best as possible, and then spend the rest of the time learning to fall better.

I perfected the turtle roll last year. If I'm wiping out on my back I go into the fetal position and land on the spine protector, then slide down the hill on my back like I'm in a turtle shell until I can get the board facing the right direction to plant it and stand up again.

Some of us were lucky enough to learn in our early teens (or earlier) when falling didn't hurt so much. For riders that learn later in life, I strongly encourage learning to fall and practising it. I fall every day out on the hill and I'm proud of it!!!

gc2012

Hi all - thanks for the feedback. She had some lessons. Actually it was during a lesson that it happened! Guess these things just happen for beginners sometimes. We took it up in our 30s also and aren't really that used to ice / snow in general I guess!

I have a question though... at present she's thinking about a dual protection
1) she has a pair of these impact shorts (soft padding ones - Mens Impact Thermal Underwear | Trespass
2) she has a tailsaver to go over it - Great Alternative to Crash Pads and Padded Shorts - Tailsaver!)

What we're trying to figure out is would this give as much protection as:
1) a better pair of shorts - like these ones suggested Crash Pads 2500 Padded Shorts: Best Selling Padded Shorts from Crash Pads.
2) an azzpadz

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gc2012

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