lonerider

I used to own both, but now I only wear the Azzpadz as they are less restrictive (at the tradeoff of hip/thigh protection) I did sew on extra d30 inserts to protect my hips a little (also glued a d3o pad right on the tailbone).

Both will give you excellent tailbone protection. If you are still out of control and liable to crash in any position (or into rails), then go skeletools.

I'm 5'9 150 lbs... but when I started wearing these pads I was only 140 lbs (most gained in upper body).

Both fit a skinnier person fine. Only the skeletools has removable pads when you machine wash it (I hand wash the azzpadz just by soaking it in the sink in some woolite/oxyclean).

eli783

ive always been torn between the two. I remember someone saying the azzpad felt like sitting on a booster seat on the lift lol

slyder

I can remove them when ever I want. If I'm just hitting groomers they just unclip. The skeletools are a bit tight. I bought large and I'm not a big guy. I think they run a bit on the small side. Plus if I double up the pads they get more snug from more padding which makes sense.

I do like them more for the hip padding though. When I work on my spins I use the skeletools.

Plus the Azzpadz just have a bit better tailbone "coverage area" and a bit better hard plastic shell.

Hope this helped

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tony477g

Nike Adult Pro Combat Hyperstrong 3/4 Girdle - Dick's Sporting Goods

How about something like this? At least with these i can go check them out at the store

lonerider

No... that is designed for football (where hip and thigh impacts are more common) and has a lot less tailbone protection than what you would need for snowboarding.

Just buy a pair of Azzpadz from XSportsProtective or AllSportsProtection, both have like 30-day return policy (Skeletools return policy isn't very good, 7 days and there is a 15% restocking fee).

tony477g

Skeletools impact shorts.wmv - YouTube!

Even the tailbone protector doesnt look that great though

lonerider

How so? It is a large sheet of half inch of dense foam rubber (you probably don't realize how dense the padding is) with a hard plastic laminate over that. That is about as protective as you can get for the tailbone. I agree it isn't shaped the best for comfort though (hence why I use the Azzpad now).

The football one you linked to only has little quarter inch little soft foam nubs (more around the edge to try to deflect the impact a tiny bit)... because football players typically play on a relatively soft grassy field and rarely land on their tailbone. I doubt it will protect you much if you slipped out on your edge on a icy patch and slammed straight onto your tailbone. The link you had doesn't have a good photo of the tailbone... here is another link



http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=sh...19/pgid-544583

tony477g

Yikes you're definitely right! azzpad it is then