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Planning on starting next year, a lot to learn

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#1 ·
Hey everybody at Snowboardingforum! So I am a senior in high school from California (I don't get snow here), but I am going to college in either wyoming, montana, oregon, or washington next year and I really want to start snowboarding.

So some questions:

What are all the items of gear I will need to buy (this includes clothing for snow, pretty much anything you wear snowboarding).

How much does all that usually cost?

How do I determine the size of my board?

What are good board brands?

When do people usually age out of snowboarding?

If I start next year, will I ever be good (I want to be competitive, I've been a skater and will likely have the basic jist of it)

Also, I know this is a longshot, I just like to know, but how good does one have to be to become sponsored?
Thanks everyone!
 
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#2 ·
Buy everything in the off season.

If its not at least 50% off retail its not really a deal.

Don't worry about sponsorship. When you are good enough they will call you.

What kind of riding are you looking at doing?

Do it for the love of the sport.

Make some youtube videos

Goto college, enjoy life, and be happy.
 
#6 ·
Ok, well just to get you into the jist of boarding and to give you an all around general board setup that will let you dabble into a little bit of everything, give us a budget of what you can spend. Is money an issue? Or are you looking to save a few bucks here and there? And does style in the clothing you wear matter?
 
#8 ·
Boots
Bindings
Board
Helmet
Goggles
Jacket (10/10 minimum)
Snowpants (10/10 minimum)
Gloves or mittens
Good baselayer
Lessons
Maybe some pads

Careful shopping and you can get started for maybe $500, more realistically $1000
 
#9 ·
Board size depends if you're looking for an all mountain board or a park board. For instance, I have a Capita all mountain board size 159, and I have a Forum Youngblood Doubledog 155wide park board.
Go by your weight, not your height. There's size charts anywhere, just search.

Definitely get your stuff in the off season. It'll save you hundreds and hundreds.

People start to age out of riding later on, it all depends, like me I'll be riding probably until i'm 60, and I'm 24 now.

For gear, you'll need: (i'll list a few prices, and how cheap you can get them)
-Board (around $300-600, off season probably around $150-500, depending)
-Bindings ($100-300, off season probably a little cheaper, not a whole ton)
-Boots ($150-400, off season like $80-200)
-A good jacket and pants (total for both around $200-500, off season about $150-300)
-Gloves ($30-70, off season a little bit cheaper)
-Goggles ($80-250, off season about $50-200)
-A good base layer
-A helmet if you'd like

Again, all those prices are just a guess, I've purchased a lot of stuff during the off season at a ridiculously cheap price. And there are sales on a lot of sites during the season (from last seasons gear, and just sales).
Check out some of the sites
My favorite is the-house.com

Best of luck to you!
 
#12 ·
if you are jibbing here are some good deals now:

STATUS Snowboard Company Mostly size 149 - 154. Very good boards, same tech as Neversummer. There's a 10% off code "get10now" 100-160$

Whisky Militia has boards for cheap and thrirtytwo boots as well.

Bindings you should be able to grab some union force at 100$ in the offseason on geartrade.com

Geartrade has lots of good jackets at major discounts look for seller "backcountry" only. same warehouse as dogfunk and backcountry.
Jacket you can get for 50$ and pants for 50$. just got to do your research.

gloves goto costco and buy some "head" gloves for 16$ they are really good.

check out steepandcheap for good deals on other winter stuff.

Deals are everywhere you just have to do some research .
 
#14 ·
Aye man, I didnt start until I was almost 16, age doesnt matter. Just have fun out there, and the most important thing is to just GO FOR IT! lol Dont be scared; if you see yourself wanting to do that jump, do it! I didnt start playing ice hockey until I was 16 as well. Everybody said it was too late and probably wouldnt take it anywhere, well now Im juniours and could play for practically any minor league team I want. Same with golf started playing that my senior year of highschool, and I got a full ride to a local university because of it. Naturally some people are just talented at certain things, but if you apply yourself anything can happen buddy. Just go out there and look to have fun, not for sponsors or anything like that.
 
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