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Buying a new board ever year?

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#1 ·
For all the minors.
Do your parents care that you get a new board every year? I currently have a 2010 k2 www. my problem the friends i go with tend to stick on the tree runs and blacks. My stick is so noodly that I'm almost always the last one down. Told my parents this and they don't want to get me a new one. How do you guys do it?
 
#5 · (Edited)
alex that would be fking awesome if i could have a quiver of boards. I'm a teenager, no job so its basically a 1 board for all conditions type thing until I can find a job. If this lockerz thing works I should have atleast $1000 to spend by snow season.
edit: and yeah I'm still growing definitely.
 
#7 · (Edited)
The problem is that YOUR PARENTS are forking out the cash for snowboards, probably semi-expensive ones. In their eyes, especially if their not that into snowboarding themselves, they see absolutely no reason why to buy you another snowboard when you already have a perfectly good one. Noodleness, stiffness, dampening, rocker, it's all hocus-pocus to them. Try and put yourself into their shoes for a second.

Imagine you have a child and you just bought him a brand new $250 razor-scooter. 2 months later he tells you that razor scooter is only good for flats, he needs a badass tricked one as well for going down steep shit. After spending that much money on the first one, would you be that hip to buy the next one? I don't think so.

I suggest getting a part-time job and saving some money, and buying it yourself. Don't give in to the suburban-white-rich-kid Mantra, it just makes you look like a undeserving dousche
 
#12 ·
I didn't snowboard when I was your age, but I did race BMX. My first bike was a total POS, and when I got into racing I wanted a Red Line in the worst way. I made a deal with my parents that I would pay half for one. I mowed lawns, scooped snow, and had a paper route. It seemed like it took forever to save up 200 bucks, but once I did, I went and got my bike. Maybe you can make some kind of deal like that, do extra chores, improve your grades, or something along those lines. As a parent, I would much rather have my kid work towards something they want rather then just handing it to them.
 
#16 ·
Get used to it. It wont end till your outta the house and on your own. This question will be asked whenever your looking at any snowboard. If not your rents, your girlfriend, your friends, fellow employees and so on.
 
#20 ·
as for the job problem, i worked over the summer. during the school year, my father also said i couldn't have a job unless i pull off a 3.4 GPA (same for my permit). i don't know about you, but my parents are divorced so i told my mom that he didn't want me to have a job now. that is helping me and she might let me and deal with him for me, but i am waiting to see if i can keep my grades up first :D
 
#21 ·
yeah my parents are divorced too. I get my license in a week and as long as i have a 3.0gpa they'll pay for insurance. which is another reason i can't expect them to dish out money for more boards. hopefully this lockerz.com thing works and i should have atleast 1k by snow season.
 
#30 ·
yeah, that seems like a pretty sick gig for insurance. lockerz is legit too, my friend got a giftcard from there and i might get 100 paypal or an iPod if i can ever get into a redemption.
just make sure your not cheating the system with fake emails, etc. because you will get caught. that happened to my friend when he tried to redeem a macbook.
 
#28 ·
DO you have a bucket and a hose. Start a car detailing business in your neighborhood. $30 wash and wax of peoples cars in your neighborhood. I would take this up in a heart beat. Everyone has this skill set and if you did 50 cars over the summer that is $1500 with MINIMAL expenses wax, soap, towels etc and no TAXES!!!

Plus you get a great tan, listen to what ever tunes you want and set your own hours. How is this not a great idea. Little late but you can still do some of it. This may also encourage you or others for next summer, easy money :thumbsup:

-Slyder
 
#27 · (Edited)
are you looking only new???
Have you considered used???

My kids are "just" teenagers. I bought my 1st boy all of his gear new, part of the gear was hisX-mas present. The 2nd kid started off on gracious friends borrowed boards. Then I found him a used board for $50 mid season and a friend gave me some boots that didn't fit him any longer and fit the boy perfectly. This year Grandma/pa, aunts/uncles and us are getting gear for his b-day.

They both do chores to help pay also. I hope they respect money better having to work for things.
-Slyder
 
#29 · (Edited)
Yea, find something your good at, or something you can tolerate doing and start making some cash. If you live in a semi-residential neighborhood, you would be amazed how much money you can make mowing lawns if you build up enough contacts. Most people are willing to pay $10-$20 per tiny lawn, multiply that by 15-20 lawns every couple weeks, thats alott of money for not that much work.

I for example am good with computers, on Tuesday I'm setting up a wireless network in this ladies shop downtown. I've also done research and number crunching on setting up an Ebay store for her. There's lots of different applications...

By the way, liquidating shit you don't want anymore on Ebay is also a great way to exchange one thing for another. I've been doing it since I was about 12, I started buying new video games, beating them, and then selling them for a %10-20 discount right afterwards to ensure they didn't depreciate. I was basically playing tons of brand new video games with a $50 deposit, and then $10 per game. Recently I sold my whole paintball gun setup since there is no where to go here, (and it's also expensive as hell) and bought a new 2010 Evo with part of the money.

Get Creative.
 
#31 ·
wow some of you are fucking retarded, like wrath, and others of you have amazing ideas(everyone else). I'm definately going to look into the car detailing service and possibly the lawn mowing. The gardeners around here are already really cheap and do a great job. And slyder, yes I would buy a used board only if it was in almost perfect condition. Hobo, I'm also good with computers, how did you get your name out there for people hiring you to set up networks, etc?
 
#32 ·
our neighborhood is quite large. We have a dedicated Yahoo group. Kids, adults, baby sitting, people looking to sell goods and services often put postings in there. This works very well.
Don't forget your FB account. Put out a few posts that you are starting a detailing, lawn, computer service or which ever you decide.
It might end up being a friend of a friend that needs the work that is outside of your direct circle of people you know.

This could turn into something full time. I have personally had some hobbies turn into making me some awesome money. It gave me good cash for lots of upgrades for my SRT-4, kids sports and other things I needed money for.

-Slyder
 
#40 ·
our neighborhood is quite large. We have a dedicated Yahoo group. Kids, adults, baby sitting, people looking to sell goods and services often put postings in there. This works very well.
Don't forget your FB account. Put out a few posts that you are starting a detailing, lawn, computer service or which ever you decide.
It might end up being a friend of a friend that needs the work that is outside of your direct circle of people you know.

This could turn into something full time. I have personally had some hobbies turn into making me some awesome money. It gave me good cash for lots of upgrades for my SRT-4, kids sports and other things I needed money for.

-Slyder
lol srt-4 upgrades. just say dodge neon.
 
#33 ·
the best part about all the suggestions is that once u see how hard it is to make a buck u may not be so quick to splurge it on another snowboard. but either way i see win win situation. u learn good work ethics; appreciate the value of a dollar; find things you are good at; and do what you love to do by boarding
 
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