are goggles for snowboarding really necessary? - Page 3 - Snowboarding Forum

MistahTaki · 12-04-2010, 10:23 PM

Wear swimming goggles. they work like a charm.

snowman123456 · 12-04-2010, 10:27 PM

These look pretty slick. What do you think of these?:

http://www.surfdome.com/Anon_Snowboard_Goggles_-_Anon_Helix_Mirror_Snowboard_Goggles,_Black_-_Silver_Amber-30791?source=webgains&siteid=59992&_$ja=tsid:13932

MistahTaki · 12-04-2010, 10:56 PM

they are okay looking. here's mine

snowman123456 · 12-04-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MistahTaki

they are okay looking. here's mine

you must have a rad board

MistahTaki · 12-05-2010, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by snowman123456

you must have a rad board

kinda, it works for me.

also anon make decent goggles, so i dont think you will have a problem w/ the one you posted.

WolfSnow · 12-05-2010, 12:41 AM

I have to wear goggles, when you get going a certain speed, you can't get away with squinting. In order to stay in control, you have to be able to see. I have tried to not wear goggles, it just dosnt work.

Magnum626 · 12-05-2010, 12:59 AM

Probably the only time you won't need goggles IMO is on the bunny slope learning to snowboard. And thats if there's no sun, rain or snow falling.

Otherwise yes, I remember being a novice rider and my friends of course took me to the top of the mountain and I had a pair of cheapo goggles. They fogged up and I tried wiping them but it kept fogging up. They passed me 4x when I was trying to make it down once. I couldn't make it 30 yards without tears forming and icing and the pain was horrible.

RawStylus909 · 12-05-2010, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by MistahTaki

they are okay looking. here's mine

Hope you won those in a contest or something b/c those are fucking hideous!

MistahTaki · 12-05-2010, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by RawStylus909

Hope you won those in a contest or something b/c those are fucking hideous!

Thanks, no i didn't win them.

i think they look badass.

L3mnhead · 12-05-2010, 01:28 AM

Definitely wear goggles for all the reasons listed above, and I wouldn't recommend sunglasses for a beginner. I see a bunch of people on the greens biting it hard all the time. If you fall, sunglasses can fly off, or worse case scenario, break on your face if you faceplant.

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WolfSnow Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eastern Canada Posts: 126	I have to wear goggles, when you get going a certain speed, you can't get away with squinting. In order to stay in control, you have to be able to see. I have tried to not wear goggles, it just dosnt work. __________________ GS-PGS-SBX

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12-04-2010, 10:23 PM	#21 (permalink)
MistahTaki Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,362	Wear swimming goggles. they work like a charm.

12-04-2010, 10:27 PM	#22 (permalink)
snowman123456 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 176	These look pretty slick. What do you think of these?: http://www.surfdome.com/Anon_Snowboard_Goggles_-_Anon_Helix_Mirror_Snowboard_Goggles,_Black_-_Silver_Amber-30791?source=webgains&siteid=59992&_$ja=tsid:13932

12-04-2010, 10:56 PM	#23 (permalink)
MistahTaki Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,362	they are okay looking. here's mine

12-05-2010, 12:59 AM	#27 (permalink)
Magnum626 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NYC looking for snow... Posts: 589	Probably the only time you won't need goggles IMO is on the bunny slope learning to snowboard. And thats if there's no sun, rain or snow falling. Otherwise yes, I remember being a novice rider and my friends of course took me to the top of the mountain and I had a pair of cheapo goggles. They fogged up and I tried wiping them but it kept fogging up. They passed me 4x when I was trying to make it down once. I couldn't make it 30 yards without tears forming and icing and the pain was horrible.

12-05-2010, 01:28 AM	#30 (permalink)
L3mnhead Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 84	Definitely wear goggles for all the reasons listed above, and I wouldn't recommend sunglasses for a beginner. I see a bunch of people on the greens biting it hard all the time. If you fall, sunglasses can fly off, or worse case scenario, break on your face if you faceplant.