Now since I'm sure most of us on this forum are all gear whores, I thought this would be a fun topic.
I'm in the mood to buy something snowboard related. I don't really NEED anything but I'm just in that mood to gear whore it up.
My current gear:
Boards:
NS Heritage X
NS Revolver
Ride Crush
Bindings:
Ride Capo
Ride Rodeo
Burton Cartel Regional Love
Edit Boots (hate you guys):
Salomon Synapse
Burton Ruler
Accessories:
2x Electric Eg2
Smith Variant Brim
Various Gloves and mittens
Various pants and jackets
Various other neck gaiters and things like that
Ok now with that out of the way, lets try to think of something to buy to compliment my gear that I have now or to add something that I am just missing and don't even know about.
Now before people come in with "just get out there and ride", I do. Every weekend, I would love to be hitting the powder right now in Vail but I'm at work and I'm bored.
I also dont need anything, but on my way home last night, I stop by soho to pick up a customized oakley airbrake..... and order a sale camelbak snoblast in EMS.....
I consider myself a master, ney, legend when it comes to buying things I dont need. Looking at your gear I see a multitude of holes.
Id look at the following:
-Ditch your "various gloves" and get a pair of hestra gloves for warmer weather, and a pair of hestra mits when it gets cooler. The mobility is second to none.
-Get some NOW IPO bindings
-Ditch your various pants/jackets and get a top of line goretex or equivalent shell with marino base layers.
- go pro or contour
Not knowing how serious you are about what you're willing to drop, but if you are over the age of 25, and even somewhat a self respecting man then skip the snowbaord gear and get yourself a proper horological piece. Skip over over marketed "pretty" brands with cheap pedestrian movements inside like TAG, Panari or Bell and Ross and jump into something worthy of handing down to your male off spring like a Patek, Lange, Vacheron or Glaschutte. While not technically snowboarding gear you should have one none the less even while boarding.
gopro or contour
wheelie board bag for trips
weekend trip someplace cool
burton Nug
snowskate
Snow surfer, ie board without bindings
Oakly Airbrake goggles
Cool sunglasses for spring days - oakley custom with your initials engraved in the lens
Garmin forerunner watch... I don't need to track my runs but man it's pretty cool to see where you went at the end of the day, total distance, vertical feet, etc. I'll never board without GPS again!
Tuning equipment +1, it's worth it's weight in gold if you ask me.
Body armor? Although not NEEDED this is considered essential for some.
I actually used to have an app on my phone that did the gps tracking. I'm sure it wasn't as accurate as the watch, but it was fun. It stopped working for some reason though.
Haha, yeah I do like my NS boards. I've thought about buying some armor and may still do that. I would like to have a good pair of padded shorts. Any suggestions?
I believe that my next board will be a dedicated pow board. Though unless the weather is better next season for Colorado, not sure how much use I will get out of it. I was thinking of the hovercraft as my next board.
I was also considering BC gear and an Avy class but I don't really have anyone to do those types of things with so it would be hit or miss if I ever used it.
Haha, I've just been thinking this. While I like my Eg2, I was considering getting some I/OX goggles so that I can change lenses when the light is super flat. I was out last weekend with my Eg2 on with no sunlight. I couldn't see any detail in the snow.
I've recently decided that I need like 5 pairs of goggles. I want like 4 sets of lowlight so I can just swap em out when they get wet.
gogs wish:
2 yellow
2 orange
1 dark/bluebird
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