Wrist guard

I don’t use wrist guards but when I was teaching my wife, I got here a pair of Level gloves. It’s a French brand and they have awesome wrist guards that come with their gloves and even allow your wrist to move in one plane.

Pretty sure wrist guards go over the glove

Piotr Dabrowski said:

I don’t use wrist guards but when I was teaching my wife, I got here a pair of Level gloves. It’s a French brand and they have awesome wrist guards that come with their gloves and even allow your wrist to move in one plane.

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Yep I had a pair of them in mitts over 20 years ago..., they were okay. Had a removable fingered inner and a detachable wrist guard that Velcroed to the outside of the inner. They weren't super waterproof like todays standards though but easy to dry out as you could completely remove the inner. Pretty sure I have the orange wrist guards laying around home somewhere still. The wrist guards were sized as well to the mitt size.

I think there are wrist guards that go both inside and outside of the gloves/mitts. An inside wrist guard fit may be difficult if the glove/mitt is a snug fit.

Gauntlet-style Burton mittens. They fit right over, no problems.

Quit falling on your wrists, that's some noob shit. Aside from some ring dingers when I luckily had a helmet on fucking up the wrists was always the worst.

I sprained my wrist at the bike park pretty good at the end of the summer season. Being an old man, it took almost 8 months for it heal. I bought the wrist wraps from Six Six one for when I am doing gravity or more aggressive trails. They will go over or under my mountain bike gloves. It has occurred to me that these are also pretty ideal for snowboarding. They should work under most gloves out there. I know I didn't have any problems with the snow gloves I currently have. I don't use them for snowboarding, but the option is there should I feel I need it.

Level Fly or Flexmeter will do the job and have some science behind them. My wrists are fine and I've been boarding for 23 years. I wonder how many pro snowboarders wrists have no long term damage to their wrists, and they know how to fall. Skateboarders, now those people are impressive but as we all know shit can just happen. Its why wearing a helmet is also a smart plan imo

Here is the BIOMEX system in level mitts/gloves.

Burton Impact wrist guards
Hestra Army Heli 3-finger mitt

Tight fit, and kinda' uncomfortable, but I had wrist surgery last year from a fall while riding. No way I'll ride without them. Nor without padded shorts. The Burtons are really nicely because they support well, but they also flex slightly.

For spring slush laps I just wear the wrist guards.

I've used the demon-united flexmeter with the Demon "over gloves" for a couple of years. I'm old so not going crazy or falling that much, but really do not want a wrist injury. I have the double sided version (which seem like they would give extra protection for skidding on hard ground) but realized I only needed the single as I 'think' the important thing is not to over extend the wrist backwards on a snowboard fall. But that is my speculation.

The gloves are fairly thin, so they are not great in very cold weather, and they have kind of shredded from carrying my board. I wore the wrist guard into a shop somewhere and tried a bunch of mittens until I found some that I could pull on over them, and they work better in cold.

I found the same thing with flexmeter, only used one piece at the back and they did break down too quickly. My first Level Fly got wrecked around the fingers and I complained and got a new pair. They have really toughened that up as after 2 seasons they still look very good so must have improved the design and quality. Not as bulky either as flexmeter. I really don't know which is better but my wrists are still good.

I went the entirety of this past season with a Burton/Red impact wrist guard on my right side. Paired that with a Burton gauntlet gore-tex mitten. For the left side, I went without a guard and wore a regular leather glove.

For the Burton/Red impact wrist guards, most gloves with open wrists (NOT stretch cuffs) will fit albeit a little snugly. Going up a size helps. Going up a size in gauntlet mittens and taking out the inner glove is by far the easiest on/off.

SennaBlast said:

Quit falling on your wrists, that's some noob shit. Aside from some ring dingers when I luckily had a helmet on fucking up the wrists was always the worst.

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This^^^ Wear a helmet and learn to put your hands on your chest & elbows to your sides or in front.

I have been using wrist braces from EVS for years now. Won't ride w/o them. they fit under most gloves/mitts, just double check because some have pretty small openings for your hands.
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