When to start snowboarding
How to prepare for your first time snowboarding. Snowboarding Gear 101 - Snowboard Basics
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what's up my name is Tyler I'm here with
Borden ciders uh I'm here to talk to you
about a question that we get asked a lot
here at Borden ciders and that is what
gear do I need to start snowboarding so
this video is going to be geared toward
beginners so all you advanced people out
there this is probably not for you you
already know what you're doing we broke
this down into several different
categories the first category is going
to be essentials we have five essentials
for you the next category is going to be
the non essentials or less essential if
you have any comments or anything to add
any of you advance people out there that
already know please feel free to comment
below again this is going to be for
beginner so any advice will help the
first item that we have on our essential
list is your code and the main feature I
want you guys to look for when you're
going out and purchasing a coat is make
sure it has a powder skirt for
snowboarding you're definitely going to
want something like this powder skirt to
keep the snow out of the inside of your
jacket
so all it is is a an extra piece on the
inside of your coat that snaps up and
even when the outside is baggy and loose
the inside is going to stay tight and
not allow powder to just flow up inside
your coat and get you all wet and nasty
and cold so our second item on our
essential list is going to be a pair of
snowboarding pants and I say
snowboarding I mean snowboarding pants
not ski pants they're not going to fit
over your snowboarding boots and that's
something we have to have so the way our
snowboard pants work is they have this
gate or down at the bottom you stretch
the Gator over top of your boot and then
you stretch the next layer of pants over
top of that you never want to have
anything tucked in or it's not going to
work properly and keep your feet dry
which really really sucks to not have
dry feet a general rule of thumb when
you're buying pants and sometimes with
the coat is the more you pay the more
waterproof it is and the more waterproof
it is in the end the happier you will be
because the drier you will stay but the
next thing on our list of essentials is
going to be a helmet or a brain bucket
something to protect your noggin the one
thing I'm going to say when choosing a
helmet is just choose a helmet that fits
properly you want it to be tight on your
head you don't want it to be able to
fall off on its own so make sure the
helmet fits on your head nicely you want
to make sure that the chinstrap isn't
too loose you don't want to be able to
fit a lot of finger
underneath there and just make sure that
it can't fall off on its own a great
reason to be wearing a helmet I wasn't
always a believer and uh I've caught my
heel edge riding down the runs before
and got whiplash to the ground
unexpectedly and been knocked
unconscious for ten minutes I've also
done the same wreck with the helmet on
and sat up three seconds later looking
around I was just fine so that's enough
for me to be a believer in the helmet
just take my advice wear a helmet
everywhere you go on a snowboard safety
first okay so the next thing on our list
of essentials is going to be goggles or
eye protection got three different kinds
to show you today this first kind of I'm
going to show you is going to be for a
extremely sunny day if you notice you
can't see my eyes so not a lot of light
is going to get through this lens this
is going to be for the sunny day the
next goggle I wanted to show you is
going to be for partly sunny partly
cloudy day you don't quite know what to
expect so this is kind of a good mix of
both it's still probably kind of hard to
see my eyes but I can definitely see you
a lot easier so this is going to be for
a good mix of cloudy and sunny days and
then the third one I've got I'm sure
you're gonna see my eyes really easily
through this one this is for the days
that it's snowing heavily and there's
clouds above I mean not a lot of Sun so
you got those three main types you got
the not for sunny day these are for
clouds these are for clouds and Sun and
then you got these for just strictly Sun
so the next thing on our list is going
to be gloves you want to keep your hands
dry you want to keep your hands warm
that is the purpose of the gloves
there's many different styles of gloves
the basic thing is you just want to find
the glove that feels good on your hand
first thing that you're gonna have to
choose when choosing gloves is whether
you would like to have a mitten or
whether you would like to have a glove
the mitten is definitely going to be
warmer the gloves gonna be more deck
style you're gonna have a much more
dexterity you'd be able to do more
things with the glove on
so that's the first thing you're gonna
want to decide it's a little harder to
put your bindings on with these than it
is with these and that's a big deal
sometimes next thing you're going to
notice when making a purchase of gloves
that there is also one called over which
is this one in my left hand and one
called under the way that works is the
one that's the under actually I'll show
you right here you
put the glove on and the ones that go
under actually go pretty
self-explanatory under the sleeve of
your coat like so the ones that go over
are gonna be the gloves gonna go on just
the same way except for if you'll notice
my sleeve doesn't quite go over that
easily so it's gonna go under so this is
called the over glove this is called the
under glove under over because this goes
over my sleeve this goes under my sleeve
and the last last but not least is going
to be the pipe gloves these ones are
super thin but super deck styles so
they're not going to keep you warm but
you can do tons of things without taking
your gloves off some of the LES
essentiels that you're gonna need first
and foremost you're gonna need some
snowboarding socks those are always
important you're gonna need your base
layer something to go underneath your
coat you're also going to need a beanie
always going to need a beanie neck
gaiter something to keep your neck nice
and warm you're going to need some crash
pads possibly for the go underneath your
pants and you're going to need some
snacks you always want to keep full
you're going to need a tool in case you
need to switch anything on your bindings
or your snowboard alright so if you have
any more questions feel free to email us
at info at board insiders comm and again
to purchase anything that you've seen
today feel free to go to our website
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you can find on any of this stuff and
again this has been Tyler and you guys
are now ready to get out there and try
your first day on the snow
