More and more people annually pass to active winter holidays. And it cannot but please. Nobody could assume such quantity of popular sports which can do thanks to snow earlier. Thanks to modern equipment anyone regardless of age and weight, maybe, for example, to rise on a board and to be engaged in a snowboard. But exactly here beginners are waited by the mass of questions. Let's try to answer the most popular of them.
How it is correct to pick up a snowboard?
""What snowboard to choose?"" – this question, probably, all who for the first time decided to winter actively once suffered. Many popular producers create boards for beginners. They differ from professional a little, but protect from the first bruises much better and do training pleasant and entertaining. However having for the first time come to shop, you have to know at least approximately what you want. In it you will be helped by some advice how to choose a snowboard for beginners.
The first that it is important to know about a question how to choose a board for a snowboard, is styles of driving. Depending on what you prefer boards are divided into several categories:
- Universal – are made in such a way that a shape of a nose and tail differ from each other. Suit what is not ready to buy two different boards at the same time.
- Boards for freestyle – have a nose and a tail of an identical form that allows to land quietly in both racks. Are intended for driving in the park.
- Rigid boards – have a short tail and go together with plastic boots. Are suitable for fans of sports disciplines, giant slalom or karver who like to ride a new-fallen snow covering dugoobrazno.
- Boards for freeride – their nose are a little wider than a tail that allows at certain abilities of the athlete not to fail during deep snow. Are intended for fans of freedom and fresh, not knurled snow covers.
How to pick up a snowboard for growth?
It is impossible to lose sight of this moment as according to your build depends on correctly chosen board as quickly you will be able to seize skill of driving. There are several options of that how to choose snowboard size. The formula of calculation looks approximately as follows:
- in the beginning you take away from the height of 15 cm;
- if you have a full constitution, add 5 cm;
- if your slender body, you subtract 5 cm;
- beginners should subtract 8-10 more cm;
- the middle class of driving needs to subtract about 4-5 cm;
- if you are interested in freestyle, then subtract 3-5 more cm;
- if driving out of the route more to you to liking, then add 5 cm.
As a result the figure which corresponds to variant, optimal for you, will turn out how to choose the snowboard size.
How to choose fastenings for a snowboard?
The question is very important as them there are also several types:
- Soft – plastic, are more rare metal plates with the special back designed to support a leg. On graggerses has several thongs. Average cost is about $100-200.
- Rigid – the most expensive look of fastenings. Usually they go complete with rigid boots at once as at mountain skiers, but have bigger ease in movement. Fix not only a back part, but also a boot nose.
- Fastenings with the Step-in function (step-in) – best of all are suitable for beginners since are fixed automatically when treading on them by a boot. When choosing such fastenings it is important to consider as far as they approach boots. There are such fastenings about $200.
How to choose boots for a snowboard?
Your preferences also have to depend on that style of driving which to you is more to liking. You should not forget plus about comfort. There are several options of the choice:
- Soft boots – best of all will be suitable for styles freestyle and freeride. Footwear has to be end-to-end to a leg, but the heel should not come off, and toes should not rest against a boot. Your leg has to feel comfort.
- Rigid boots – are suitable for slalom and a carving. Have two layers – external plastic and internal soft. It is possible to estimate quality of boots by quantity of fasteners for fastenings (the their more, the better), and to existence of adjustment of raising of a heel and adjustment of rigidity.
How to look after a snowboard?
Many consider that care for boards is a prerogative of professional athletes. Actually in house conditions it is possible to keep a board clean and an order. What for this purpose is necessary:
- Check the sliding surface for degree of its flatness. It has to be completely flat. If the board is bent, convex or on a surface there are cracks or scratches, it is better to carry it to experts.
- Care for a board consists in drawing on the sliding covering of a layer of paraffin and in sharpening of edgings. It will allow to make turns more easily. Growing dull edgings will prevent to make it. It is necessary to sharpen edgings once, before opening of a season. New boards release already with the ground edgings.
- As for paraffin – here you should not be fond. Apply it only when felt deterioration in sliding.
- After each driving shake off snow from a board and wipe a dry rag.
On average for a set for a snowboard not the large sum leaves:
- about $100 for fastenings;
- $250 normal board (firms producers: Factory, Santa Cruz-, Rossignol, Burton);
- $100 boots.
It is better to measure what snowboard just "by eye" it is impossible. Therefore it is better to ask or in the shop, or to specify at those who have wide experience in this case.
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