thanks for the reply, it's quite informative

I had a look at the burton support glove, I kind of agree it's not
really effective.
It was just a flimsy plastic insert behind the wrist that bent anyway
when I moved my wrist.

I'm a bit hesitant to get wrist guards as I don't like to have huge
plastic things attached to my hands.
Do you have any suggestions for good wrist guards? are there ones that
have a low profile
and can have gloves worn on top? so far I've been boarding without
them, but people are always suggesting them to be safe. I'm not a high
level boarder at all, so I'm thinking it's better I do get something
for the wrists.

I'm kind of paranoid since all my past experiences boarding have
always ended up with my fingers drenched
and ice cold. I decided to give up and just get a more expensive pair.
My gloves kept getting holes in them too,
again, I assumed because I was always getting cheap pairs.

It's an interesting point about gore-tex
inserts smelling, I initially wanted them because I really don't want
to get wet but I think I've changed my mind now.

I'm boarding in Australia, so it generally isn't that cold, it's
getting wet fingers (and consequently freezing fingers) that I'm most
worried about.


On Jun 24, 12:23 am, Bas Mevissen
wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:14 -0700, Chris wrote:
Does anyone here have any advice?

My guess is that you should not spend too much on gloves. They will wear
and torn because of for example carrying your board.

Removable inserts makes washing them much easier. For the same reason, I
would not recommend gore-tex. They will smell badly after only a few
days.

The built-in wrist support of gloves I've seen, was not effective. You
better buy a wrist support and large enough gloves.

How warm do you need your gloves to be? If your clothes are not warm
enough, you will notice that your hands and feet become cold. Then the
solution is not to have warmer gloves and socks, but warmer clothes and
something on your head. Of simply board harder :-)

So make sure you only judge on how warm the gloves are when the rest is
already OK.

--
Bas.