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neub needs equipment info.
Guys, I'm moving to Colorado in a month and I'm planning to take advantage
of the last month or two of the season to learn to ride. I realize I should probably rent equipment this year till I figure out what I like and need... but once the time comes... Where are good places to shop? I'll be looking for a good local shop around S.E. Denver area, as well as online places... Show me where to go. n. |
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neub needs equipment info.
"Nathan Otis" wrote I realize I should probably rent equipment this year till I figure out what I like and need... but once the time comes... Where are good places to shop? I'll be looking for a good local shop around S.E. Denver area, as well as online places... It makes sense to rent/demo when you want to figure out what equipment you prefer. In your situation what you should be mostly concerned with now is having well-fitting boots. Check out ThirtyTwo boots, they have a heat-moldable liner which basically makes the boot to have a perfect fit. You'll need to find a retailer that can actually do the molding for you (not sure if they charge extra for that). This is sort of an all-out approach to getting new boots. If you can find a good boot fitter or if some popular brand makes boots that fit your feet well, this should also work fine. For board and bindings, I'd get some cheap used ones. Make sure the board is of the right dimentions and not very stiff. Make sure the bindings are of the right size for your boots and that you don't have a lot of overhang. It's a lot better to have your own equipment, but at the same time you don't know yet what kind of board you'd prefer when you get a hang of it, so cheap used stuff works best. Just throw it away once you've climbed a bit up the learning curve and can make educated equipment choices. Then go and spend the rest of your money on lift tickets and lessons |
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neub needs equipment info.
Thanks for the tips. I also found a gaggle of information with a simple
Google search... I dunno why I put it off for so long. n. "Dmitry" wrote in message news:dnd6c.34153$SR1.41776@attbi_s04... "Nathan Otis" wrote I realize I should probably rent equipment this year till I figure out what I like and need... but once the time comes... Where are good places to shop? I'll be looking for a good local shop around S.E. Denver area, as well as online places... It makes sense to rent/demo when you want to figure out what equipment you prefer. In your situation what you should be mostly concerned with now is having well-fitting boots. Check out ThirtyTwo boots, they have a heat-moldable liner which basically makes the boot to have a perfect fit. You'll need to find a retailer that can actually do the molding for you (not sure if they charge extra for that). This is sort of an all-out approach to getting new boots. If you can find a good boot fitter or if some popular brand makes boots that fit your feet well, this should also work fine. For board and bindings, I'd get some cheap used ones. Make sure the board is of the right dimentions and not very stiff. Make sure the bindings are of the right size for your boots and that you don't have a lot of overhang. It's a lot better to have your own equipment, but at the same time you don't know yet what kind of board you'd prefer when you get a hang of it, so cheap used stuff works best. Just throw it away once you've climbed a bit up the learning curve and can make educated equipment choices. Then go and spend the rest of your money on lift tickets and lessons |
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neub needs equipment info.
"Dmitry" wrote in message news:dnd6c.34153$SR1.41776@attbi_s04... "Nathan Otis" wrote It makes sense to rent/demo when you want to figure out what equipment you prefer. In your situation what you should be mostly concerned with now is having well-fitting boots. Check out ThirtyTwo boots, they have a heat-moldable liner which basically makes the boot to have a perfect fit. Is that any different from the thermofit liner in Nitros? After reading your post I went looking for the thirtytwos, but ended up with Nitros instead. I'm pretty hard to fit. It's my first pair, and the best fitting snowboard boots I've tried on yet. Wish they had thermo-fit footbeads though... You'll need to find a retailer that can actually do the molding for you (not sure if they charge extra for that). They didn't for me. They did the thermo-fitting, and I got the end of season clearance price. This is sort of an all-out approach to getting new boots. If you can find a good boot fitter or if some popular brand makes boots that fit your feet well, this should also work fine. For board and bindings, I'd get some cheap used ones. Just bought what appears to be a nice board off Ebay. Hope it shows up soon, so I can actually use it this season. I'd like to ride my own board, but what I wanted most was to stop using rental boots. More lessons will help, but I think more riding first. Thanks, David |
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