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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
Hi,
I don't really like skiing because I don't like being strapped into the boots. I want to start snowboarding and wondered if it was a bad idea to start snowboarding with soft boots. Am I going to find it more difficult as a beginner? Are soft boots likely to be easy to hire in Italy or will everything be hard boot fitted? (tricky one, sorry) Guy |
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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
I don't know of any snowboarders who do it without boots!
I think you'll find it even worse with snowboarding - you're strapped into boots plus bindings plus they're in a fixed position so you wont be able to move your legs or feet at all! And if you're read any posts from beginners - be prepared to fall on your face, ass, back, hands, side ..... until one day you finally figure it out. Majority of snowboarding is done in softboots. Only the alpine boarders go with the hard boots and narrower boards - but thats a whole different category. "Guy Lux" wrote in message ... Hi, I don't really like skiing because I don't like being strapped into the boots. I want to start snowboarding and wondered if it was a bad idea to start snowboarding with soft boots. Am I going to find it more difficult as a beginner? Are soft boots likely to be easy to hire in Italy or will everything be hard boot fitted? (tricky one, sorry) Guy |
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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
Guy Lux wrote:
I don't really like skiing because I don't like being strapped into the boots. I want to start snowboarding and wondered if it was a bad idea to start snowboarding with soft boots. I started boarding with softboots and still use softboots. I don't like to walk like a Zombie so I don't like hardboots. Am I going to find it more difficult as a beginner? No. Some say that a beginner it is easier to step on to the Board with hardboots. I do not agree with that. On ice or in deeper snow I think it is easier to step in with softboots. Just my 2 ct. Are soft boots likely to be easy to hire in Italy or will everything be hard boot fitted? (tricky one, sorry) In Austria and Germany you can rent hard- or softboots. It's up to you. So I think you also can rent softboots in Italy. Have a lot of fun. -- Satisfy your thirst for life! NP: Human League - Being Boiled |
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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
I just started riding hardboots after 9 years of softboots and I would
say that as a beginner, you will probably find softboots "easier" to learn on (will explain more in a second). Note that easier does not necessarily mean you will learn faster or that you won't like hardboots eventually. I skied first, then got into snowboarding on soft boots, then several years later tried hard boots, and now do both hard and soft... ... and I agree with Arvin, start on soft. It's easier sideslip, which in turn makes it easier to get yourself out of trouble if you wind up on a slope that's too steep for you. Mike T |
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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
Also keep in mind that with soft boots, there is still a range of
stiffness among the various choices. For example, I have Van Contras which is one of their stiffest soft boots. |
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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
Baka Dasai wrote:
I started boarding with softboots and still use softboots. I don't like to walk like a Zombie so I don't like hardboots. Walking style is definitely the most important thing when it comes to snowboarding. Don't let anybody tell you any different! I choose all my equipment based on how it is for walking. Ok, next time I add some ":-)". I never found a hardboot in which I feel comfortably. Maybe I have abnormal feet. -- Satisfy your thirst for life! NP: No Doubt - Hey Baby |
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Beginner - Starting off with soft boots?
Ok, next time I add some ":-)". I never found a hardboot in which I
feel comfortably. Maybe I have abnormal feet. Many people need a footbed and a thermoflex liner to make their hard boots comfortable... heck, those tricks work on soft boots too! |
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