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Snowboarding/skiing advice (shopping list needed)


TROYston

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Going to France next febuary snowboarding and need advice on what to buy. I was told a 158 board should be good im 6ft-ish and will be playing around on the stunt park(?) abit also.
Lessons start next month. So need a what to buy list and any tips on what to avoid and so on. Im a noob so any advice would be much appreciated.

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I had just written a pretty lengthy reply but accidentally closed it so heres a briefer one.

Try boards out before you buy, height isn't the only length factor.

Don't buy the best if you aren't the best.

Good coat and gloves.

Try lots of boots on before you buy.

Learning hurts, so do rails.

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Nailed it.

For simplicity though, something in the region of a 158-163 will probably do you fairly well if you're not too chunky. Buying all your own kit is a fairly large investment if you're not going to be going regularly so you may want to get a feel for it before you invest too much cash in kit - buy your clothing first, boards etc can wait.

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