Red Impact Vest - Men's - 09/10

March 9, 2010

Forget what the other guy said about impact gear only being for drops and tricks or whatever. I would look at what type of resort you are snowboarding in. Where I live there is not a steady flow of snow, so many times we're just snowboarding on ice with a shallow layer of powder on top. I broke my L3 vertebrae in a fluke going off a small ramp that I hit all the time in the park. I landed just right with my backbone on a patch of ice. Spending the rest of the season (12 weeks) with a broken back and losing a ton of money off work. Not to mention $1000 plus on medical bills. I would highly recommend some time of padding for back, helmet, wrist guards, and tailbone/impact shorts if you snowboard regularly on mostly icy terrain. I'm personally eying the red impact waistcoat, or maybe something similar. If you are just learning something like this would probably suffice. Once you get into jumps I'd move up to a hard shell back protection even. Just my 2 cents, speaking from experience.

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DAKINE Sequoia Glove - Women's

DAKINE Sequoia Glove - Women's

Rating for this product: 5 February 27, 2010

I picked these out for my girlfriend and they are really good overall. They are built well, look great with pretty much any jacket/pants, very waterproof with gore-tex inserts and lots of other cool high end features. They do run slightly large. She measured an 8 and the mediums fit perfectly. Also they have a squeegy built in which I had to borrow her hand a few times to wipe my goggles when it was sleeting. Great glove, just keep in mind you might want to size down.

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