You Don't Have to Hurt Yourself to Snowboard Snowboarding Gear to Keep you Safe and Comfortable as you Learn and Ride
Are you thinking of trying snowboarding, but reluctant because you've heard that you'll be bruised after
painful edge-catching falls of first three days? Or have you tried snowboarding but thrown in towel because it hurts too much when you fall?
Snowboarding without Injuries-- Snowboarding without injuries is actually a possibility. If you wear protective snowboard gear you will greatly reduce odds of hurting yourself when you snowboard. You will not have to worry as much about possible pain and injury on slopes, and you can relax and enjoy ride. If you are lucky enough to always ride on soft deep powder, protection is not such a big issue. But hard snow happens, especially in Eastern America.
Most Websites and Magazines Do Not Discuss Snowboard Safety-- and protection for snowboarder. In some circles, it seems there is something stoic and admirable about enduring pain. If you disagree. and want to spend quality time on slopes instead of nursing bumps and bruises on sidelines or sustaining slow-healing injuries that can become chronic and arthritic, read on.
Main Points of Impact with Snow and Ice-- When you ride, main points of impact where your body will meet snow or ice are predictable: knees, hands and wrists, buttside or tailbone, and head are target zones. Protect these body parts and you will hurt less and have a lot more fun.
Knee Protection for Snowboarders-- Knee protection is one of most important pieces of snowboard protective gear. Your knees are bony and vulnerable. And they are complex joints that are painful and expensive to fix.
Wear in-line Skate Knee Pads beneath your snow pants. Make sure they are soft and well-padded on inside and hard plastic to absorb shock and protect on outside. Good pads will also keep your knees warm and flexible, and you can relax so much more knowing that a fall forward is not going to be painful and damaging. Beginners fall on their knees often. Believe it or not, good knee pads also help to protect your wrists. Read on.
Hand/Wrist Protection for Snowboarders-- Falling forward with your weight on your hands is a good way to break a wrist. Fists should be balled up, with your thumb outside, as if you were ready to punch someone. Try to relax and fall evenly on your protected knees, and forearms. You should wear good protective knee pads so you can distribute weight on both your knees and hands. Then you won't have to try to catch yourself with your hands.
Some experts argue that wearing skate wrist guards can increase severity of a fracture by sending "shock" up arm to a larger bone. A new snowboard specific safety glove and wrist guard is now on US Market. It was designed by a French Emergency Room physician who has worked on thousands of snowboard fractures, and it is supposed to reduce snowboard wrist injuries by up to 60%.
Butt/Tailbone Protection for Snowboarders--
