Winter sports in recent years are gaining popularity, snowboarding is not only an exciting entertainment that can diversify your leisure time in winter, it is also a great way to maintain a great sporting form, to strengthen health and prolong youthfulness of body and spirit. If you are a beginner and want to try yourself in a new sport for you, then you need a snowboard for beginners.
Aspects of choosing a snowboard for beginners
For everyone who has firmly decided to join one of the snow frenzy, snowboarding, one of the most important moments is the choice of boards and equipment for this sport. When choosing a snowboard for beginners, it is necessary to take into account such parameters:
- height and weight of the future snowboarder;
- the proposed style of riding;
- rigidity of the board;
- manufacturer;
- style design.
All snowboards differ in form, appearance, rigidity, length and width. To answer the question of how to choose a snowboard for a beginner, it is important to know that the length of the board depends directly on the growth, and the width - on the size of the foot. Female snowboards, as a rule, are already male boards, which is determined by the length of the foot.
It is important to note that a narrow board requires much less control effort than a wide board. In addition, a wide snowboard will travel much more slowly because of the large contact surface with snow. When choosing a snowboard for beginners, you must precisely determine the appropriate width, where it is important to take into account that the boot does not go more than 1-2 cm beyond the edge of the board.
According to the form, snowboards differ in their style:
- maneuvering boards for freestyle (style with jumps, rotations and various tricks) are marked with FS sign, they are on average 10 cm shorter and lighter than other species, centered, have low stiffness, symmetrical twin tip shape with slightly curved edges;
- smooth in the course of the model for freerate (high-speed descent from the mountain) are marked FR, are distinguished by a longer length and a form of directional with a raised rear edge and a center of gravity displaced towards the tail, can be combined with soft and rigid fastening of shoes;
- universal snowboards are designed for those who can not decide or do not want to be limited to one style of riding, most often they have a symmetrical twin tip or all mountain shape, in which the nose and tail are symmetrical, but have different, stiffness - a soft nose ensures a smooth ride, and a hard tail - an effective and rapid departure from the springboard.
Beginners first need to learn to stand on the board and master the simplest styles of descent, so the best snowboard for beginners will be a universal model.
Snowboards are classified according to the degree of rigidity of the board, the harder it is, the more aggressively you can ride on it and subject it to heavy loads, but this requires a considerable level of experience and skill. The rigidity of a snowboard for beginners should not be very high, since it assumes a high load on the legs and joints , and most beginners are not yet prepared for this.
As for the manufacturer and design, these parameters are determined by the individual taste and financial capabilities of a person. Specialists and instructors advise not to buy an expensive board for snowboard immediately, because for a beginner, it's not the brand and the fashionable chip that matters, but the quality, stability and convenience in running the board. The most popular manufacturers of snowboard equipment and clothing are Burton, Dukes, Hammer, Salomon, Trans Snowboards, Magma, Rossignol, Wild Duck and other well-known and highly recommended companies. In many specialized stores after the New Year holidays and at the end of the season you can buy a snowboard of excellent quality much cheaper than at the beginning of the season.
