Graham Sinclair - CASI Lvl 3 Instructor
How to Choose the Right Snowboard Bindings (Flex & Fit Guide)
After choosing your boots and your snowboard, snowboard bindings are most likely the next piece of equipment on your shopping list.
This guide will help you learn how to navigate what’s on the market to make the best choice and help you perform at your best.
Upgrade Guide: Best Next Snowboards After Beginner Stage
You’ve put in the work and you’re no longer a beginner. In fact, you now know how to turn your snowboard consistently on gentle terrain and you’re no longer a novice! Time to upgrade your board!
How Do I Choose the Right Snowboard? (Beginner Breakdown)
Choosing your first snowboard can be as overwhelming as it is exciting! There are a ton of different snowboards available on the market today, each with marketing campaigns designed to entice you. This guide will serve to help you navigate the market and help you, the beginner snowboarder, to choose the right board.
What Size Snowboard Do I Need? (Height vs Weight Explained)
Within snowboarding there is a long held debate as to what is more important to consider when selecting a snowboard; height or weight. In my 30+ years of snowboarding I’ve come to believe that height is the most important consideration, unless you’re on the heavier end of the spectrum. Keep reading as I add my thoughts to the height vs weight debate.
What is Style in Snowboarding and What is My Riding Style?
I believe snowboarding is just as much art as it is sport. We, as snowboarders, are all artists and we each express our art in unique ways. The mountain is our canvas and the brush strokes are our turns and maneuvers. Style is how and where we choose to make those brush stokes to create our unique way of coming down the mountain.
Soft vs Stiff Snowboards: Choosing the Right Flex for Your Level
Snowboard stiffness is one of the key specs to consider when choosing a snowboard and this article will dive into how to choose the right flex for your level.
How to Choose the Right Snowboard Shape for Your Riding Style
With the enormous variety of snowboards available on the market, how do you choose the right snowboard shape for your riding style? There are a few key questions you can ask yourself to help narrow down which board will best serve you.
Which Snowboard Profile is Best For Beginners?
A snowboard profile is the way the snowboard is designed to bend from the contact points, i.e., the places where the board touches the snow when laid flat and without a rider strapped in and pushing down on it.
What Level of Snowboarder Am I and How Do I Get Better?
As a career snowboard instructor, I know how to gauge someone’s proficiency level just after seeing a few turns or even after asking a few questions. To help you gauge your own proficiency level, in this article I’ll run through some of the types of terrain and different maneuvers that snowboarders at each proficiency level can typically do.
Is Your Snowboard Too Advanced for You?
Knowing your own ability level is the first step in choosing the best equipment to maximize your progression. Board shape, flex, and profile along with size and width are the key specs to understand when choosing a board.
Directional vs Twin Snowboards Explained
Simply put, directional snowboards work best with the nose of the snowboard going downhill first and twin snowboards work equally as well with either the nose or the tail pointing downhill first, that is natural or switch.
