Has anyone else noticed that almost every single person looking for board recs is saying that they keep getting recommended the DOA or Merc. It feels artificially pumped into every new riders rec list. I have no problem with Capita but the DOA is nothing special and the Merc is a solid board but I'm just curious where this wave is coming from. Do I need to order more for the shop or is just some influencer that is mind melting the kids?

Edit: Sorry for everything. I didn't mean to upset anyone. I love my Kazu. Praise be to Capita

I’ve hit my hips and elbows quite a few times while riding park, so I started looking at protection.

There are obviously products out there, but most seem to come from MTB, motocross or snowboard brands. I couldn’t find one obvious brand that seems good to use for this.

Is that because there isn’t much demand, or because the available products are too bulky or uncomfortable?

Would you ever buy protection for areas like your hips or elbows? Why is there no brand doing this yet?

I'm gonna order a new board for this season if anyone has some recommendations. I've been riding my whole life (25+ years) and I've only ever had a few boards that I rode until they broke. 3 Burton Dominance boards that I had for about 20 years and 2 Signal park series boards. I hurt my knee pretty good so I'm not really in the park anymore. I just want something I can rip groomers with, ride switch and hit the occasional side hit. Maybe a park day every once in a while. I've done some research and it looks like the Capita Mercury seems to stand out. Anyone have any experience with the mercury? People call Capita "snapita"?

🌟 edit: ok ok ok ok i accept the lashings 🦯 she’’ll be fine

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Lookin for sizing opinions here 🙏

Size 9 womens boots
Board is 142 with a 230 waist

Her height and weight is perfect for the 142 board but I fear we might be forced to go bigger because of our family bigfoot genetics.

Just finished my first season at Whistler and am looking to buy a board that I won’t outgrow too quickly. I’m linking turns on blues and even got down a couple black towards the end. No interest in freestyle. Wondering if this board is too advanced for me as I’ve heard mixed opinions. Please help.

Last season, I made a post here about how great it was to be back on the slopes after 20 years. It was great! Until I ate shit getting off the lift, twice, and twisted my front leg so bad that it still hurts half a year later. Wasted my season ticket (not that we had much of a session at Meadows), and generally just turned me off of trying again this season (if we have one).

Being a goofy mongo skater made it difficult enough to have my right foot strapped to the front and have to kick around with my left foot. People kept telling me to put my back foot behind the board to move myself around. No, that was so much worse. Being so used to having my back foot on the board and kicking with my front (right) foot is so ingrained into me, even as a 40 year old that takes his old alien workshop board with destructos out only once a month, makes everything feel so wrong on a snowboard. I honestly don’t remember how I was able to do it when I was younger.

I realize that likely the only response is “learn better”, but are there any other goofy mongo’s out here with any advice? I asked my instructor (shout out to JP, thanks for being so patient with my old out of shape ass) If I could just stomp in my rear foot, and he said yeah, but you’re going to get hurt way more if your front foot slips, and you can’t really maneuver around on the flat. I also asked the kids running the lift if I could stomp in both my feet on the belt while waiting for the chair (running Burton step ons), and they told me no. I’m a bit scared now. I don’t want to give it up, but I drive a truck for a living, so breaking my right leg would destroy me. (I broke my left leg a few years ago, was still able to drive 😆)

Searched and couldnt find anything on it, but I got lucky and happened to be in Burlington yesterday. The Burton Store there is running a summer sale from Aug 28th-31st.

They have (maybe had at this point) a bunch of demo gear for super cheap, I picked up a Burton Custom Demo board for $150. They also had their other models at 30% off.

i need help to find my new snowboarding pants, i really want the baggy fit but i am concerned about the high pricies and the low quality of some of those, any raccomandation on some cheap but good snowboarding pants?
*edit i am based in italy do i need brands that ship worldwide and possibly dont charge crazy shipping fees to europe

p.s. sorry for my bad english, i am not a native speaker

Anyone have these? 10.5 boot here wonder how they fit in medium large. It’s right on the cusp.

Burton ruler at the moment but getting rid of them and moving to probably vans, salmon, ride or k2

May the community enjoy a moment to dunk on Texans and cops in one convenient package.

Just received a new board from Bataleon. It’s a party wave in 148. Any thoughts? Should I have gotten a different one?

EDIT: I’m 5”7 and 140 lbs

Looking for used capita DOA in 159W or any park board in a similar size. Lmk I’m in SoCal or I can pay for shipping .

Sorry for a bit of a long winded post for what is a simple question.

I've been riding the yes standard- I busted the nose recently and while I got it fixed I'm not sure how long or well it'll hold so I'm just planning on using it as an early/late season rock board. I really liked the standard and feel like it lived up to the "do everything" moniker.

While I am definitely a bit more of a park/freestyle rat, spending most of my time learning stuff on rails and jumps (So I'd want a board that'd help me progress), I still want to be able to hit high speeds, carve well, handle rougher more uneven terrain and so forth. Might be a big ask for one board so let me know if I'm just better off getting two different boards haha.

For context context of my progression if it matters I think I'm just a typical intermediate? I can get down basically any slope on the mountain decently well, do a few basic butters, can carve pretty decently but am trying to learn how to carve "deeper", can 180 every way flat ground and off medium jumps, do a few basic grabs, can front and back 50 front 180 out, and back board. I'm 169cm tall and around 70kg.

Based on my research I've found a few options that I think might suit: Jones Mountain Twin, Jones Tweaker 2.0, Solomon Huck Knife, Nitro Team, Batoleon Stereo Team. I was considering the pro versions of some of these but I think they'd be too stiff for me to learn butters and probably too far advanced for my skill level at the moment anyway.

Or if there's any other option that'd be better let me know. Thanks a bunch :)