Snowboarding Thread...

[reiRei]

Originally posted by dino_martini

Oh, if anyone has a cousin or maybe a little brother looking for good used equipment, there is a 137cm Burton Punch with size 8 Ride boots at the sports swap on 11th ave in the beltline. $200 for the Board $70 for the boots. Or maybe you have a lady friend who wants to try snowboarding, there is a Burton Feather 143cm and size 8 womens boots down at the sports swap at 11th ave.

how much are the women's boots?

[Splooge]

Anyone know any other GOOD sites for purchasing board gear online?

This is what I'm looking at so far:

Canada:
- boardzone.com
- source
- mission
- chikko

USA
the-house.com
dogfunk.com
eternalsnow.com

FREE shipping (above certain purchase) if possible

[ercchry]

so i ordered stuff last thursday from the house and i was shipped out the next day with dhl but from there site when i clicked track shipment it went to the fedex site so i called them to day and got it all sorted out, and shipping is only free in the states and for them to ship it here it was $70

[Splooge]

^ thanks for the info bud. and yeah keep me posted if you can.

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by Splooge
Anyone know any other GOOD sites for purchasing board gear online?

This is what I'm looking at so far:

Canada:
- boardzone.com
- source
- mission
- chikko

USA
the-house.com
dogfunk.com
eternalsnow.com

FREE shipping (above certain purchase) if possible

Evogear.com
Backcountry.com
rei.com
sierrasnowboard.com

[Hash_man]

^^^ Chikko and Mission don't really offer online ordering... But are good local shops. Source does offer online ordering, but is local so might aswell go buy stuff in store.

[krisopotamus]

There is a little park on Haddon Rd SW between Heritage and Southland dr that from what I recall should have some good rails for you guys. I walked by there to get to the train a few times when I lived in the SW. There was never any people in it.

Can't be certain about it though but yeah just an idea

[DENZILDON]

Hey guys, got a question for ya!!

How do you wash your jackets and snowpants? Do you guys put detergent in it? I'm afraid that it may lose the waterproofing if I put detergent in it. I always just wash mine with water alone.

[3g4u]

^I just wash as usuall with cold water and then i hang dry. Seems to work fine for me.

[HaganDazs]

a lot of goretex type jackets will require waterproofing after you wash it

MEC or other outdoor stores will have special cleaning and waterproofing stuff for those jackets

its like 7-10 bucks for a single use bottle of waterproofing liquid. i try to do it once a year

[Hash_man]

^^ Same I have always washed with detergent and cold water, hang to dry... washing with just water seems kinda pointless to me, won't get your stuff any cleaner than it was before.

[DENZILDON]

Originally posted by HaganDazs
a lot of goretex type jackets will require waterproofing after you wash it

MEC or other outdoor stores will have special cleaning and waterproofing stuff for those jackets

its like 7-10 bucks for a single use bottle of waterproofing liquid. i try to do it once a year

Does chikko have these stuffs?

[HaganDazs]

Not sure since I never go there. The stuff i use is made by a company called Granger's

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_d...=1195070879326

[Hash_man]

Does chikko have these stuffs?

Don't think so... but ya places like MEC and such usually do.

[98type_r]

Grangers is available at most technical outdoor places like Out there on Stephen Ave/MEC and probably Coast Mountain Sports.

If you can't find that you can also try the Nikwax line of products, you should be able to find that at most sport chek stores.

Follow your washing instructions, most laminates are hang dry only, but gore tex products you should put in the dryer on high heat.

[Kobe]

Originally posted by krisopotamus
There is a little park on Haddon Rd SW between Heritage and Southland dr that from what I recall should have some good rails for you guys. I walked by there to get to the train a few times when I lived in the SW. There was never any people in it.

Can't be certain about it though but yeah just an idea

Do you remember how long the rail was by any chance??
I'm gunna check it out, I live 10min away

Thanks!

[DENZILDON]

Thanks for the reply ladies!!!!

[krisopotamus]

Originally posted by Kobe


Do you remember how long the rail was by any chance??
I'm gunna check it out, I live 10min away

Thanks!

Lol, not even sure there is one 100%, but I am fairly sure there is a good long set of stairs going down from the street to the middle of the park. I thought I remembered it holding my drunk ass up one night, I could be wrong though :S

[ercchry]

Originally posted by Splooge
^ thanks for the info bud. and yeah keep me posted if you can.

wooo! it just got here, so total shipping time was under a week and duty was about $60, for a grand toatal of about $550 for lased boots and jeenyus wood deck, and 2 pairs of free sunglasses with a combined retail value of $160 us and since the lased boots sell for $300 canadian, not a bad deal!

[Seanith]

IMPORTANT QUESTION:

Is there a fine if you are caught without a park pass in Banff national park? If so how much is it? And do they actually give you a refund if you pay one time, and show up again with your park pass?