Snowboards

Manufacturers have developed to the stage where manufacturers offer the right board to suit each snowboarding discipline. Now a snowboarder is confronted with a large diversity of product. The choice can confuse the beginner.

There are three main groups of snowboards: All-around board; Alpine race board (asymmetrical) and the Freestyle board. There are also three methods of construction: Foam method (injection method); Compound method and the Sandwich method with wooden core. The laminated sandwich method is the most expensive to produce. The quality is unsurpassed and they have longevity.

There are two different procedures for mounting bindings onto the boards offered by manufacturers. The binding can be screwed into brass inserts or the binding is screwed into the snowboard in the binding area with special screws.

Ski New Zealand – Snow Park

Snow Park, New Zealand opened to the public four years ago and is the first dedicated freestyle terrain park in the world. The Snow Park has now developed into the premier Southern Hemisphere freestyle resort destination. The park features three half-pipes, a quarter pipe, a fixed quad chairlift, over 40 boxes, rails and hits and music playing on a 5000-watt system while you ride.

This field is one to watch! The scenery up there is amazing. In years gone by I can remember the farm where Snow Park is, was used for filming television commercials. Filming of 'feature cars' took place up there. The cars were trailered down there in locked up trucks. Some of the cars were brought to New Zealand from Europe for filming in this spectacular scenery.

From the little research that I have done on this resort so far, I will definitely be checking this resort out further - it looks awesome...