Skier here. Snowsports in general are great fun. What's your Xscape like?

Yeah man, they have special boots for people with wide feet..you'd have to google though as i don't know them off by heart.

Have fun learning…snowboarding is one of the best sports in the world!

i'm looking for some boots at the moment any one got any recommendations i just bought some northwave freedom sl but they murdered my feet so i had to send them back, i have also tried on burton moto's and some ride things both where terrible (but i have i've got pretty wide feet) i have since been looking at northwave legend sl's and 32 lashed as both are supposed to be really comfortable but a guy in the xscape tonight told me i'd be better off buying stiffer boots what do you think?


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It depends on your style of boarding, if your going to be hitting the indoor slopes and prefer to freestyle
(boxes/rails/pipe/kickers etc)a fair bit then look at getting a more flexible boot (Flex 5+) If your style leans towards speed, carving and off-piste, then get stiffer boots (0-5).

32 lashed are very nice boots, ridiculously light, very durable with good protection, and they fit my wide feet! I would recommend trying them on in a TSA branch to figure out the size you need, then hunting them down for a cheaper price online, I'm a size 10 but settled on a 10.5, there was quite a noticeable difference in the 10 and 11.

A comfortable pair of boots definitely makes a difference imo.

Anyone been to Hemel yet?

Where are you Russ, leeds? Theres a shop down south where they have 8's and you can try on all the boots and everything, proper good but don't know if you'd want to travel to the other side of the country.

www.blue-tomato.com are good

the bay is good too, but its a bit of a gamble picking up boots online unless you know your exact size.

decathalon is also an option.

Only other option is to head to another snowdome abit futher away and check out there stuff, arent there any specialist shops in your area ? there are a fair few skate/surf/board shops knocking around my way.

i'm near leeds yes! other than the shops at the xscape and roho there isn't much about well not that i know of, i've just checked snow and rock online and they don't have any 8s so i doubt they'll have them in the sheffield store!
on the subject of sheffield have any of you been on the dry slopes, and if so are they any good? i've only been to the xscape in cas, so far i've done about 12 hours after my initial lessons, i'm starting to link my turns better now and i'm trying to get some speed up, but i think i need as much practice as i can get! it is allot cheeper to go to the dry slope for a full day but is it worth it or am i better sticking to real snow

Thanks.

I'm looking at the Evil Twin, just a lot of money for something at the moment that will not get used until next year, not sure whether to leave it and hope I can pick one up at the end of the year.

that doesnt mean anything, its just magazine speak

i agree with progression during a season though, i did 7 months in morzine in 2004 3 months boarding the rest biking and i progressed so much, a week away and your just getting the hang of it, when its all your doing day in day out for weeks on end it becomes second nature

i lived in St Jean d'Aulps which is about 15 minutes drive from Morzine, but a resort in itself and part of the Portes lift pass, although the boarding up there was shit, so i missed out on the morzine nightlife as my missus couldnt drive and taxi's were always $$$$$