re: School me on snow ski gear (update page 3 post-ski trip)

Even if you buy used gear from a shop make sure you understand what you’re buying. A lot of the times the boards the rent to beginners are boards that make it easy to get down the mountain but that’s about it. They’re usually heavy and limited. but these are usually too shitty to actually sell so they don’t bother. I went this route when I first started looking and finally found the board I rode that rented for like $25 It was a rossignol and you couldn’t even find it on their site or or any normal sites like evo or similar. It looked like it was strictly built as a rental board. It’s the higher end stuff they sell and that’s when all the different factors of what the board is comes into play. You don’t want to buy a board that you hate being on even if it is only $100.