Sports and outdoor activities can be tough on your body, especially your feet. Add harsh environmental elements such as slush and snow, and your feet will definitely need the appropriate coverage to stay dry. For snowboarders, choosing the right kind of sock is essential to keeping your feet warm and blister-free.

Heel lift in a snowboard boot is when your toes are held snug in the boot, but your ankle and heel slide up and down loosely. Heel lift is never a good thing and can end up causing your ankles a lot of pain or even injury.

If you don't dry your snowboard off after every use, you're bound to get some rust on the edges of your board. Tuning up your board regularly will increase your board's performance and give it a longer life.

Snowboarding, an exciting, fast-paced extreme snow sport, demands a lot from your body. You must simultaneously know how to balance and propel yourself while keeping your body in position to prevent injury.

Snowboards vary widely in flexibility, or flex as it’s known by snowboard manufacturers and vendors. There is no one degree of flex that’s “right” for all snowboarders.

When fastening your boots to the deck of the snowboard, you might notice that your toes hang over the edge of the bindings. A slight amount of toe overhang, usually around 2 inches, will not hinder your performance while traversing the mountain slope.

Snowboards and snowboarding have come a long way since the late 1970s, when they were initially being designed and produced in garages and home workshops from North America to Europe. Today's snowboards are designed for various uses, styles and functions, making many of them instruments of performance.

Molding snowboarding boots is a way to customize your equipment to enhance your performance. Many of the current snowboarding goods manufacturers, such as Burton, Ride and Vans, market boots that come ready with heat moldable boot liners.

The mittens or gloves debate is best answered by the individual. Snowboarders may opt to own both styles, saving a layer mitten system for backcountry and cold, unpredictable weather days and wearing gloves at the resort or in warmer temperatures.

Your tailbone, also known as the coccyx, is a triangular shape bone located at the base of your spine. Fracturing the tailbone is a common injury in snowboarding because even the most experienced snowboarder has a high-impact fall on the rear from time to time.

The majority of snowboard companies offer wide models to accommodate avid riders who have a large stature. While the wide snowboard offers increased stability at breakneck speeds, it can hinder your maneuverability during certain riding techniques.

Skiing and snowboarding are both snow sports but use different types of foot and ankle movements. The boots worn for these sports have only one thing in common: both attach to the bindings of snow sport equipment. Otherwise, the two types of snow-sliding boots look and feel completely different.