2010 Gear Guide Out Now
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- August 24 2009
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The 2010 Gear Guide is out now! The new issue is multiple Gear Guides in one—boards, boots, bindings, outerwear, and accessories from gloves, to helmets, to goggles. Packed with more than 600 boards broken out into three categories: twin, directional, and alternative camber (in men’s women’s, and youth sections.) The Guide makes choosing your board easy—you just need to figure out which type you want and they’re all right there for you ordered by brand and price. We even identify which boards won Good Wood awards.
The new Alternative Camber section shows all the reverse camber boards available.
Boot Guide
The boot section features over 230 boots for men, women, and youth ordered by brand and price; including tips for finding the perfect pair for your riding style. We also spiced things up with the pro setups so you can see what the pros ride and how they ride it.
Every boot from Airwalk to Vans in prices ranging from 99 bucks to $570.
Binding Guide
The binding section features 190 pairs of bindings including two-strap, reclining highback, EST, as well as buying tips to make sure all your equipment works seamlessly with your bindings.
The Gear Guide features binding buying tips and hints on buying the best bindings for your riding style.
The Gear Guide features binding buying tips and hints on buying the best bindings for your riding style.
Outerwear Guide
And finally, what are you wearing?! The new Gear Guide kicks off with 50 new outerwear kits from 686, Volcom, Burton, and some new brands like Bond Outerwear and ThirtyTwo. What’s it gonna be, tight or baggy?
All the outerwear is categorized by trends from animal prints to 80s blasts.
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August 24th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
uh son
August 24th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Just looking at the new gear guide now — but it's not really a guide. It's more of a catalog. Not really trying to be anal about symantecs here but a guide "guides" you into chosing something. What you've done is just list out all the products with prices. Not really a guide; you're not helping me choose. It would be great if you came up with a "consumer reports" style rating system for boards, bindings, boots… pick 4 or 5 relevant categories and then rate on each… do your best to make the tests scientific (although we all know it's a subjective experience). Would be helpful for us to see how the $109 Drake King bindings stand up to the Burton C60 EST in the categories that matter. That kind of info would help me decide if it's worth it to step up to the next level or just go with entry levels.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Burton Love 157w, Burton Infidels Black, Count it!
August 25th, 2009 at 1:02 am
i agree, but then i no it would just turn into rich companies doin well.
August 25th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
YOOOOOOO READ THISSSSS
ya i had this like 2 weeks ago.
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August 25th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Check out the "tested" column in the mag.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
It helps to look at the good wood boards. it brreaks it down to about 5 boards for each test. This helps me every year so I know what is a great board for a cheaper price.
August 26th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
you do understand how much money they would have to put into that for almost no return right? - transworld can't afford to test EVERY binding and boot and board every single year - they be testing for weeks upon weeks straight
how about go to your local shop and talk to people who have ridden the stuff you're concerned about…also, do a little research - see what the bindings (or whatever) are made out of and the features they have…then compare them yourself - that's what most of us do…and if you can, go to a demo day (depending on your local mountain) and test everything…
August 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I just received another mag with a "Ski Gear Guide" — not sure if it's pubished by the same company or not? For each set of skis they had about 8 criteria with scoring to supplement the price info. Little histograms for each critieria so you could at a glance compare how they judged each product.
In this Snowboard Gear Guide they are already doing some scoring — they do identify the "Best under 399" and "Best over 400" — so there is already something there. I'm just saying if they included the underlying factors then this gear guide would be a better tool instead of just a list of products.
But I completely agree that the only real way is to talk to experts and experiment. I'm big into research — which is why I commented here in the first place: I want data. I wouldn't make decisions based on it but it might help me shape my questions and come to better conclusions.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:19 am
The complete Good Wood Board results are coming up in the October issue. It explains how the test is run and breaks down each of the winning boards stats in a pain-in-the-eye chart listing everything from stance ranges, available widths and lengths … and more.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
The "buyers guide" has always been more like a catalog, just they she is man.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
first boiiii
August 28th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I agree, I first got this mag for the guide but found it just a catalog of their advertisers.
If they actually do something like that it would turn this into a good mag I'll get it again.
September 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Hey man, I used to work at a shop, and it's basically broken down like this: if it's expensive it is better quality. You get what you pay for. It truly is that simple, but that doesn't mean that if it is the most expensive thing on the market it will be the best. It differs from company to company, if it is the higher priced item in a company's binding line up, then it will be the better binding, this is normally comparable from company to company meaning that top of the line drake is close to top of the line burton, and that is where you find yourself spending extra money on a name. This is because the company puts more money into that product, which means that there are more materials in the binding, or less, if they're going for the stronger/lighter thing. Here is a great example for you, Union bindings vs Burton bindings, specificly the Force vs the C60, the C60 has "copied" some concepts from the Union line up, yet it is more expensive. With Union you can get the force at 220 or less, where as you find the C60's being around 300 or more. You are paying for the name (burton) and in my opinion losing out on some quality.
p.s. don't buy est bindings unless you have an est board, there is no reason for it. Also anything under 150 for bindings is most likely crap if you ride regularly, if you aren't riding difficult terrain or park then buy the cheap stuff, it should hold up decently.
September 24th, 2009 at 8:47 am
For clarification issues, when I use the word better, I am not talking about personal preference, I am talking about higher quality materials.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 am