Snowboarding is a very young sport - in fact he is a little more than fifty years. The principle of riding on the board takes its roots in surfing - extreme entertainment, which originated in time immemorial in the Hawaiian Islands. Surfing, according to some specialists, several thousand years: at one time he was the prerogative of Hawaiian aristocrats from the ruling homes (like knightly tournaments in Europe).
And the "first pancake" of snowboarding appeared in the United States, in the state of Minnesotta. Someone Verne Skikland gathered a board for skiing, using .. boards from an old barrel. Thanks to the rounded collar, such a design clinging less snow. The support leg was attached to the rubber platform and fastened with a leather strap, and an ordinary beep rope for control was attached to the bow of the board. When driving, it was still assumed to use a ski stick. Interesting the fact that the idea came to return to the mind when he watched the skiing of Finnish kids. The inventor did not hide that at that moment they envied them and decided to come up with something that he would hit them at least than skiing - his own. By the way, by the decision of the Patent Bureau, the Pra-Prasnoebord, Verne, Wikeda was recognized as "improved sledding". So, the debut took place.
In 1963, Tom Sims, a teenager from America, presented his Ski Board project to the school board, a skiing board. And after two years, Sherman Popper, whose daughter was an avid skier, came up with an interesting idea for her: joined two skis together, replaced the attachments on the side and tied to the nose rope. The girl who tried the masculine the invention on the slope, came to delight, told about him to friends who "SNERFER" (namely, this Bord received this board) also liked. As a result, Mr. Popper received a patent on the shipfer and sold the right to produce Brunswick. 1966 summed up the level of first sales: more than 500,000 senak
In 1970, the American surfer Dimitri Milovic significantly adjusts the shape of the projectile, adds metal edges and a few more ski "chips". And in the 75th of his snowboards under the brand Winterstick, it is sold in Utah. Popular Magazine Powder prints in one of its rooms Giant photo Snelphere, thanks to which the demand for the boards begins to simply stop!
1977 marks the appearance on the stage of the real legends of "Snowboard buildings" - Jake Berton and T-shirt Olsen. SIMS trademarks are born, snurfer, gnu. Snowboards receive a deck from their asphalt "birth" - skateboards, as well as a polyethylene base.
In 1979, Paul Graves, the Snurfer 'Perrider, demonstrates several tricks on a snowboard. It was then that the Skating Style "Freestyle" began to emerge. The first Haf Pip appeared, which Mark Anolik created near the lake Tahoe. This event caused a wave of interest among journalists, including from publications specializing in skateboard. Then sports experts and observers seriously thought about the fact that the snowboard of Doros is to be considered a full-fledged sport.
In the early 80s, new companies for the production of snowboards grow like mushrooms after the rain. Snowboards begin to be developed taking into account advanced ski technologies. And in 1982, for the first time at the country level, the Championship was held on the discipline "Snowserfing".
1983 I remember to fans of riding on the boards primarily by the appearance of fasteners with a high back. True, the story did not save, to whom of the two Matters of Snowboarding - Luisa Fornore or Jeff Grell - this promising idea came to mind. And in 1985, snowboarding finally refuses the surfing technologies and switches completely to ski processes. Athletes try to drive on the first carving boards from GNU. Begins to be printed in the world's first magazine, from and to dedicated to Snowboard.
In 1986, a popular American sport finally gets to Europe. Official competitions are held in Swiss Championships, St. Moritz. 
The great film Apocalypse Snow is coming out, which contains incredible tricks like descents of chairs with avalanches and fantastic flops on a snowboard in flight through roads and similar rooms.
In 1994, Snowboarding is officially included in the list of Olympic Competitions. And in 2000, the number of snowboarders in America exceeded seven million people. In the same period, the snowboarding covers our country.
Thus, the snowboard is victorious breaks through in the third millennium, every year gaining increasing popularity and conquering the minds and hearts of new generations of athletes and lovers of winter outdoor activities. And the luxurious virgin fields and stunning descents are waiting for their conquerors. Do not want to ride?
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The first snowboards did not differ in good handling, which led to the prohibition of their use in many ski resorts of that time. For this reason, many years have existed mutual hostility between skiers and snowboarders. By 1985, only 7% of the resorts in the United States allowed snowboarders to their slopes, about the same in Europe. At the same time, how to improve the equipment and technology of riding, this figure increased. By 1990, most large resorts acquired a separate slope for snowboarding. To date, approximately 97% of North America and Europe resorts allow snowboarding, and approximately half of them builds parks and haf Pipes.
The largest number of snowboarders - about 6.6 million - was recorded in 2004. By 2008, this number decreased to 5.1 million due to low-level winters and the so-called "return of skis" - a process, especially characteristic of Europe. The average age of snowboarders from 18 to 24 years; Women make up about 25% of the total number.
Modern snowboard is a high-tech product representing an alloy of technologies and based on modern composite materials, and therefore easy and durable. As a rule, the inner design of the snowboard is " sandwich"There is a multilayer design of carbon fiber, fiberglass and a tree or so on. " cEP"(It is possible to meet a hybrid structure). The sliding surface is manufactured mainly from polyethylene with special additives to reduce friction. A protective coating and drawing are applied on the top of the snowboard. There are three main (not counting intermediate and exotic) types of snowboards:
For a beginner snowboarder, a softer snowboard is suitable. It makes it easier for skating mistakes - with a "soft" board easier to learn to ride. However, upon reaching a certain level on such a board, you can "fall asleep", and here the willy-noilies will want higher speeds and steep aggravations.
Snowboarding boots are two main types: tough and soft. Hard boots are a construction of an outdoor plastic boot and a soft inner part (that is, almost a complete analogue of ski boots), and soft shoes are distinguished by the fact that the external shoe has insignificant rigidity.
Foot mountings are installed on special threaded recesses that are called " mortgages" The number of such recesses can be from 2 or more per mount, which provides the desired adjustment for a specific riding style and for convenience. There are two main types of fasteners that differ in the method of fixing the shoe and mechanics.
Generally accepted division of athletes on "Regulators" (English. regular - Normal), put the left leg, and "Guffy" (English. goFy. - Stupid), put forward right, as in skateboarding. Such terminology, however, does not mean at all that one rack is correct, and the other is not, or even that the "regularists" is in general more than "Guffy". Each athlete, over time, finds the rack that is most suitable for it; Some do not refer themselves to anyone or the racks constantly change.
The rack is determined by the angle of rotation of the fasteners relative to the length of the snowboard. A straight angle relative to the length of the board is accepted for zero degrees. Such angles are considered positive, in which the sock is rotated on the movement side; If the sock is rotated in the reproach, the angle is considered negative. The front leg is usually not placed under a negative angle, since in this case the ride moves back forward. The back leg can be placed both under positive and at a negative angle, depending on the goal of an athlete. The angles of rotation of the fasteners of the snowboarder choose in accordance with the task and on the basis of personal preferences.
It should be remembered that the presented angles are not standardized, and the rides itself choose the corners for each of the possible racks over time.
Perhaps someone in impatience already made the legs of the scotch tape and rolls from the mountain. We wish them good luck, and let's look at what fun for a snowboard and how to choose them.
The main task of any fasteners is the transfer of effort from foot and shoe to the snowboard. From the rigidity of the fixtures, it depends on how clearly they will transmit these efforts. Another important task is to fix my legs: Agree, it will be very unpleasant at the time of movement to feel how your foot scrolls in the mount. However, it is not worth remarking with rigidity when choosing: you may simply do not have enough technical skills to pass one or another board. In this case, she will go there, where he wants himself, and your goals with it can differ significantly. And more: remember that fasteners are part of the kit, which means they must approach stiffness and k, and to (to the latter they must also come in size). Therefore, it will be best to try on the attachment to the boot right in the store - so you definitely do not make sure.
If you read our previous articles, it is already guessing - all attachments are divided into two types: soft and rigid. Hard, as you already understand, are used together with the appropriate. Among the fasteners for hard boots are divided into those that need to be fastened independently, pressing them with a lever, and the so-called "STEP-IN" (or fast mounts). As it is clear from the title, the essence of the step-in fasteners - come and immediately go. First we get a shoe sock, on which there is a special rant, under the holding bracket, then press the heel and - Voila! - You can go. Important! Just like when working with tightening systems at shoes, remember: the harder the system, the more chances of breaking. The "step-in" system is considered to be the least reliable and safe: when riding the boot can spontaneously come out, which will inevitably lead to injury.
Soft fastenings, like other elements of the "soft set", vary from soft to more hard.
Base - This is a plate at the bottom of the mount, which is attached to the mortgages using bolts. The bases are made from various materials: it can be a metal (for example, aluminum - it is durable and reliable, but heavy) or plastic (easier and with a much smaller safety margin). But we, as always, are looking for a golden middle-composite materials, with the possible addition of fiberglass and carbon fiber. The initial task of the base is to consolidate the boot and snowboard as much as possible. However, the developers of some firms went further and made the so-called "moving base". It is rigidly attached only by the middle part, and the front and rear slightly mobile - according to the manufacturer's assurances, it should take vibrations, extinguish blows with landings, as well as more clearly and quickly transfer the force to the CANT. I personally tested such fasteners and I can say that in this case the conversations of developers can be believed.
Arc - This is an element that allows us to adjust the mount to yourself a little. The arc is located in the back of the fastening, which serves as a retainer for Hebek. Many models have the opportunity to move Deue back and forth for better shoe fixation.
Gas pedal - This is a plate in the front of the attachment, which is as well as an arc, makes it possible to more tightly fix the shoe. This element is not found in all attachments, but where is present, it makes exclusively the role of adjustment of the fastening in size.
Strepy - These are straps (top and bottom), their task is to fix the shoe tightly. In the standard version of the attachments on the ramps there are so-called bablocks that fix the leg, moving along the rowers. Everything is ready two clicks! The lower strepty can be the usual view and put on the bottom of the boot. There are also the so-called 3D strings that wear on the shoe sock. Fastening rigidity and flexibility will depend on rigidity and flexibility.
Highback (Highback) - This is a row of fastening. It depends on it to a greater degree and the rigidity of the attachment depends. Most often, Hybek is performed from composite materials, but recently carbon is used during its manufacture. Some models to. Have several options for kheibek adjustments, like that: a predetermined angle of inclination, turn a few degrees into one or the other side.
In essence, this is a quick jamming \\ nipping. In it, Haybek will play as the role of the shoe retainer. Although the stringy in this system is movable, they will need to spend some time on their adjustment, but it takes it just once. In the future, one light movement you will open the latch, after which Haybek needs to just fold back. Such a system allows you to quickly join and come down, but, alas, does not provide the desired fixation of the shoe. We remember the above axiom: the system is more complicated, the greater the chances that it will break.
Golden Rule of Snowboarder: Do not try to save to take too soft mounts, unsuitable for your riding level or your set of equipment.
Excessive tendency to savings are fraught with injuries!
Do not attempt to buy immediately too tight fastenings "on the grow out" too - do not sell - do not sell, and the meeting of your nose with a slope of snow or a fellow rider is guaranteed.
Thank you all for your attention to the meeting on the snowy slopes.
With you was Rupet Andrei.
Snowboard fasteners are an integral part of winter equipment for every ride. Attachments directly associate you with a snowboard and transmit all the movements of the muscles on the board. If your snowboardings are well chosen to the board and ride style, then you will get more interesting experience from skiing.
It is very important to choose snowboardings that will fit your ride style. Snowboard mounts fit into three common skiing style. You must choose the right rigidity of fasteners, based on both your skating style and the rigidity of your boot.
It will be pointless to choose hard attachments with soft shoes or vice versa. To achieve the best results when riding, make sure that the stiffness of the fixtures is directly related to the rigidity of your boot.
Most manufacturers estimate hardness from 1 to 10, where 1 is the milder, and 10 are very rigid. As a rule, the rig estimate is understood as follows: 1-2 (soft), 3-5 (medium), 6-8 (rigid), and 9-10 (very rigid). Estimates and rigidity can vary depending on the fastening and its materials. Three materials are usually used as the basis: metal, plastic or composite.
Rider, which spend most of their time in a park area, performing tricks, are considered freestylers. For this style of skiing, softer snowboardings are suitable, which give the rideward the opportunity to make a mistake, more gently land.
This category includes sheer and deep snow and high speed on a deserted, complicated area. Such fasteners should be more rigid for the best responsiveness and energy transfer on a snowboard with a quick movement.
Snowboard mounts are divided into 2 main categories:
This is the most common type of fasteners. Usually two belts are used in them (one above or across the sock and another across ankle). Strep-in attachments offer different options for support, depreciation and other settings. They are suitable for all styles and ski conditions.
Such attachments are also called the AIDS ENTRAY (Speed \u200b\u200bEntry literally: fast entry). They have a folding back (Heibek), which descends like a bridge, allowing you to just join fastenings. In addition, the folding rear provides fast and light fastening from fasteners. So your friends-skiers will no longer have to wait for you. Fast fasteners usually choose riders who prefer comfort.
Snowboard mounts consist of several components:
Lower Cap-Strap. This strap is located on the front of the shoe, rich it for convenience and stability. It helps to align the leg for better placement in the heel, which transmits more energy to the board.
Traditional lower strep. This belt is usually located downstairs on the end of the mounts and simply keeps your shoe on the spot. It cannot be used as a CEP-Strepa.
Hybrid lower strep. This strap can be used in a traditional style on top of the legs or tilt forward for use as CEP stream.
Top stream This strap is large enough, and it ribs the leg ribbons. Without it, the attachments would not hold.
Single-component strept. It is often found on modern and fast-moving fasteners. This is one holistic belt that covers your shoe down in the bottom of the fingers and along the ankle.
Buckle - a mechanism that fastens the strap to the stretch, while simultaneously adjusting the degree of shoe compression. The main characteristic is strength. Therefore, good bablis makes aluminum.
It should also be large enough to not cause problems when stamping in a glove or mittens and have a smooth move, which gives a certain guarantee of further efficiency.
At snowboardings, you will meet such dimensions: small S / M, medium M / L and large L / XL. It is imperative to choose the fastening of the right size for your shoes, so always check the manufacturer's fasteners table to find out which it is necessary to you.
And even after analyzing tables with dimensions, it is very important to verify that the attachments are suitable for your boot. Make it, putting your boot in fastenings, as if you are going to stitches: shoes should not drink too much from the mounts, and the straps should not be tightly tight or weak. If the strap does not reach the babe, it may be necessary to adjust it.
Strepty attachments are usually adjustable on both sides. The heel should fit tightly to the attachments. Properly selected fasteners should allow the boot to bend, but not hang out side to side. If you have comfortable shoes, and fasteners reliably cover them without additional effort, then you're rightfully picked up.
Like snowboards, fasteners are supplied with various installation options. On snowboards there are many installation options and different types of mortgages. Most models are compatible with each other, but it is better to make sure that you have not bought the wrong set.
Fortunately, most brands today make universal discs or make several disks for various types of fasteners, for example, The Channel System from Burton.
Alas, good snowboardings from a normal manufacturer cannot be cheap. The price of fixtures affects:
The greater the fastenings of the bearer simplifying the life of the rider, and the settings, the more expensive. When buying fixtures, it is important to understand what you need. How and where are you going to ride, how often, how important are those or other joys and are you ready to pay for them.
Beginners are quite suitable fastening easier, but those who have experience came to think about more expensive models. You can familiarize yourself with the full range of attachments for a snowboard and choose the appropriate you can in our catalog.
Fastening for a snowboard is an important element of the equipment that is responsible for the transmission of the effort that you attach, driving the board. From their quality, technological, rigidity, settings depend on the control over the board on the slope and the ease of deletion.
There are several types of fasteners for a snowboard: step Inst. (no longer produced) hard (for a scope descent on rigid directional boards and in plastic shoes) and softThe most popular today.
What is the mount:
- fastening basecomprising a heel arc and a degree for installing a degree
- hebek with tilt adjustment
Upper and lower strepy, straps and clips.
Clips of fasteners look out, so you can easily distinguish the right mount from the left.
Take a look at the disk, there are degrees from 0 in both directions. Additional holes in the disk are designed to adjust the position of fasteners back and forth.
Understand the structure of fasteners is necessary, first of all, because the latest technologies and development are devoted to them. The battle for the title of the best participate today attachments with the smallest weight, a quick jamming system and produced from the most durable materials.
It is thanks to the design of the structure of fasteners and the selection of the most advanced materials to manufacturers manage to enter the leading positions and make your riding comfortable and progressive.
By the way, as a rule, Hebek with such a design has a lightweight design, which has a positive effect on the total weight of the fasteners.
In his desire to excellence, fasteners are trying to reduce the area of \u200b\u200bsuch zones. This is achieved by reducing the base area, different manufacturers have different patented methods. Someone reduces the area of \u200b\u200bthe disks, someone adapts the base of the fasteners under rocker boards.
Also excellent, in our opinion, the solution is to mount at the base of special depreciation pillows. They, like ABS, protect you with particularly rigid landings and significantly reduce the level of vibration.
Straple with traditional fixation over shoe. This type of fastening can be found in all manufacturers. Of the advantages of such a system - stability, good fixation and the smallest risk of snow to the snow.
Popular version of Nizhny Strepa - cap Strap. Such strip, according to the manufacturers, it is better to fix the leg in the mount, pressing the shoe along the length, which is very important when riding outside the tracks or in the park. However, it is important to perfectly adjust strept under the boot, otherwise the snow hitting, the slipping of strip down and the weakening of fixation is inevitable.
The best, in our opinion, the technological solution in the designs of Lower Strepa is multi strept. This means that it is possible to fix it in two positions, at your discretion.
- Fastening for technical freestyle / freeride You can call the most rigid to all existing on the market. Indeed, for riding in deep snow or strong amplitude tricks on tramplines, the desired most reliable fixation.
- Mounting for Jibbing, on the contrary, softer.
- Mounting All Mountain.- The most universal and practices are suitable for any type of riding.
Here it is worth a separately tell about flow fasteners. The fastening system from this company is different from all other manufacturers. it sTEP-IN-GO system. So, instead of two straps there is a single strip, which pretty comfortably covers the boot. Hebek is also folded back, which allows you to quickly fastened. There are various opinions about the advantages and minuses of such a system. An indisputable advantage is the speed and simplicity of jamming.
Note that the board should approach the attachments, there may be inconsistencies here. For example, burton makes boards with mortgages that are suitable only for fastening the same companySo it is necessary to pay attention to it. Burton has a special system of mortgages EST, however, not on all boards, but it is necessary to be attentive. As an extreme case, there are special adapters for ordinary crepes, but these are extra spending and inconvenience. And it should be noted that the Burton mounts with the EST system are suitable only for snowboards with the same system. However, it is rather an exception than the rule. Mostly manufacturers seek to make fasteners that would suit to absolutely any snowboard.
So, you, for example, Guffy. Right leg you have ahead. That is, the right attachment you put closer to the nose of the snowboard.
When installing fasteners, when you have already decided on your counter, you need to consider the leading leg.
Today, manufacturers of burgundy and fixtures have a tendency to displace holes for fastening back, which allows the board more smooth stroke. In addition, the attachment attachment makes it possible to move in the snow, not sinking in it and do not link - the perfect solution when skating in deep snow.
Pay attention to strepov's length, they should not be too long or too short. There should be no situations when the shoe hangs down and the length of it is too big to fix it, or, on the contrary, the boot is joined with difficulty.
Secondly, check compatibility of components. Select the boot into the mount and look carefully. The heel should be recessed into the angle of fastening, while the sole of the boot should be smoothly standing on the base, and the rear part to fit the fastening tightness to Heib.
Note. When you enter into fastenings, do not step on the straps and strepty, you can break them. When transporting, collect Haybeck and close the string to not damage the straps.
If you buy the gear of one brand or the ready-made set, you can be sure that everything will be suitable and will work, as it should, but when you skate, you will not feel discomfort.
When choosing fasteners, do not forget to pay attention to the appearance. Today, coloring and design is very different, varying in the range from fluorescent bright to dark militaries of colors. In addition, some manufacturers include on their collections of fastening, over the design of which the famous artists, illustrators or riders themselves worked. But do not forget: Whatever the design of the mounts, it should reflect your individuality on the slope.
