Alpine Carver is dedicated to
carving. They've got all sorts of info on gear, tips, news - you name it. BomberOnline
is another alpine carving community. Hardbooter
makes it a 3fer.
Here's some info on snowboard
injuries in general and snowboard
wrist injuries. Speaking of injuries. Consider wearing extra protection. Bohn
has a buttsavr for $40. Their stuff is originally made for motorcyclists, but
they are starting to get ski and snowboard oriented.
Rusty is trying to avoid putting manufacturer links on his site because there are just so
many of them, but Burton is one of the founding
fathers of snowboarding and they have the best equipment. This year's version of
the web site is funky, but the factory
tour (click on the link to open a pop up) is back.
The Sports
Authority has a good primer on different types of snowboard equipment.
Windells
runs snowboard and ski freestyle camps. They've got great
videos (quicktime).
Snowboardermag
is a cool site! They've got photos, message boards, contests and more.
Issue 16.1 has a nice article on ACL injuries.
Freebord
has a skateboard with additional wheels in the center that rides like a
snowboard on pavement. Dirtsurfer bills
itself as an on/off road skateboard - it's kind of like a bike that you
stand/skateboard on. Flowboard
is a skateboard that has 7 wheels side by side to provide a snowboard like
experience.