 Poster: A snowHead
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Preferably informed opinions from people who've used them - don't need to see posts along the lines of 'wristguards are rubbish, don't bother' as I've already heard this point of view and made my mind up about it, thanks.
I need new gloves for this season, planning to get some with built-in protection as dragging gloves on over existing guards is a pain. Choice is between Level with Biomex guard, and Flexmeter's guard/glove combo - tried both and the Flexmeter is much more comfortable/better fitting on me.
Anyone used either or both?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Little Cow uses Level gloves with the Biomex guard. Wrists still intact, as are the gloves. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If the flexmeter is more comfortable, I'd say go with it.
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I use the Level gloves mentioned above. Found them to be very comfortable.
Haven't had any cause for the wrist protection to be put to work that I can remember. Wrists are still in one piece though 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Any comments regarding whch offers the better protection and why?
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Lizzard, I would have thought a better fit would be more important, probably in terms of safety too.
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Lizzard, I won't say don't buy them . . . but learn how to fall as a first priority. Stacking is a 'whole-body' experience and it's not just your wrists that can get f**ked.
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Masque, I have done/am doing that, but I can't guarantee to get it right every single time (can you?). I've seen for myself the incidence of wrist injury amongst my snowboarding staff/schoolkids and I prefer not to take the chance. Working for peanuts and boarding a lot is an acceptable deal, but working for peanuts and sitting around all season with a snapped-off hand most certainly isn't.
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Lizzard, Many years on a trampoline and gymnastics has granted me a (now fading) sense of 'spacial awareness' that allows me to still bounce off the hard-pack, even at my advancing age and decrepitude.
Flexibility is more important than fitness . . . things that don't stretch and bend . . . break! Armour is great, but it's also a sinecure.
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An office without work 
Anyway this is precisely the argument I wasn't about to get into. In the absence of any more useful contributions, I think I'll go with the Flexmeters, just on the grounds of comfort.
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Lizzard, sorry, I'm in a reflective mood . . . I'm saying that, unlike other items of protection (back and backside), wrist-guards are less value than good training . . . but it you are unwilling to undertake that training, they ARE better than nothing. I agree, It's not an argument, but it can be a discussion. 
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Masque, you could just as well say that the best way for a biker not to become an intimate part of the scenery is defensive riding (and you would be entirely correct). It's not going to persuade me to leave my leathers at home though.
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Likewise I can't claim to have ever tested my biomex but I can say that Level gloves are extremely good quality, warm and hard wearing.
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You know it makes sense.
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I've not tried Flexmeter, but I'm happy with the comfort of the Biomex/Level gloves, although they are not breathable, as claimed.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Lizzard, can you point me in the direction of a shop that sells them? The missus has some Dakine guards but as you say, it's a hassle putting them over her gloves. Would be interested in some myself even.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rayscoops, that was a very silly post. I expect to see you boarding naked if that's your opinion.
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Lizzard, actually I used your words/sentiment from another thread
"What doesn't kill you makes you strong. You can't spend your entire boarding career avoiding the flat bits so you might as well get to grips with them from the start"
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rayscoops, I'm well aware of that. Hardly the same context though, hmmmm? 
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using the danisese ones seems very comfortable they do a glove with the same one built very comfortable glove
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Lots of these things appear to use a design that would make holding a ski-pole awkward. Any recommendations for a wrist guard that works ok with poles?
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Howabout inline skating wrist supports?
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| telford_mike wrote: |
| Lots of these things appear to use a design that would make holding a ski-pole awkward. Any recommendations for a wrist guard that works ok with poles? |
I have my trusty nhs supplied wrist support to wear under my glove, it's not at all awkward holding anything but it does get irritating after a while, need to remove it for about 10 mins every now and again then reapply.
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telford_mike, why would you want to wear wrist guards for skiing?
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| telford_mike, why would you want to wear wrist guards for skiing? |
I worry about my wrists mate - comes from years and years of skiing on plastic slopes I'm afraid. I've read a few medical articles recently which have convinced me that I'm in imminent danger of an awful and debilitating wrist injury. Apparently this risk is not confined to our snowboarding bretheren.
I've broken both of my wrists in the past and it wasn't pleasant - they never seem to work quite as well afterwards despite the physio. Arms, on the other hand, don't seem to be a big problem - they just heal-up and away you go.
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telford_mike, sounds bizarre to me - how many skiers have you seen with wrist injuries? Can't say I know of any whatsoever over the past 11 seasons.
If you're really convinced, the Flexmeter guards run down the back of the hand, leaving the palm unobstructed. However, they (and all the others available) are supposed to protect against a fall onto an open outstretched hand, which seems unlikely to happen to a skier given that he would be clutching a pole at the time.
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| telford_mike...which seems unlikely to happen to a skier given that he would be clutching a pole at the time. |
I see your logic. I'm usually clutching something when I crash, that's for sure 
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You know it makes sense.
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[quote] - how many skiers have you seen with wrist injuries? Can't say I know of any whatsoever over the past 11 seasons.
Typing this with a short cast on my arm from a broken radius suffered skiing in Utah last week. Found this forum while searching for wrist guards. Just because you have poles in your hand doesn't prevent your closed hand bending backwards. Granted, wrist injuries are more common with snowboarding versus knees with skiing, but stuff happens.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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[quote] - how many skiers have you seen with wrist injuries? Can't say I know of any whatsoever over the past 11 seasons.
Typing this with a short cast on my arm from a broken radius suffered skiing in Utah last week. Found this forum while searching for wrist guards. Just because you have poles in your hand doesn't prevent your closed hand bending backwards. Granted, wrist injuries are more common with snowboarding versus knees with skiing, but stuff happens.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lizzard, Mrs BS has broken both wrists seperately in the past, on discussing guards with the Dr's in Moutier and Salisbury Hospital both said that gloves with built in guards were not much help but better thna nothing.
Following their suggestion she now skis with an NHS wrist guard on each wrist. These are the standard NHS beige (for sale in good chemists) with a steel frame up the inside of the wrist.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Only used Level ones, but they are pretty good. The gloves are great. But if one is comfier than the other and doesn't look obviously shoite then I'd go with that. Why would anyone not use wrist guards on a board? You can't fall correctly every time. I suppose they don't wear helmets either.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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There are some cases where people wearing wrist guards have broken their collar bone... force has to go somewhere. Training to fall on fore arms with fore arm padding is good.
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