Over It

Over it – Riser Plates.

Published on: 7th July, 2010

The snowboard industry is full of gimmicks, and when riser plates appeared on the scene back in 90’s, you could be forgiven for thinking what a good idea.
For those of you that haven’t had the pleasure, the idea behind riser plates is to lift your bindings off the snowboard, increasing your edge angle and allowing [...]

Over It – Baggage.

Published on: 23rd June, 2010

Bags. They are good for hiking, holding your shopping or putting
your purse and make-up in. Bags certainly aren’t good for snowboarding with.
If you really think about it wearing a bag is ridiculous, they restrict your movement, make it harder to balance and are just unnecessary. Perhaps there are 3 instances when you may need [...]

Over it – Step-Ins.

Published on: 8th June, 2010

In a busy modern world full of fast food, speedboats and rocket powered roller blades, it’s sometimes frustrating to be wasting valuable doing up your bindings straps when you could be hot-dogging down the slopes.
If you believe that kinda spiel, then you probably own(ed) a set of Step-in bindings!
At one stage Step-ins were seen as [...]

Over It – Stomp Pads.

Published on: 26th May, 2010

This week’s Over It is about stomp pads.
Are we actually over them? Or are they actually starting becoming relevant again?
At first glance stomp pads are perhaps the ultimate punter accessory for dudes with too much enthusiasm and money.
The idea of a stomp pad is to have a small area of friction on your top sheet [...]

Over it – Tip Protectors.

Published on: 10th May, 2010

We all love our snowboards, we spend a lot of money on them and usually take great care of them, they are an investment for us to enjoy as we rip up some park or razz down the morning fresh corduroy on those seldom trips away.
It’s a prized possession that many folk give pride of [...]

Over It – Leashes.

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Remember Leashes? We all have them tucked away somewhere in the deepest darkest cupboards of our bedrooms or garages, they’re those little bits of rope that attach your boot to your binding to prevent a runaway snowboard. Most binding manufacturers supply a free leashes and most, if not all, snowboard shops sell them too.
The problem [...]

Over It – Split Boards.

Published on: 7th April, 2010

What is a split snowboard? Well my friends, a split snowboard is a snowboard that splits in half and becomes skis. If you don’t already think that this is a RIDICULOUS concept then please keep reading and we’ll explain why we’re Over split boards.
Split boards are aimed to people who ride backcountry, the dudes out [...]

New feature – Over It!

Published on: 1st April, 2010

As human beings we evolve, we grow. Throughout the evolutionary process we sometimes look back at the crazy trends that we have bought to where we are. Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry and other times we go all red faced and want the world to swallow us up to hide us from the hideous [...]