What does it cost to rent board, bindings, and boots?

D1gger

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Intermediate to advanced quality skiis, poles and boots rent at Whistler Mountain in BC for $38 Cdn/day. Beginners equipment is cheaper.
 

jimmyjam

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It's cheaper if you rent them as far from the resort as possible. My Sport Chalet a couple hours from the mountains is about half the price of the rental places near the resorts. A board with boots and bindings can be had for about $30-40/day I believe.
 

buck

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: keeleysam
Buy them.

I'd rent a few times to see what you like. All the boards feel different.

:thumbsup:

Then when its time, buy them used until you really want to spend money for good stuff.
 

Cdubneeddeal

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It's $30.18 for a standard package and $37.16 for a performance package at Baker. Like what was said above, if you're new to the sport I would highly suggest renting different kinds of boards before you buy. I've ridden Libtech, Burton (owned), old school Barfoot(owned), K2, Sims, Vision, MLY (owned), and now my Ride Fleetwood (own). I would have to say the Burton and my Ride are the best so far. I've heard a lot of good things about Libtechs but the one I rented was very difficult to ride.

If you need advice on board buying, let me know. I've been boarding for about six years now..boy i'm old.
 

spidey07

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Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
It's $30.18 for a standard package and $37.16 for a performance package at Baker. Like what was said above, if you're new to the sport I would highly suggest renting different kinds of boards before you buy. I've ridden Libtech, Burton (owned), old school Barfoot(owned), K2, Sims, Vision, MLY (owned), and now my Ride Fleetwood (own). I would have to say the Burton and my Ride are the best so far. I've heard a lot of good things about Libtechs but the one I rented was very difficult to ride.

If you need advice on board buying, let me know. I've been boarding for about six years now..boy i'm old.

heh, not to one up...but little known...I've been boarding for about 19 years now. I still remember when I wasn't allowed on the slopes. Then many years later still getting weird looks from skiers. Had an original Burton Cruiser 155.

I've got 3 boards now - a downhill, a freestyle and a combo. The downhill one is so fast it's sick, the grip on it is out of this world. The freestyle board is a lot of fun, you can land just about anything it is so flexible, but alas it's a sloppy in turns and flops around a lot.

My main point? Boards are very different in how they perform/feel as well as the bindings. Nobody can tell you what you like. I'd steer new riders into a more flexible board as it is just easier to ride. I do have a penchant for Burton boards. And there is nothing like crappy bindings - they hurt and are a pain..