Snowboarding gear includes special pants, a thick jacket, goggles, boots and gloves. Campos' friend, an experienced snowboarder, told him to make sure to buy good gloves. You fall down in snowboarding and your hands are always going to touch the snow. Good gloves help to keep your fingers from falling off. Along with all of the gear, snowboarders also have to include the cost of admission to the slopes and their board and their bindings.
Bindings keep a snowboarder's feet connected to the board.
A snowboard and bindings can be purchased from a snowboarding store or can be rented from a ski resort. Campos said some ski resorts charge an entrance fee and others charge for a lift pass. The pass allows skiers and snowboarders access to the lift that takes them to the top of the slope. Slopes are divided into beginner, medium and advanced levels. The admission charge depends on the quality of the resort and where it is located, Campos said.