Yesterday I bought some serious equipment for the winter. (I know it is August) As it is mid-summer you can find snowboard equipment really at reasonable prices. (I bought it from Sport Point [tr]) There are campaigns that saves 50%, so as a guy that had problems renting equipment I decided that having your own gear is just cheaper, safer and healthier... Anyway, now I have a Rossignol Scope snowboard (the one on the left) with FlowFl-4 bindings and Flow boots. But the fact is I have more than 4 big months till me and my equipment will meet the snow... Patience... ;)