As opposed to wearing skis snowboards have a tendency to slide away if they are not properly attached to your boots. A piece of safety equipment that is essential for snowboarders to wear at all times is the snowboard safety leash. You might ride a Lamar Snowboard but that doesn’t make you immune.
A safety leash is a strap that is fastened to the snowboarder’s lead leg and is designed to avoid runaway boards if your bindings let go for any reason or if you let go of the board while you’re buckling or unbuckling the bindings. The snowboard leash is designed to be worn at around knee height which will mean the snowboarder can keep it attached while hauling the board back up the slope when walking.
The idea of the leash is to reduce the dangers that arise from runaway snowboards. Getting into and out of the snowboard bindings can occasionally put the snowboarder in an awkward spot chiefly when attempting to do so on a steep mountainside so the likelihood that the board will slip away is more real than some people will credit. A runaway board can harm an unsuspecting person below or can be scratched itself if it runs into a solid object.
The wise option is to take out the risk of injury or damage completely by wearing the proper snowboarding equipment. In some cases you won’t have a choice with some resorts enforcing a no leash – no ride rule.
When you go out to buy a snowboard you should seriously consider putting the snowboard leash on the list too. They’re fairly low-priced and they could wind up saving you a lot of money in the long run.