Hey hey!

 

I'm super cheap and prone to injury/falling.. Well not too bad when snowboarding.. but when I go down it's hard..

 

Last season I wore volleyball knee pads on my knees as they're cushy (I hate the hard pads..) but I just don't think they're going to cut it on icy days...

 

Anyone got any ideas what I can stick in them? Some sort of hard gel pads would be awesome but i have no idea where to get them from..

All I can come up with is gel mouse pads.. but surely there's something a bit more suitable out there?

 

Posted by cape_breton_rebel
You could look into knee pads for tile setters at a hardware store, some have a hard plastic shell on the outside and foam on the inside. 

Of course its the pain that will drive you to get better so you don't fall so much.

 

I reckon the ones with hard outsides probably do more damage than is worth it.

That's true about falling.. and I improved heaps last season (my first) to the point of hardly falling.. but the last time I did fall it was freaken hard (and involved flipped over haha..but somehow didn't hurt.. ) but I shall be starting work as a nurse around the start of this season.. and moving to Australia JUST after it.. so I wanna maximise my riding time and just go really hard.. with minimal injury!!