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By Christina VanGinkel

As my son gathered together all of his snowboard gear last night, in readiness for his yearly first time trek to the hill, to kick off this year's snow season, he realized that we had forgotten to buy him a new pair of gloves. Along with everything else that this thirteen-year-old boy of mine owns clothing wise, he had outgrown his pair from last year. This is really not a surprise, not to me, or to those of you who have taken the time to listen to me lament the fact that he has grown over six inches height-wise in the span of one year, and has continued this growth, adding an astonishing two more inches to his height since late summer, know.

Well, I was not running to town as it was quite late, and even if I would have, I doubt if I would have found the exact pair, we had some time ago, decided to buy him. He headed up to the hill this morning with a pair of his dad's work gloves, so though he may not be the most stylish kid on the hill, he will at least be warm, and as the temperature here in the Northwood's of Wisconsin is a steamy 7 degrees, warmth is a priority.

I called two stores that are local to where we live, (which means within a thirty-mile radius) to see if either carried the gloves we wanted, or a comparable pair, and neither did. So online I went, and after typing in 'snowboard gloves wrist guard' at CLothingStoreOnline.com, I was able to pull up the exact pair he had found some time ago, before we forgot that he needed them.

Seirus Da Bone Snowboard Gloves, they have 200 grams of Thermolite Micro Synthetic Down insulation, so they will be warm, but not bulky, and have a palm and finger caps with an anti-slip reinforced material, to hold up under the stress of wipeouts and even the occasional towrope ride. They also have a gauntlet style cuff, and a one handed cuff cinch, which is always handy on the hill. However, most importantly, they come with removable wrist supports. Now, not only has my son been growing at break neck speeds the last fifteen months, he has also managed to break the base of his thumb and wrist not once, but twice. These removable wrist supports may not be 100 percent able to keep another wrist injury from recurring, but they will go a long way towards just that!

I read somewhere else that a broken wrist in a person that snowboards, are akin to the missing teeth of those that play hockey. I know parents everywhere that have kids who play hockey are forever grateful for the invention of the face guard, as are I for whoever ingenious person came up with these wrist guards that slip in comfortably to a pair of snowboard gloves.

If you have a child, accident prone or not, that is spending time on the hills this winter snowboarding or skiing, take the time to check out this injury saving piece of apparel. For me, the second best part of these gloves is that they come in a men's extra large!