gloves with wrist guards

there are the Burton Impact gloves that I consider the best.

then there are the Burton Support gloves.. not too good.

I think there are few more out there...

But the impact gloves are by far the best.. I have gotten my friends to get them too.. about 4 friends got them after I told them about it.. hard to find though..

Quite a few topics on this subject, here are two:

i'd say impact gloves as well. The reinforcement is at the back of your hand to prevent ur wrist from breaking, while still being able to hold things without removing the gloves.

You can also get separate wrist guards over your gloves.

I dont mean to take over the thread but do wrist guards really do anything. Ive heard that they can sometimes cause you to break your arm?

If I was going to wear wrist guards I would buy them seperately. What happens if you buy the gloves with the built in guards and you really hate it? You would have to get all new gloves instead of just not using the wrist guards under them.

i have burton impacts.  i dont think they really give that much support.  and the fingers are starting to get torn up from ice when i only used them about 10 days last season.  im thinking of getting flexmeter wristguards.
Longboarderdude, if you're concerned about the broken arm, look into flexmeter.  they talk about the possibility of the impact just being pushed up the arm with normal wristguards.

AussieBoarder -- in general, the arm heals better and easier than the wrist.

I have been using Flexmeter gloves when I go riding and saved me from broken wrist many times coming off kickers.  I found out about it from "http://www.ski-injury.com/prevention/wrist_guards" and the doctor from that site recommended Flexmeter or Biomex wrist guards.

I never knew these existed...
i might have to check out those flexmeter ones

money for wrist gaurds is a great deal awhen boarding cause if your spinning and catch an edge when landing u naturrally try to catch urself   often times hurting ur wrists

I broke my wrist last season when i wasn't wearing wrist guards. Apparently it's not really true about breaking ur arm cos u've got wrist guards on.

And in regards to ur mum's wrist it was probably cos it it didn't heal in the correct position. When i broke my wrist my bone moved a bit so they had to pull it back into place and if that didn't work i would have had to have surgery to correct it otherwise the doc said i wouldn't have full wrist movement. Happily let them pull it back into place to avoid surgery.

Agree wtih above poster. Get a pair of comfortable wrist guards and use under gloves/mittens. You'll probably not need wrist guards after a few weeks.

I haven't fell hard enough for my wrist guards to save my wrists from breaking but they sure prevent my wrists from feeling sore the next day.

Level Gloves with the Biomex inserts.  The Biomex inserts are small and more comfortable.  They can be removed from the gloves if your doing something where you don't need the extra support , like shoveling the driveway.  They inserts are only on the front and are less constricting than most of the others.

I switched from using the DaKine wrist guards under my (one size larger) gloves.