The Welcome Journal

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Union Ultra, Atlas Pro and Force Classic snowboard bindings with a Union binding multi-tool

How to Set Up Snowboard Bindings: Stance Width,...

Step by step snowboard binding setup from a pro rider: binding size, stance width, angles, centring your boots, straps, highbacks and powder setup.

How to Set Up Snowboard Bindings: Stance Width,...

Step by step snowboard binding setup from a pro rider: binding size, stance width, angles, centring your boots, straps, highbacks and powder setup.

Bataleon Goliath+ snowboard with Union Falcor bindings and Nitro Venture Pro TLS boots, a matched stiff-flex setup

Snowboard Flex Explained: How to Choose Soft, M...

What snowboard flex ratings mean, who should ride soft, medium or stiff, and how to match board, binding and boot flex. Pro rider advice plus our video.

Snowboard Flex Explained: How to Choose Soft, M...

What snowboard flex ratings mean, who should ride soft, medium or stiff, and how to match board, binding and boot flex. Pro rider advice plus our video.

CAPiTA Birds of a Feather, Lib Tech Orca and CAPiTA Mercury snowboards side by side

Toe Drag and Other Signs You're on the Wrong Si...

Catching edges, toe drag or a board that won't turn? Signs your snowboard is the wrong length or width, and how to size your next one properly.

Toe Drag and Other Signs You're on the Wrong Si...

Catching edges, toe drag or a board that won't turn? Signs your snowboard is the wrong length or width, and how to size your next one properly.

Channel Islands surfboard held side-on to show its thickness and rocker

Going Too Small Too Soon: The Surfboard Mistake...

A few extra litres can double the waves you catch. A quick volume formula and the Peninsula factors that change it, from the team at Welcome Board Store.

Going Too Small Too Soon: The Surfboard Mistake...

A few extra litres can double the waves you catch. A quick volume formula and the Peninsula factors that change it, from the team at Welcome Board Store.

Surfer crouched on the beach checking the FCS II Mayhem fins in her surfboard

Surfboard Fins Guide: FCS II vs Futures, Fin Se...

FCS II vs Futures, thruster vs quad vs twin, fin size by weight, rake vs pivot, flex and materials, plus how we match fins to Channel Islands boards.

Surfboard Fins Guide: FCS II vs Futures, Fin Se...

FCS II vs Futures, thruster vs quad vs twin, fin size by weight, rake vs pivot, flex and materials, plus how we match fins to Channel Islands boards.

Surfer in a full steamer wetsuit holding a Channel Islands surfboard on the beach

Why Spring Water on the Peninsula Is Colder Tha...

Warm air, cold water. Why September to November still calls for winter rubber on the Mornington Peninsula, plus wetsuit fit tips from local pro riders.

Why Spring Water on the Peninsula Is Colder Tha...

Warm air, cold water. Why September to November still calls for winter rubber on the Mornington Peninsula, plus wetsuit fit tips from local pro riders.