Flexmeter Snowboard Wrist Guards Explained

Flexmeter – Docmeter Snowboard Wrist Guard Gloves Product Line Explained

Q. My wife is a surgical nurse – her wrists are vital to her work. She is a beginner snowboarder who broke her unprotected wrist last year. She is 5’2″ and would typically wear a small. Could you please suggest a product as I would like to have it before mid January as we are going skiing.

A. Snowboard wrist injuries are the most common snowboard injury, and beginners are 4 times more likely to break a wrist than experienced snowboarders.  FOOSH or “falling on outstretched hand” with the hand behind the body is the most common method of wrist injury.A flexible wrist guard like Flexmeter, will help absorb the shock of impact and prevent the wrist from hyperextending.  It is the kind of protection your wife should wear.  Flexmeter (also called Docmeter) was designed by Dr. Marc-Herve Binet who is the mountain doctor at the  French resort Avoriaz, and is a member of the ISSS – International Society for Skiing Safety.
Visit Dr. Binet’s Mountain Clinic here.

The Flexmeter Snowboard Glove is the “Cadillac” of snowboard wrist protection. It  has the Flexmeter Wrist Guard integrated into it and is the easiest way to wear snowboard wrist protection on the slopes.  It is what I wear,  and my first recommendation to my customers.

There are 2 kinds of Flexmeter Snowboard Gloves.

Flexmeter Snowboard Glove with Single Protection – has one splint on the knuckle side only, and is the model that was tested and proven to reduce snowboard wrist injuries by 67 to 85%.
$120 plus shipping.

Flexmeter Snowboard Glove with Double  Protection has the dorsal splint and has light palm-side protection added, and is the choice of surgeons, dentists, nurses, artists, musicians, writers, and anyone that wants a little more protection. I suggest this for your wife in view of her circumstances as a petite woman who needs her wrist and has had an injury.
$140 plus shipping.

If Flexmeter Gloves are too expensive our Flexmeter Wrist Guards that stand alone and are worn under your gloves are the answer. Your gloves must have an opening wide enough to accommodate the wrist guard. Or we sell Flexmeter Mittens that will go over the Flexmeter Wrist Guards.

There are 2 kinds of Flexmeter Wrist Guards.

Flexmeter Wrist Guard with Single Protection – has one splint on the knuckle side only, and is the model that was tested and proven to reduce snowboard wrist injuries by 67 to 85%.
$69 plus shipping.

Flexmeter All Season Wrist Guard has the dorsal splint and has light palm-side protection added. It was designed for skateboarding and other warm weather sports, and can be worn under a glove for snowboarding. $69 plus shipping.

Mittens with a wide opening to wear over Flexmeter Wrist Guards specially designed so you can easily slip them over any model of Flexmeter Wrist Guards. They have the added feature of “glove style” inside so each of your fingers has a cozy resting spot.After your day on the slopes is over, take off your Flexmeter Wrist Guard and wear this comfortable mitt for warmth.
$48  plus shipping.

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$56 plus shipping.

(See video of my fall off the halfpipe wall at USASA Nationals and you’ll know why I won’t ride without Azzpadz! Click here and scroll down to the video entitled Snowboard Protective Gear in Action – Azzpadz