Atomic Automatic powder skis for advanced skiers, brand new model, £545, edgeandwax.co.ukPhotograph: PRCapita Black Snowboard of Death, with 'Death Grip' edge hold, £500, snowandrock.comPhotograph: PRForum Youngblood Double Dog board from independent snowboard shop Half-Pipe in west London – said to 'melt your eyebrows off', £340, half-pipe.co.ukPhotograph: PRRoxy Snowjetty jacket, reduced from £134.99 to £94.49, boardshop.co.ukPhotograph: PRK2 Miss Conduct – nice retro design on twin-tip park ski with good stability, £250, snowandrock.comPhotograph: PRRoxy Banana Smoothie women's snowboard, £381.13, amazon.co.ukPhotograph: PRBurton Tech Tee thermal undies, featuring snaps of mountain scenery, blokes on a snowmobile, and a piste-basher £45, gb.burton.comPhotograph: PRThe Armada Norwalk fat powder ski, with rockered tip, camber underfoot and traditional tail, £500.49, down from £549.99, freezeproshop.comPhotograph: PRMen's Westbeach jacket, reduced from £169.99 to £144.49, boardshop.co.ukPhotograph: PRFalke kids' skiing tights, 20% off, now £23.19, surfdome.comPhotograph: PRWearing ironic 1980s skiwear on the slopes may be a bit of a tired joke now, but after three Jägerbombs you'll be tittering again and desperate to hire a bad all-in-one from Retro Rentals, available in Morzine, Avoriaz, Les Gets, Chamonix and Whistler, from £10 a day, facebook.com/retrorentalPhotograph: PRNew AdaptEdge technology, available on five ski boot models from Head, allows the width of the shell to be adjusted with an Allen key, from £165, ellis-brigham.comPhotograph: PRFreestylers have been experimenting with removing the highbacks from their snowboard bindings, and this year Switchback Bindings are available in separate components, so you can mix and match, or even miss the back out, baseplate £70, highbacks from £30-50, straps £55, ellis-brigham.com/men/equipment/snowboard-equipmentPhotograph: PRSki powder and you tend to spend time searching for detached skis under deep snow. The ResQSki attaches to skis to help you find them in snow to a metre deep: homing tags, basetags and transceiver £98, resqski.comPhotograph: PRWith this brilliant rucksack, £89, from White Stone, parents can slope off, with kids holding on to handles that pull out from the rucksack. There's also a cheaper bumbag with handles, white-stone.co.ukPhotograph: PRI can't believe it's not butter, but it's Butta dryslope ski and snowboard wax, £13.95, thesnowboardshop.co.ukPhotograph: PRPractise your moves in the park, on the street or even in the supermarket on the Rollerski, which helps improve ski technique and fitness. Lessons with hire included available at Dorney Lake near Windsor, or Hyde Park in London, or buy your own, from £124 (£255 including boots and poles), courses from £62 a day, rollerski.co.ukPhotograph: Dwayne Senior/PR
