"The whole system is extremely comfortable and seems to disappear... The Cased protective shirt and pants are excellent. The preformed pads stay where they should be."
GEAR REPORT
The biggest secret on the mountain: over 50% of all snowboarders are wearing protective shorts. Here’s why.
4 MIN READ
For years, protective snowboarding shorts were seen as taboo, and just not worth wearing until now. Recent studies reveal that over half of snowboarders are actually wearing padded shorts now, and one brand sticks out. That brand is Cased. Here's why so many riders wear them and never mention it.
1. Nobody can tell you're wearing it
Nobody can tell you're wearing them. They're cut like a base layer, so they sit flat & are completely invisible under your snow pants. The guy next to you on the chair could have them on right now and you'd never know.
2. Prevents Serious Injuries
You catch your heel edge on hardpack. The board stops, you don't, and you land tailbone first on snow that feels like concrete. That's the fall that cracks tailbones and ends seasons. Cased puts a 12 mm pad right over your tailbone and a pad on each hip, exactly where you land. The pad absorbs 89% of impact energy, so you get up, brush off and keep riding.
3. They boost your confidence making riding more fun
Riding is suppposed to be fun...
4. No straps. No Velcro. Nothing slides.
Every strap-on elbow guard I've owned slides down a couple minutes into the ride. Then you spend half your ride time yanking them back up instead of riding. These pads form cased are built into a compression sleeve, so they stay exactly where they should from the first lap to the last. Verified buyers say it plainly: the pads stay put and cover more than the individual pads they used before.
5. It wears cooler than a cotton tee
The base fabric is a butterfly mesh with a moisture vapor transmission rate above 15,000g/m²/day. Sweat gets out, air gets in. On a 90-degree afternoon it runs cooler than the cotton T-shirt you'd otherwise have on under your jersey, which is the reason guys who swore offpadding in summer end up riding padded in summer.
6. Cheaper than the big brands (and one urgent care visit)
Cased sells direct. No dealer markup, no distributor in the middle. The shirt's regular price is $290, right where big-brand chest and upper-body armor sits, and it's currently selling for $119. Bundle both the shirt and pants for only $199. That's under the cost of a single urgent care visit for a stitched-up elbow, and it's built to last multiple seasons without the pads sagging or the fabric breaking down.
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WHY RIDERS CHOOSE CASED
Verified reviews from ridecased.com.
"I'm 6'1" 185lbs and the large fits me great. Less restrictive and more comfortable than my G-Form and 100% pads. Other pads I've tried migrate down my arms and legs on rough terrain. These stay in place."
"I was skeptical. I only saw ads on Instagram and didn't see any real reviews online. After receiving these I am shocked at the quality. VERY comfortable, and the padding is firm on impact but also flexible. These will actually be things I'm comfortable wearing vs forcing myself."
"These are so good. Super breathable and very easy to wear. Having knee pads integrated into the pants is an absolute game changer, because you never have the problem of knee pads sliding around or slipping down."
CE 2
certified to the higher impact standard
89%
of impact force absorbed
4.9
verified customer rating out of 5
30
days to send it back if it isn't for you
WHY BULKY BODY ARMOR IS OUTDATED
CASED
TYPICAL GEAR
Certification
CE Level 2
CE Level 1
Impact absorption
Absorbs 89% of impact energy
Less than 89%
Pad feel
Soft and flexible, hardens on impact
Stiff or bulky
Fits under a moto jersey
Yes
Sits on top
Knee and hip protection
Built into the pants
Strap-on guards
Breathability
High-performance mesh
Limited airflow
Pads stay in place
Built into the garment
Straps slide
Price-to-performance
High
Often overpriced
