Basically every snowboard company and discount online store (I never by direct, I always buy from these discount outlets) offers affiliate links through Avant Link. So, I can buy pretty much anything I liked and later recommend it and insert affiliate links. When I shopped I had a small budget (obviously). My primary goal was to get the best gear for myself for the least amount of money (and I think I did a good job). The article was an afterthought. I put affiliate links in it hoping I might make a bit of money from it.

I doubt that I have, though.

So, in short, I didn’t buy the gear and recommend it to make money. I bought the gear because it was good and cheap. I recommended it because I liked it. I inserted affiliate links because I could possibly make money by recommending it (though, to be honest, I doubt I’ve ever made a cent from this article).

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