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UPDATE: Check out the best snowboard goggles for 2015-2016 here

You might get away with wearing sunglasses in warmer weather, but a pair of goggles is usually a better choice. The best snowboard goggles protect your peepers from the sun, snow and wind, and won’t fly off your face with every little spill. Lens colour is the main thing you want to consider; as a rule darker lenses are better for brighter conditions, while lighter-tinted ones help to maximise your vision in poor light. Clear lenses are really only for riding under floodlights, hence why you see plenty of them in use at the X Games pipe final. It’s always good to have a choice, and with the clever new systems found on the latest models, it’s a breeze to swap them out.