Snowboards?, what to buy.. Options

[Ryu3x16]

so, I started snowboarding this season for about 2 months now. Now I'm extremely addicted.. I love the sport and wanna start buying my own gears instead of renting and all. would any of you snowboarders out there would like to recommend a brand of board or what kind of board i should buy? what's good and what's not..
I looked into some on ebay, found some for about 89 bucks but I don't know if thats a good investment or a good board at that..

[CelicaQT]

My first board was a K2 Zepplin and I loved it. It was a guys board but it was great. I ended up giving it to my friend who's just starting out also. I would have stuck with K2 when I bought my new gear, but I decided to ride a Burton. My 2006 package cost me a good $800+. Burton Feel Good Board, Burton Mission Bindings, and Burton boots.

Honestly, if this is your first season I'd suggest getting a package cheap since you're just starting out.
Think about it...you're going to chip and scratch your brand new $400-$500+ Burton board when you can just beat the heck outta a Liquid, Palmer, etc. When you've had a couple seasons under your belt and you've gotten better at boarding THEN i would think about getting brand new gear.

If you want to save money for now go that route, you can get alot of great deals on ebay for a whole package from the $100-$200 range.



Another thing. Regardless of what Brand board you get whether it costs $100+ or $500+ you can't really tell too much of a difference unless you're a hard core pro.

Liquid, Palmer, Rossignol are all good starter boards.