I'd like to know how people ride on their board. Everyone is different and people go with what feels right for them, but I am curious to see just how different everyone is. So if you reply, please list the following, I'll start as an example.
style: I'm a beginner (~1.5 years), so my style is to go down easy runs and try not to fall down
height: 5'10"
weight: 185 lbs
boot size: US 12
board length: 157 Custom wide
Stance width: 20 in
stance angle: +15/-3
I'm going to try a slightly wider stance, as this is the inner most setting for the board. I went with that because it was the stance width I used on the smaller board (153) I started out with. A wider stance on the 153, felt really wrong and gave me no control, turning was pretty much impossible. I immediately switched it to a narrower stance and everything felt normal again. I was amazed at how large a difference a single inch in stance width made. I think because of this I am very wary of a wider stance and went with the narrowest on the larger board. I got a longer board because I am pretty sure I was just too heavy/tall for the smaller one. The new board feels good, but now I'm thinking maybe I should give the recommended stance width a try on the larger board. I mean it is larger, so if my stance is too narrow, perhaps I can't get the torsional flex I need. Anyway I'm rambling, so please list these stats at a minimum, and maybe if you want to add any info or history on why you like to ride this way, that would be good.
The idea is that there is a lot of people on the site and it would be great to collect some data and perhaps help give new people a jumping off point, by going with someone who is a similar height, weight, style.
Location: Ontario Canada
Experience: 3 seasons
Style: about 50/50 with park/blacks, blues, anything and ive only had a few experiences with pow and tree runs/glades so im no good at them but i love em' :thumbsup:
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 120lbs
Boot: 11
Stance: +18 -13, 24.5" apart
Board: Technine MFM Pro
Binding: Raiden strike
Board Length: 153
Riding conditions: crappy ontario weather
Style- All mountain carver
Experience- 23 seasons of mostly South east with a dash of Montana and AK
Height- 5'8"
Weight 165
Boot- 9 Van's
Stance- Depends on what I'm riding. Free ride- 20" +15+9
Free style- 20" 15-3
Carving- 17" 54+54
Current board's- 157 Travis Rice, Arbor Element 161
Current binding's- Flow nxt, Flow M9
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Experience: 8 years
Style: All-mountain freestyle/bombing and carving/a little park now and then
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 200-210
Board: Burton Custom X (162W) | Burton Custom Flying V (158W)
Bindings: Burton Cartel EST
Boots: Burton Ion (US 13)
Stance width: 23"
Stance angles: +15/-9 to -15 depending on style above
Location: north east
Experience: 7-8 years
Style: probably 80% park 20% all mountain
Height: 5'7
Weight: 130
Board: my park board is an academy team 148 and all mountain board is an option chris dufficy 152
Bindings: old burton syncros from 2005, gets the job done but i will be upgrading real soon to union forces
Boots: 8.5, 32 lased
Stance width: 20"
Stance angles: +12/-12
Location: Long Island, NY (snowboard mostly in VT with some local trips to NY mountains and Mass mountains)
Experience: 15 years
Style: free riding/all mountain 99% of the time
Gender: Male
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 265lbs
Boot: 13
Stance: +18 -13, 23.5" apart
Board: NeverSummer Legacy 166 and Rome Flag 168
Binding: K2 Cinch CTX on the Legacy and Union Data's on the Flag
Riding conditions: Mostly man-made crap with some real snow every now and again.
I'd like to know how people ride on their board. Everyone is different and people go with what feels right for them, but I am curious to see just how different everyone is. So if you reply, please list the following, I'll start as an example.
style: I'm a beginner (~1.5 years), so my style is to go down easy runs and try not to fall down
height: 5'10"
weight: 185 lbs
boot size: US 12
board length: 157 Custom wide
Stance width: 20 in
stance angle: +15/-3
The idea is that there is a lot of people on the site and it would be great to collect some data and perhaps help give new people a jumping off point, by going with someone who is a similar height, weight, style.
Wow, it's been two years since I posted this and my stats have changed quite a bit.
style: Intermediate (3 years), riding greens, blues and blacks, just learned to spin 180s and 360s while riding and can ride switch as long as it's slow.
height: 5'10"
weight: 195 lbs (doh, 10 pounds heavier)
boot size: US 12
board length: 162 Custom Wide ICS
Stance width: 22 in
stance angle: +15/-15
Bindings: Cartel EST size L
Location: mostly VT
Experience: this would be my 4th season with my own gear, went once a year with rentals 2 years before that but I don't really count that as when I started... errrm intermediate? I can hit 25/35 footer jumps, mostly straight airs with grabs. Can butter a bit, and just learned how to do 360's off smaller park jumps and FS boardslides consistently this year.
Style: Started off all mountain freestyle but because I ride mostly ontario, canada and the biggest "mountain" we have has a whopping 700ft vertical drop, i'm more of a park freestyle rider now
Height:5'8.5"
Weight: 165ish... my weight fluctuates a lot
Age: 24
Location: Ontario
Favorite Rider: Right now... Nic Sauve.. but I think Travis Parker is my favourite rider of all time
Board: 07 Rome Agent 155
Binding: 11 Union Contacts CYMK colours (current bindings), 08 Rome 390's (old bindings, broke highback dodging my friend =[....)
Boots: 2011 Nike Zoom Kaiju (current boots), 07 Thirtytwo Prospects (old boots)
Riding Conditions: mostly ice, groomers... crappy ice coast conditions, don't have time to venture out a lot ;(
Angles: 15, -12 (goofy)
Width: 24.5" i think...
style: Park, jumps, pow, trees in that order
gender: male
age: 26
height: 6'3"
weight: 180 lbs
boot: 32 Lashed 11.5
board: 156 DC MLF
binding: Forum faction
Stance width: Didn't check
stance angle: +12/-12
style: undecided, but intermediate/expert (just not in the park)
age: 22
location: MD
height: 5'11"
weight: 170 lbs
board: '11 GNU Carbon Credit 156
boots/binds: flow size US10, Flow Flight II
Stance width: never ever measured? lol I use the 2nd innermost mount holes on both bindings
stance angle: +15/-15, tryin to learn switch better
My 3rd year riding, but finally on a good board, fitting boots, etc. Working my way up to the park, else I can do anything and everything else.
style: beginner, 1st season riding. I stick to the greens & blues (have done 2 blacks but I'll stay away since I learned abolutely nothing slipe sliding down the run)
height: 5'10"
weight: 180 lbs
boot size: US 9.5
board length: 158 (2009 Burton Blunt)
Stance: regular - centered
angle: +15/-9
Bindings: Burton Custom
Location: NYC - ride PA & NY
Style: Intermediate (maybe), all mountain, tree whore...if it's double black, loaded with powder, and mined with trees, I'm in it. No park because I'm old and the board doesn't allow jibbing. I have no compunctions about sideslipping down a steep-ass run if it looks hairball and I have no compunctions about scraping the tops off moguls to piss off skiers because they're tools where I ride.
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 135
Location: North Idaho
Boot size: 8.5 (men's), Burton SL10
Bindings: Burton C60s
Board type/length: 150cm Burton Vapor
Stance width: Not sure
Stance angle: Duck -10/+10, ride switchfoot
conditions: Anything but ice. Hate ice with a passion, even though the edges will hold it. Don't like the unpredictable skips, hurt my back a month ago doing a scorpion crash landing.
Style: I don't know intermediate to advanced maybe? I ride park, learning 3s and nollie frontflips, but I'm scared shitless of jibs, spend the rest of my time on diamonds.
Gender:Male
Height:184 cms, 6,0
Weight:64kgs, 143 pounds
Location:North Island, North Island, New Zealand (think east coast)
Boot size: 10.5 or 10
Bindings: '10 Rome 390s L
Board: '10 Omatic Extr Eco 151
Stance width: 23.5
Angles: +18 front, -18 back
Conditions: Who cares, I can have fun as long as the lifts are working
Style: 7 years total...first 3 years I went up a total of 5 times. last 4 years I go up about 10-15 times a year. expert all-mountain / intermediate park / beginner jumps
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11
Weight: 165lbs
Location: Bay Area, CA - shredding Lake Tahoe
Boot size: 11
Bindings: L Flux titan / L Burton Cartel
Board: 11' Gnu Park Pickle 156cm / 03' Palmer Honeypro (i still love this board to this day!!)
Stance width: 22
Angles: +15 front, -15 back
Conditions: any kind of conditions are fine with me. just as long as it isn't windy.
Style: Slackcountry... pretty typical really of your standard not very good resort rider who doesnt hit the park but got bored of riding groomers. Basically a pow-whore.
Experience: 4 years
Gender: Male
Weight: 165
Height: 5`9"
Age: 35
Boot: 9.0 US
Stance: +15, -15 wide-centered on the airobic to +21, -6 full setback on charlie slasher. Quiver killer varies depending on conditions whether i use the setback or not, but usually +15, -9 (think of the knees!)
Board Lengths: 157 quiver killer, 156 sierrascope, 155 bataleon airobic, 164 Charlie slasher
Riding Conditions: Japan... which means pow, but not exclusively. Also korea which means ice.
Styles: I break out the charlie on the pow days, the quiver killer on normal days, the bataleon on trying to progress tricks, and the sierrascope when i just want to cruise or butter but the quiver killer just seems a bit headachy and aggressive. Its a nice quiver in truth
Other info: Avi course certified. Have my BC gear and splitting my charlie, so obviously progressing towards backcountry over the next few years.
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