Good Stance? - Snowboarding Forum

01-16-2010, 10:17 AM

I ride regular and im changing my stance from what it was because it was jacked up. i want a good stance for freestyle and poppin tricks and terrain park. I was thinking of a 15 -15 degree stance is that good?

oxi · 01-16-2010, 10:54 AM

Yep, just start from there and messing around with it till you find something you like.

Milo303 · 01-16-2010, 12:21 PM

I ride 15 and -12 personally.

I found 15 and -15 seemed to make the back of my board want to spin around to my back because my foot was angled to much. But I don't ride a lot of switch either.

oxi · 01-16-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Milo303

I ride 15 and -12 personally.

I found 15 and -15 seemed to make the back of my board want to spin around to my back because my foot was angled to much. But I don't ride a lot of switch either.

Same deal! Though I started with 12/-12 and found that 15/-12 just felt more comfortable and gave me better control overall.

seant46 · 01-16-2010, 12:49 PM

So far i found 12/-12 to work good for me

01-16-2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Milo303

I ride 15 and -12 personally.

I found 15 and -15 seemed to make the back of my board want to spin around to my back because my foot was angled to much. But I don't ride a lot of switch either.

what do you mean by the back of your board wanting to spin around to your back?

extra0 · 01-16-2010, 06:22 PM

I ride 18/-3 on my everyday park board and 18/0 on my powder board. This still allows me to ride switch o.k., without making me stand unaturally or tweaking my knees. It's good enough for nicolas muller; it's good enough for me.

Milo303 · 01-16-2010, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Santa Clause IV

what do you mean by the back of your board wanting to spin around to your back?

I ride regular, so my left foot goes down hill first. Basically it felt like my right foot was turned to far out, and was forcing my body to spin in a clock wise way, because I was uncomfortably ducked out. I guess my body was trying to turn because my foot was turned to far and it was wanting to relieve the pressure. So the right side of my body was wanting to rotate strangely.

So I un ducked my right foot a click and it gave me a more parallel alignment and stopped my weird natural rotation.

Does that make sense? It's kinda hard to explain something like that in text.

01-16-2010, 07:01 PM

ok yeah i get what your saying. that happened to me before it kind of throws you off too but it was more when i was riding front stance for some reason

bubbachubba340 · 01-16-2010, 07:28 PM

I ride 15, -15 with about a 21.5in stance. I used to ride at 22.5 and I feel like this narrower stance is much better. I can spin 3's on flat ground and my presses are much more deep. So play around with your stance with as well and find what you like.

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Santa Clause IV Guest Posts: n/a	Good Stance? I ride regular and im changing my stance from what it was because it was jacked up. i want a good stance for freestyle and poppin tricks and terrain park. I was thinking of a 15 -15 degree stance is that good? Last edited by Santa Clause IV; 01-16-2010 at 10:23 AM.

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01-16-2010, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
oxi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 177	Yep, just start from there and messing around with it till you find something you like.

01-16-2010, 12:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
seant46 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 730	So far i found 12/-12 to work good for me

01-16-2010, 06:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
extra0 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: CA Posts: 582	I ride 18/-3 on my everyday park board and 18/0 on my powder board. This still allows me to ride switch o.k., without making me stand unaturally or tweaking my knees. It's good enough for nicolas muller; it's good enough for me.

01-16-2010, 07:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Santa Clause IV Guest Posts: n/a	ok yeah i get what your saying. that happened to me before it kind of throws you off too but it was more when i was riding front stance for some reason

01-16-2010, 07:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
bubbachubba340 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tigard, OR Posts: 580	I ride 15, -15 with about a 21.5in stance. I used to ride at 22.5 and I feel like this narrower stance is much better. I can spin 3's on flat ground and my presses are much more deep. So play around with your stance with as well and find what you like.