I know that board sizing is done mostly based on weight, but I am short (5') and heavy for my my height (150 lbs), with small feet. I'm working on going to the gym more often but I don't really expect to lose much weight - hopefully just get in better shape.
Anyways most women's boards I have seen put 150lbs in the 150ish cm range. So at that point the board would be pretty much as tall as me just to be towards to the top of the weight range.
Just to be clear, I'm not really looking at any board specifically right now and if I was to buy anything it probably wouldn't be for awhile. I'm still a beginner/intermediate, was starting to get comfortable on blue runs. In the long run I pretty much see myself sticking to groomers, learning some ground tricks and maybe a little park, but not much. I have a 144 cm Arbor Poparazzi (full rocker board) that I just don't like, although I couldn't really tell you why. I'm sure a little part of it is just because it wasn't the board I was originally going to buy but I got talked into it by the REI sales person (it was the only board they sold in that size range, and she insisted any other board would be way too large) so I am just unhappy (stupid, I know).
So I guess my question is what size would be appropriate for me as I progress? Is it really a personal preference/something I will figure out as I try more boards/depend on the board?
(It really, really needs to snow so I stop overthinking things)
Anyways most women's boards I have seen put 150lbs in the 150ish cm range. So at that point the board would be pretty much as tall as me just to be towards to the top of the weight range.
Just to be clear, I'm not really looking at any board specifically right now and if I was to buy anything it probably wouldn't be for awhile. I'm still a beginner/intermediate, was starting to get comfortable on blue runs. In the long run I pretty much see myself sticking to groomers, learning some ground tricks and maybe a little park, but not much. I have a 144 cm Arbor Poparazzi (full rocker board) that I just don't like, although I couldn't really tell you why. I'm sure a little part of it is just because it wasn't the board I was originally going to buy but I got talked into it by the REI sales person (it was the only board they sold in that size range, and she insisted any other board would be way too large) so I am just unhappy (stupid, I know).
So I guess my question is what size would be appropriate for me as I progress? Is it really a personal preference/something I will figure out as I try more boards/depend on the board?
(It really, really needs to snow so I stop overthinking things)