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Toe/ and Heel Overhang Question

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#1 ·
Hello,

I have been reading a lot of the articles on this website and I have yet to be convinced either way. Here are my stats and my board, please let me know what you think.

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 176 lbs
Boots: 10.5 (actually size 11.5 using burton's "shrinkage technology" size 10.5 footprint.

Board: Never Summer Heritage
Length: 155
Width: 252
Bindings: Flow size Large

I have my setup at +15 -12 and I have centered and measured my overhang at roughly 1 inch front and back. Now it's hard to measure the actual overhang of the boots because they curve upwards at roughly 3/4 of an inch, and if I measure at the actual tip of of the toe and heel it's a little bit more than an inch and obviously the rear foot is a little more overhang than the front due to the less angle degrees.

Is this going to be a problem or should I get the 156W version of this board which has a 260 width or possibly even a larger size?

I am an intermediate rider who loves going fast on groomers and doing sharp, some what deep carves. I am getting curious about hitting jumps and cruising the park to learn something different. The powder situation is almost never a possibility.

Please let me know what you think about my situation. I really appreciate your responses.
 
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#4 ·
And how often you gonna carve like this. If you gonna ride park or allmountain your size won't make you a problem. But if you want to lay down in a carve with duck stance, it will.
Oh. i read you like deep carves... Well, better check yourself, because your(and mine ^_^) deep carves is nothing to hardbooters. Go wide only if you can lay down really well. (you gotta change stace for it also =)) in other case keep this stick
 
#5 ·
I got size 12s and my stiarmaster has a 252 waist. I rode it for the last 2 years and have never had any boot drag. My stance is 15/-15 so fairly similar. I don't remember if i have ever really pushed a turn on the board though.
You will probably be fine with what you ahve though.
 
#6 ·
I have a size 11 and rode anywhere from 15, -9 to 15, -15 over the years. Boards I have owned have typically been in the 248 to 250ww. this was before 'shrinkage tech' or whatever. I never had any issues. when I tried a 246ww it felt a bit narrow, and 244ww was definitely too narrow for me and I suffered from toe-grab, but as soon as I tried a 252ww or greater I found a decreased responsiveness edge-to-edge.

Now I have size 11 with shrinkage, ride a 250ww at 15,-15 and it is perfect for me.

Long story short, I think you'll be just fine!
 
#8 ·
i ride with size 11 boots on a board with 255 mm waist width at ducked out angles and i have nooo trouble with overhang at all. IMO, the narrowest you should go is about a 248 or so, with normal stance width and angles. frankly, it does really all depend on your width and angles.
 
#9 ·
You will be fine. I use size 12 boots with a 254. The 1.5 footprint size difference should easily make up for the 2mm difference. At least I would think.
 
#19 ·
I had that much overhang on my 25.2 board and went for a 26.0 mid wide on my new board. Will be trying it out the day after tomorrow.
Can you please let me know how it rides?
Also, what size boots do you have?
Any chance that you can post pictures with your boots strapped in showing your overhang with the 260?
I'm really trying to find someone in a similiar situation with my build/boot size that can give me a similiar idea of what to expect.
 
#21 ·
Can you please let me know how it rides?
Also, what size boots do you have?
Any chance that you can post pictures with your boots strapped in showing your overhang with the 260?
I'm really trying to find someone in a similiar situation with my build/boot size that can give me a similiar idea of what to expect.
I have a size 11 - 11.5. and to correct myself: it's a 26.1 board actually.
Ill do my best to take pictures when I'm strapped in.
 
#23 ·
Thanks for the info. I took my board out a couple of nights ago and I tried to go deep on the edge and I didn't feel any drag. I think the cut of the board and the angle of boots is a good match. It's just throws me off a little having about an inch on each side. I am going back out tomorrow and I will dig as deep as I can and finally put this thread to rest. I think I will feel the drag and not get thrown outta control, that is considering my speed and how fast I go into the carve.
 
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