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Board width help please!

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#1 ·
Just got new boots size 10.5 and bought a 160 wide board. Is this ok or am I better with a regular 160-161 board instead if the wide?
Board is a k2 darkstar
Let me know! More advise the better. Thanks!
 
#2 ·
How tall and how heavy are you?

With a 10.5 boot, you do not necessarily need a wide board, although it depends on the actual specs of the board you're riding. I have a 10.5 boot, and I'm riding a 152 Stairmaster Extreme, not even the wide version. Granted I have a 250+mm waist width, so it allows me to do that, but depending on the board, you may be able to ride a normal sized deck without having to buy a wide deck.

Wide decks, especially ones in 160+ sizes, are generally reserved for size 11+ feet, or freaks of nature ;)
 
#12 ·
You make a very good point. Considering he's 3 sizes larger than you, the few times he does notice that problem it'll be way worse. I don't think he can go wrong with wide no matter how he rides. I'm a park rider with 10.5 and wide, but I occasionally like to carve when it gets really steep.
 
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