Board width help please! - Snowboarding Forum

Humlun · 11-17-2012, 04:31 PM

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!

Alkasquawlik · 11-17-2012, 04:41 PM

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

Humlun · 11-17-2012, 05:48 PM

Ok so I'm better off with at regular width than wide I checked it out and the wide is a 260+ while the regular width is about 153

Humlun · 11-17-2012, 06:30 PM

I am about 6'1 190 pounds

KungMartin · 11-17-2012, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Humlun

Ok so I'm better off with at regular width than wide I checked it out and the wide is a 260+ while the regular width is about 153

wait what? 153mm? seriously? that's way too thin for 10.5. in that case go for wide.

Humlun · 11-17-2012, 06:48 PM

That's for waist width tho

KungMartin · 11-17-2012, 06:55 PM

Still though. Anything under 255-260 is typically too thin for 10.5

Humlun · 11-17-2012, 07:03 PM

Ok really so I'm ok Riding a wide board?

lonerider · 11-17-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KungMartin

wait what? 153mm? seriously? that's way too thin for 10.5. in that case go for wide.

No way the Darkstar 160 is 153 mm waist. I looked it up an the Darkstar 159 cm is 251mm at the waist. That's a little narrow in my opinion for 10.5, but I personally really tip my board on edge a lot. As you can see in this video I'm riding a SL 155 with a 251 mm waist with size 8 boots (26.0 cm long). I'm ok for the most part but at the very end (around 1:00) you can see snow kicking up because I've tilted my snowboard up so much the heelcup of my binding is dragging in the now.

Obviously, most people don't do what I do... so if you only do mellow turns you probably could get away with it, but ever once in a while you are going to feel like your board gets hooked on some "grabby" snow on a hard turn and you are going to fall on your face/butt. That's when you've encountered boot/binding drag. It kind of suck, but most people don't carve hard enough for it to happen.

KungMartin · 11-17-2012, 07:07 PM

Well it's up to him really. Either about 9 mm too thin, or about 5 mm too wide. I'd go for wide personally.

11-17-2012, 04:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Humlun Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 9	Board width help please! 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!

11-17-2012, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Alkasquawlik Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: la bella vita Posts: 216	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 __________________ www.heckler.com "I'm only here for the apres"

11-17-2012, 06:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
KungMartin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Posts: 159	Still though. Anything under 255-260 is typically too thin for 10.5 Last edited by KungMartin; 11-17-2012 at 06:58 PM.

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11-17-2012, 05:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Humlun Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 9	Ok so I'm better off with at regular width than wide I checked it out and the wide is a 260+ while the regular width is about 153

11-17-2012, 06:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Humlun Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 9	I am about 6'1 190 pounds

11-17-2012, 06:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Humlun Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 9	That's for waist width tho

11-17-2012, 07:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Humlun Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 9	Ok really so I'm ok Riding a wide board?

11-17-2012, 07:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
KungMartin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Posts: 159	Well it's up to him really. Either about 9 mm too thin, or about 5 mm too wide. I'd go for wide personally.