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Question - Setting up the board

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#1 ·
Hello

The first time I rode my new board I had my bindings width at around 22"/56cm, which is the boards design stance. Is that like the designed stance for the board where it performes best? Cause yesterday I went with a wider stance, 63,5cm, and the board dident carve as good.

Thanks!
 
#2 ·
I have done a lot of experimentation with different stances.

If you go wider than the reference stance, the board will most likely be less responsive to foot steering. However, for dynamic carves/skidded turns, there is no difference for me.

I had issues when carving, with the tail being prone to washing out with a wide stance. That was caused by rotating into the turn, resulting in the tail being at a lower tilt angle than the nose. With a narrower stance, I could largely compensate for that by keeping the back knee back. Not rotating into the turn fixes things for me (and the wide stance works perfectly fine).
 
#9 ·
Its not my first time, but its the first time in awhile since ive ridden a board that isent a rocker. So it was kinda funky to notice how much different it handled with wider stance, in a negative way unfortunaly :p
But ye, I set the stance at around 58cm and I think it might work out good!
 
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