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Stance Width, What's yours?

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#1 · (Edited)
WHAT'S YOUR STANCE WIDTH?
Also-
Your Height?
Board-type (park, powder etc)
 
#10 ·
23" center-binding to center-binding (+12,-6)
6'5"
all mountain/freestyle wide board

I am surprised to see so many people with wider stance widths than me. I've tried moving mine out but 23" is just where I am most comfortable. I suppose it's all personal preference isn't it?
 
#17 ·
:giggle: I know I could careless. Stances as well as the sport are evolving every year. I wanted to get a pulse on where everyones preferred width was now, not 6 months ago not a year ago. There are always gonna be repeat threads, it shouldn't bother you. I don't need your input especially, just leave the thread alone and go spread your old man negitivitey some where else.
 
#28 ·
Looks like 23.5 seems to be a very popular stance...
I think this might make it a good standard place for people to start experimenting what the best width for them on a new board is. It doesn't seem to have much to do with height and weight or board size, that's for sure
 
#29 · (Edited)
It doesn't seem to have much to do with height and weight or board size, that's for sure
Maybe it does though. Maybe the reason I'm getting away with a shorter relative stance for my height is because I am riding a board that is possibly too short and soft for my height and weight (using a 164 all mtn/freestyle). If I were smaller, I might have to go wider in order to have better control of the tip and tail. Or if I went to a longer, stiffer snowboard I'd have to widen my stance more. I'm sure someone with a much better understanding of this would have the answer.

I didn't really put a ton of thought into selecting my width. I closed my eyes, hopped onto the board and landed in my natural athletic stance and measured it. It happened to be 23 inches. I've gone to 24 but it just isn't comfortable.
 
#33 ·
I didn't really put a ton of thought into selecting my width. I closed my eyes, hopped onto the board and landed in my natural athletic stance and measured it. It happened to be 23 inches. I've gone to 24 but it just isn't comfortable.[/QUOTE]

I honestly believe that is the best way to do it...It's funny, ive been messing with my stance since 2001 and if I just remove the bindings and jump on a board like its a big skate board that I'm about to have to charge a big steap on, my feet naturally go where I've finally decided is best after endless expiramenting and figuring out how to put them for 13 years. :dunno:
 
#39 ·
Stance width is 19"

I'm 5'6", 160, riding a 2012 custom x 156

It's only the second board I've ever owned and I've been riding for about 9 years now. It took me some time to figure it out but the ref stance on the board is 20" or 21". When I rode at ref it felt like I was fighting the nose of the board trying to transition to my toe side.

I wound up movingnthe front foot to ref and back foot -2" to compensate for the setback. It's prob not ideal but its a lot more comfy that way. I found my confidence last time I was out and def felt like Ihad a lot more control.

That's what I get for buying a board w/o demoing it first but holy cow is it fast! :)
 
#41 · (Edited)
I may be wrong but stances seemed to start getting wider around the early 2000's when freestyle became more popular. Now that rail tricks and everything have been getting crazy, skinny stances seem to be in again for spinning 360's onto rails and stuff like that. I dont ride a mountain so this is my experience from seeing park riders.

Now there seems to be more of a mixture of wide/skinny stance riders(subjective term obv) which is good, everyone is just doing there thang and riding comfortably hopefully! All i know is I am never going wider than 23.5 from experimenting, but I like to go as wide as possible for stable landings.
 
#43 ·
I was riding about 23.5 for a long time, just recently kicked it out to 24 and loved it.. And last time I went out I was at 24.5 and it felt amazing.. I'm 6'1" and ride a true twin at 18,-18 and mostly ride park or messing around on groomers teaching my 5 year old how to ride... So 24.5 is my new happy spot at stance
 
#44 ·
I was riding about 23.5 for a long time, just recently kicked it out to 24 and loved it.. And last time I went out I was at 24.5 and it felt amazing.. I'm 6'1" and ride a true twin at 18,-18 and mostly ride park or messing around on groomers teaching my 5 year old how to ride... So 24.5 is my new happy spot at stance[/QUOTE

:D Yeah I'm 6'0" and that is the exact process I went through as well, 24.5 feels so much better to me than 23.5...it's a big difference
 
#45 · (Edited)
Stance width: 23.25" center to center 15/-15
Height: 5'10"
Board: 152 2011 flow era (park/freestyle)
Bindings: 2011 ride nitrane contraband w/2.5 wedgie foot bed


Going to be picking up a 2013 flow drifter 153 and 2013 ride rodeos in a couple weeks and try out 24" w/ 2.5 wedgie foot beds and 21/-21
 
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