I am 5'11 135pounds and for park i normally ride between a 149-153 for park (personal preference) Usually for park you size down a little bit but if your wanting to go all mountain i would go toward a 154-156 range. If your really serious about wanting to ride park though, i wouldn't get a skate banana. Why? Park boards get beat up more and don't last as long and the skate banana is a little over priced for a basic park board. They get worn out pretty quick, i know this from experience. If you want to get a park board that will still performs good for pow and groomers, the Capita Indoor Survival could be a good choice to name one.
What size to get Skate Banana?
Hey all, thought I might make my first post an interesting one with some very common and newbie questions you have all never heard yet! 
So I'm 16, 5'10 real skinny at about 130lbs. I'm coming off my first board, a 148 K2 WWW that I felt was getting too small and a little tooflexy and park oriented, want it to handle better on groomers but still work for park.
I ride a lot of park and want to advance my park skills this year on rails, boxes, and bigger jumps, but I also enjoy fast carving on groomers,riding powder, pretty much everything. I dont want an all mountain because I ride too much park. So I have come to the conclusion after a lot of research the skate banana is right for me, shred the park but the whole mountain as well. How unique of me right?
Im quite tall for my height, and wouldnt mind growing into the board to have it longer, but obviously dont want it too long so this season it doesnt handle correctly. I dont do much spinning (yet) off jumps or on the ground so I'm not too worried about it being too long for that, but I want it to handle nicely everywhere. I havent ridden many boards so I'm not very knowledgable on how length, width, rocker type all affect the ride, going pretty much off research.
Overview: 5'10 130lbs still growing ride a lot of park, powder, groomers, no idea what size to get, 152 154 156? Want as big as I can go without sacrificing too much handling. Hopefully someone who has ridden the Lib Tech Skate Banana can give me some advice or anyone with a general knowledge of snowboard sizing. I hear this board rides big is that a deciding factor as well? Thanks in advance
So I'm 16, 5'10 real skinny at about 130lbs. I'm coming off my first board, a 148 K2 WWW that I felt was getting too small and a little tooflexy and park oriented, want it to handle better on groomers but still work for park.
I ride a lot of park and want to advance my park skills this year on rails, boxes, and bigger jumps, but I also enjoy fast carving on groomers,riding powder, pretty much everything. I dont want an all mountain because I ride too much park. So I have come to the conclusion after a lot of research the skate banana is right for me, shred the park but the whole mountain as well. How unique of me right?
Im quite tall for my height, and wouldnt mind growing into the board to have it longer, but obviously dont want it too long so this season it doesnt handle correctly. I dont do much spinning (yet) off jumps or on the ground so I'm not too worried about it being too long for that, but I want it to handle nicely everywhere. I havent ridden many boards so I'm not very knowledgable on how length, width, rocker type all affect the ride, going pretty much off research.
Overview: 5'10 130lbs still growing ride a lot of park, powder, groomers, no idea what size to get, 152 154 156? Want as big as I can go without sacrificing too much handling. Hopefully someone who has ridden the Lib Tech Skate Banana can give me some advice or anyone with a general knowledge of snowboard sizing. I hear this board rides big is that a deciding factor as well? Thanks in advance
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They work really well too, good for training. Saw it on Youtube but wasn't about to spend money to so I made my own. I found an old kids playhouse that are made of plastic and I took one of the walls and then I just cut through it going from top to bottom and mounted it onto a base. I spin and jump onto the flat rounded end(not the side I sawed off cause that would be really rough)
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