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Neil Gendzwill wrote:

jw wrote:

I haven't shopped for a board in a few years. I'll be checking the local
places this year for possible new boots and a jacket or pants.
Surprising about the length. Are you in UK, as I recall? I'll report
what I find here.

I'm from West Canuckistan, and ride mostly in the Banff area.

Ah yes, I'm sure I knew that at one point. Please forgive the mental
lapse. Besides, you Canucks and the Brits both spell colour and legalise
wrong, and use this new-fangled thing called the "metric system." I
mean...I'm hundreds of kilometres from the border, and at only 50metres
abovee sea level here on the coast. But it's my favourite place in the
world!.

btw, you have some long, long boards! My skis, when I used to race skis,
were 195cm (as I said, I'm 5'9" and 150lbs...no time for conversion to
centimeters and stones or whatever now, sorry). Those things must cruise!

172 is relatively short by alpine standards - most guys are riding into
the 180s and some in the 190s. The shortest alpine board I know of
suitable for adult men is the Madd 158, but it's more of a beast than
many longer boards.

As for my Tanker - 200 is pretty long, but the Tankers are a special
case. My Tanker weighs the same as my Coiler, is just as easy to turn
on the groomed, and carves nearly as well in soft conditions. They're
amazing boards.

Yes, I know alpine boards are longer, I just didn't realize (or forgot)
they were *that* long. I generally like longer boards -- snowboard, surf
and skate -- though certainly not exclusively. I have "shortboards" of
each kind as well. I would love to try that 200cm board. Or any
hardboot/alpine set up. In all my years snoboarding (15 years, give or
take), I've never tried that discipline, if that's the right word.

-jw