tough question for a beginner...

Problem is, I don't think ego is gonna ride hardboots or 168cm
boards.
Since this thread is for ego, I'd think we should just stick with
freestyle/freeriding stances for normal sized boards.
Yes, I consider a 185 as normal size, but maybe most here on the
slopes don't.
"normal" length boards.....155-163, eh??

Look, my board is 160cm length, it's also wider than the regular ones and
I'm 180cm high. One more thing, please use centimeters 'cause I'm so lazy
and I don't calculate as fast as I'd like...

Thanks 4 all the help.

On a 160 at you dimensions start with stance centered on the inserts.
Some boards have the centered stance marked (Burton does that I'm
pretty sure). Go from there.

ego wrote:
Look, my board is 160cm length, it's also wider than the regular ones and
I'm 180cm high. One more thing, please use centimeters 'cause I'm so lazy
and I don't calculate as fast as I'd like...

I suggest starting with a stance width of around 50 cm (measured centre
to centre) and experiment from there. If your board doesn't allow 50,
go slightly wider rather than slightly narrower.

Neil

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:43:32 GMT, "ego"
allegedly wrote:

Look, my board is 160cm length, it's also wider than the regular ones
and I'm 180cm high. One more thing, please use centimeters 'cause I'm
so lazy and I don't calculate as fast as I'd like...

For the terminally lazy, go to google and type in "21in in cm", or
whatever you want to convert.

Job done.

- Dave.

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Again you missed the entire point; someone 5' will not have the same
stance as someone 6'6". Stance reccomendations are useless unless you know how
tall someone is.

"LeeD" ) writes:
Not only are those carving stances out to lunch (I still use 17.5),
but my freestyle centered stance is 22"!
So I'm REALLY out to lunch, eh?

Look, my board is 160cm length, it's also wider than the regular ones and
I'm 180cm high. One more thing, please use centimeters 'cause I'm so lazy
and I don't calculate as fast as I'd like...

Thanks 4 all the help.


Assuming your 180 cm comes with "normal length legs" I would guess your
inseam is about 82 cm in which case I would start with a stance width of
about 51cm. That follows the "inseam * .62" suggestion that I've gotten
from some coaches.

You might want to widen your stance from there if any of the following are
true:

-you are long legged
-your hips are wide
-your bidning angles are set to more than 15 degrees apart (i.e., 21/0,
15/-6 which are both 21 degrees apart)


Mike T




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