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please help me choose the right snowboard
Hi -- I am in the market to buy a snowboard. I have ridden maybe 5
times in the last 17 years. Last time I rode was about 7 years ago. At the time I had a Burton Free 6. I am 6 ft tall, wear a size 12 shoe, and weigh roughly 185 lbs... I am more into carving/freeriding versus half-pipe. I will most likely go with soft boot set-up. Can anybody recommend a good board for me? I am partial to K2 but also interested in Burton, Gnu, Morrow, Kemper, Sims, and Rossignol. Any feedback or recommendations appreciated. Many thanks, Jon |
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Jon wrote: Hi -- I am in the market to buy a snowboard. I have ridden maybe 5 times in the last 17 years. Last time I rode was about 7 years ago. At the time I had a Burton Free 6. I am 6 ft tall, wear a size 12 shoe, and weigh roughly 185 lbs... I am more into carving/freeriding versus half-pipe. I will most likely go with soft boot set-up. Can anybody recommend a good board for me? I am partial to K2 but also interested in Burton, Gnu, Morrow, Kemper, Sims, and Rossignol. Any feedback or recommendations appreciated. Many thanks, Jon Well... I'll reply just so you know we aren't ignoring you, but personally I'm a bit smaller at 5'8" 150 lbs and size 8 feet so the boards and boots I like aren't going to be ones you like. From what you've been saying, it's been quite a while since you last bought a board and the industry has changed a bit... in particular some of the the companies that you favor are a little... err... out of favor. Well Burton still is a powerhouse and I would have recommended the Burton Custom, but you have bigger feet so maybe the Canyon? (I'm not very knowledgeable on wide boards). K2 is huge (they bought and shutdown Morrow I *think*) but I haven't heard any really good review out of their boards in a long time. Kemper also doesn't exist anymore either. I'm unfortunately just not very familiar with Gnu, Sims and Rossignol boards... sorry. I'm sure some other people can let you know what they think of the recent models. Companies/boards that I do recommend are Salomon, Neversummer T5(www.neversummer.com), Donek Wide(www.donek.com), Prior MFR Wide (www.priorsnowboards.com). I don't really feel like repeating myself all over again about these company, but if you do a search for them on google.groups.com you will see dozens of glowing reviews about those boards. Also go to the websites and see for yourself. Again, I'm sure many others will chime in about Donek and Prior as might still suggest you get a hardboot setup despite what you requested. Let me know if you have any more specific questions about stuff, --Arvin |
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