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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
Hi, I am 5'6" and 145lbs and been riding 152 for a couple of years. I am
thinking of getting a new board, maybe a 155. Does the additional 3cm in length really affect how the board handles on the snow? I am aware that the longer the board, the faster and stable at high speeds. But 3cm doesn't seem that much to affect this. I am also thinking of 158, but i am not sure if it's too long for me. Is anyone 5'6"/145lbs riding longer than a 155? |
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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:34:22 GMT, "John Smith" allegedly
wrote: Does the additional 3cm in length really affect how the board handles on the snow? Maybe... it depends on flex, torsional stiffness, sidecut, running length... it's virtually impossible to tell without riding the 2 boards back to back. It might feel exactly the same, or it might feel like it's twice the length. Also the conditions you ride in will affect things greatly. My 162cm board is great in virtually everything, but I'll use my 181cm board for big powder runs. However, I won't take the 181 into trees anymore. Been there, didn't like that. - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow - Securing your e-mail The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://rssFAQ.org/ |
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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
Hi, I am 5'6" and 145lbs and been riding 152 for a couple of years. I
am thinking of getting a new board, maybe a 155. Does the additional 3cm in length really affect how the board handles on the snow? I am aware that the longer the board, the faster and stable at high speeds. But 3cm doesn't seem that much to affect this. For general resort riding, the board length in and of itself doesn't make much of a difference.... but board length is usually correlated to things that do make a difference namely effective edge length, sidecut radius, stiffness. For different lengths of any given model, a longer board will have a longer effective edge, a bigger sidecut, and be stiffer. However different models of the same length may have noticeably different effective edges, sidecuts, and stiffness, and in this case would behave quite differently. Here's an example: Burton Custom 154 - edge length = 115 cm, sidecut = 7.81 m Burton Custom 162 - edge length = 122cm, sidecut = 8.32 m, Donek Incline 155 - edge length = 122 cm, sidecut = 8.38 m The Custom 154 and Incline 155 are only 1 cm different in length, but 7 cm different in edge length and about 7% different in sidecut radius. I've never seen these two sizes in these two boards up close but I expect the Incline is a lot stiffer too. Expect the Incline 155 to be noticeably more stable at speed and noticeably better at holding a carve, but the Custom 154 to be easier to make low-speed turns on. Now compare the Custom 162 and Incline 155. Same edge length, and almost exactly the same sidecut. All other things being equal, these two boards would feel very similar. But, the Incline and Custom have different flex patterns and construction. I suspect the Incline 155 will be a bit stiffer. (My wife has an Incline 150, and it is as stiff as an older Custom 160) . So I would actually expect the Custom 162 would be easier to turn at low speeds, and the Incline 155 would be more stable at high speeds. (Several years ago I went from Custom 160 - Incline 160 and the Incline "felt" considerably longer. That fact, along with the way the numbers worked out with the sizes, is why I chose the two boards for this comparison. Yeah, slow day at work!) So ask yourself, what do you want out of a new board? Tell us what you like about your current board, what you don't like, and what parts of snowboarding you want to advance in the most, and we'll probably have some suggestions! Mike T |
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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
"John Smith" wrote I am also thinking of 158, but i am not sure if it's too long for me. Is anyone 5'6"/145lbs riding longer than a 155? 5'11", 145 lbs here, and I'm considering a 162 or even 165 instead of my current 158 boards after the recent 4 days spent at Whistler. So far the principle of getting a board somewhat bigger/stiffer than I can handle worked well for me in that I do grow into them and go through hate-enjoy-want more cycle -- Dmitry, with peeling nose |
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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
I am also thinking of 158, but i am not sure if it's too long for me. Is
anyone 5'6"/145lbs riding longer than a 155? I'm 5'11" and 145lbs, I ride a 161. Overall it's the right size for me, but it does require a little extra effort making tight slow turns on steep slopes (ie in trees). It's really the combination of length, width, sidecut and flex that create the difference in feel, and the shorter board will probibly be different in all of these. Even if not my much, it adds up. There's an awful lot of things that can be different between two boards, so I think the best advice is to find a way to ride both and then decide. |
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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
Magnum626 wrote:
i'm about 5'8 and 188-192 lbs....riding a custom 158....had a ride 155... ride mostly east coast ice, hard pack... but whats a good board for pow? That Custom will work just fine. To get significantly better you'd probably want a powder-specific board like a Fish or a swallowtail, but for all-round riding including powder I don't think there's anything wrong with a Custom. Neil |
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Does 3cm In Board Length Affect Riding?
well im 5ft 8 inch and 154 pounds orginally ride a 158 but now after
riding alot of powder went for a palmer 168 big light ,it handles like a dream.rock steady at speed and even light enough to do spins must say the side cut is a git in the pipe (It can be spun but cant turn quick enough on the ground) ide wouldnt hesitate to go for a 172 next time for my style of riding (mainly off piste or fast carving) As probably already said by others its all down to what you wanna do with your board ,ive seen big guys with boards that come upto their chest, thats fine if you want to jib and spin at relatively slow speeds. but if you wanna bomb at 50mph or more or want powder the bigger the better. John Smith wrote: Hi, I am 5'6" and 145lbs and been riding 152 for a couple of years. I am thinking of getting a new board, maybe a 155. Does the additional 3cm in length really affect how the board handles on the snow? I am aware that the longer the board, the faster and stable at high speeds. But 3cm doesn't seem that much to affect this. I am also thinking of 158, but i am not sure if it's too long for me. Is anyone 5'6"/145lbs riding longer than a 155? |
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