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Old February 3rd 05, 06:27 PM
Andrej
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What is most important in determining the length of the snowboard? The
weight or the height?
The snowboard manufacturers only put in the recomended weight but say
nothing about how tall should I be?
I read on some sites that the board should be around your chin (for
freeriding), but what is someone is really overweight and very small should
he still take a smaller board?


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Old February 3rd 05, 06:42 PM
Neil Gendzwill
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Andrej wrote:

What is most important in determining the length of the snowboard? The
weight or the height?


Weight is the most important factor but there are other things to
consider. A strong lighter person can use a longer board. A skilled
lighter person can use a longer board. A tall skinny person might need
a longer board just to have room for his naturally wider stance. A
short board which is stiff can be more of a handful than a long board
which is soft.

The FAQ can be found he http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/framed.html

Neil

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Old February 3rd 05, 09:13 PM
lonerider
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Neil Gendzwill wrote:
Andrej wrote:

What is most important in determining the length of the snowboard?

The
weight or the height?


Weight is the most important factor but there are other things to
consider. A strong lighter person can use a longer board. A skilled


lighter person can use a longer board. A tall skinny person might

need
a longer board just to have room for his naturally wider stance. A
short board which is stiff can be more of a handful than a long board


which is soft.

The FAQ can be found he

http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/framed.html

Neil


Just posting to say I agree with everything that Neil said. The "board
to the chin" is a quick and easy guesstimate at the proper board length
since it doesn't require knowing the person's weight. It assumes that
taller people are generally heavier and longer boards are generally
stiffer - but in reality it is only a very rough estimate and should
just get you in the right general range.

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Old February 4th 05, 08:58 AM
Switters
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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:42:57 GMT, Neil Gendzwill
allegedly wrote:

The FAQ can be found he

http://www.vpas.fsnet.co.uk/rssFAQ/framed.html


Actally the best link to publish to people is http://rssFAQ.org/
as this is the wrapping URL. Just in case it ever moves location!

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