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How Long?
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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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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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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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! - 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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