How To Find The Perfect Snowboard Size

Breaking down the best way to figure out what size snowboard you should be riding, along with discussing when you can ride a bigger snowboard and when you can ride a shorter snowboard. We also talk about what snowboard width you should be riding depending on your snowboard boot size

[charley]

Im 6ft4, weight 95kg and have uk 9.5 boots. I ride a 161W DOA.
I started out riding a 158 rocker board and quickly realised i was really overpowering the flex, lifting the tips off the snow! As soon as i got larger board, in a flat profile, my riding improved alot!

[Ash_the_str]

I learned on a 149 rome womens board 😂 im 5 8 and 160 lbs and i loved that board so much flex and so smooth going down runs easy to ride the edge all of it was good for my first time boarding haha

[philfitzsimmons]

Great video. These simple formulas are definitely useful for beginners. Once you learn how to snowboard and you progress to at least an intermediate level, then you will (or should) start to notice how length, sidecut, waist width, and flex help advance your riding. And when a board is too short, or too long, too wide, or too narrow, or too soft or too stiff you will immediately notice how it hinders or helps your riding and that is more important than anything. About that time you will also notice that many of these "rules of thumb" are fairly accurate and useful. Always make sure that you ride a board that supports proper mechanics of riding, torsional twist, getting up on edge, fore and aft movement etc. Don't ride a short board because you think it's going to be a shortcut to riding park, it will just set you back and waste time on the hill. Most importantly have fun and shred hard.

[ZER-CL]

I’m 6’0, 205, 10.5 I ride a 160W shadowban and mercury and my orca is a 153 as it’s also a wide board.
Hopefully this helps. ✌🏻🇨🇦

[spencer]

I'm 6'1 215lbs. Size 12 boot so XL bindings. My first board was a 162 which I rode well but now I ride a 159W for little more maneuverability as I am learning more freestyle riding.

[oreooreo_oreo]

Great video. Thanks for your time and effort. As a beginner I ride a 158 Salomon craft. I’m 180cm, 70kg

[alastor]

I ride a 265mm 160 hovercraft. Size 11, 5 boots, 220lbs, 6'4. I have pretty drastic binding angles as I mainly slash pow and carve (+30/+10)

[Justaride-Snowboard-Channel]

How do you feel about skill level in this whole equation? Experienced riders, who get tons of performance out of their boards through strong fore-aft movement, often need longer boards to be supported in the tips. For them simply buying stiffer will bring other problems - like lack of board flex to really bend a board into a turn. I think the whole weight range thing is oversimplified and overrated. Length and stiffness are two different things with two different effects. They can't possibly be disconnected.
And then there's the whole thing about actual material length and effective edge... A board can easily feel entirely different to what its physical length suggests by altering all those little aspects of board design.
Interesting subject. Heavily underexplained by the snowboarding industry.
Keep it up! ✌

[goodridevibes]

Good to get this info out there… I can’t tell you how many people I have to explain this to 🤙

[tito_tito_gorgorito]

Watching the video I was gonna say that I just use the size guide of the board, looking for my weight in the middle of the range for no compromises. Then if you want something more stable or more playful, size up or down I guess

[villanswrld]

I’m 6ft 185 and ride both my Geant 162w and my Rome 154mw. Both are great boards, but I def love the maneuverability of my Rome for more ground tricks and freestyle

[kyle]

Im 6’8” 210lbs I ride a 162W with size 14US boots. Thinking of using my front door as my board this season just to up the size a bit 🚪

[ANETOKILLE]

Thanks. Imo height comes as a 3rd variable. A long person will easily transfer his weight over the nose and tail than a shorter person. I always go by foot size weight and height in that order of priority.

[davetheisen]

I’m 6’1 ~210 lbs both my boards are 162w because im really strong, another thing to consider. Used to play college fullback at 240lbs and im like 12% body fat at 210. Point is that’s very different than 6’1 210lb dad bod and snowboarding is the most cardio you do, that guy may be feeling like he’s got to muscle my board around quite a bit especially my ejack knife bc its stiffer. Next board I get im gonna go 159ish tho and have it as a dedicated park board

[ericbrammer]

I run between 135cm to 220 cm, given my MOOD, and the Conditions. My Faves have been a 148 cm, Rad-Air Soul, a Joyride EF 153 Twin, a Gordo (still in-use, 3 decades later!) FF-151, a Nitro Diablo '94 edition Twin/asym, a Tanker from '00, of 200 cm, a Sims 181 DH and it's Sibling the 1712 S-G, both from '89, a Madds 170 Carbon-top racer from '94, a T-9 'Rasta' 157 Twin from 2014. AS SUCH, I RIDE, on what I've got, and FLOAT/CARVE the best I Can, as I've done since 1975. "PSR" JUST RIDE IT, {BUT FIX YOUR HIGHBACK LEAN ANGLES! DANG IT!} & quit WHINING about it.

[raulfull]

I'm not very tall, but i'm pretty heavy. Would you recommend volume shifted board slike the libtech orca or the salomon dancehaul to someone like me? Or should i get a longer board?

[KaIsEr]

im so lost, i'm 5´8, 185lbs, and I use boots size 10.5/11 and i though that i need a 160 board, but now i dont really know hahahaha but thanks for the video! your content is amazing!

[lucasrocha]

I'm 5'3 (160cm) 85kg weight (187lb) My first board was Rossi Evader 149 and I had a lot of problems with board "chattering" after I size up to Burton Custom 154 I noticed a huge difference.. board it's so stable not only because it's camber profile now I'm feel more safe because one of the most dangerous times while snowboarding was when I put my weight 70% on my front leg (I ride regular), and for some reason I catch the nose during a edge transition (no powder) It felt like a slingshot effect on my front leg, and it wasn’t fun at all. I felt like I could have broken something because the impact was really strong, even though I didn’t actually fall..

[MrSpottedEagle]

Also depends on a persons experience, over the years I’ve found that I like a little longer board. My personal Preference

[ViperAA]

I'm 5'6" 210lb size 9.5 boots
155 Mtn Pig (2019-20)
157.5 Sims Bowlsquad (2022) and a 163W Chamonix Kraken (2020/21)

By far my most used is the 163W, surfing thru PNW powder and cruising on gnared out groomers.

I prob could have gone shorter on the Squad (flex of 2) and longer on The Pig.

I have 6 more older boarda in the upper 150s (156-159) and much prefer the 158s and 9s.