I wear a size 12 boot, and i heard i need a wider snowboard. around how wide should it be?
Well i usually rent a snowboard when i go snowboarding, but if gotten pretty god lately and i thought its time to buy a board of my own. But i hear if u have a size 12 boot you need a wider board. around how wide should my board be?
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Answer by budleit
i’ve been snowboarding for 8 years and i have a size 12 1/2 boot now and i have a regular board not wide or nething so all u need is a regular size board!
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snodogpete
/ February 10, 2011You don’t ‘need’ a wide board, but with a size 12 boot, there’s more benefits to a wide board than negatives. With a regular width board, you’d either have to have a very angled stance, at least 15 degrees or more on each foot, have bindings with a ramped gas pedal (the part under your toes, which is normally extendable), or use riser plates (which you’ll be hard pressed to find since they haven’t been seriously used since the 90s). However, with a wide board, you will be able to rock which ever stance you wish, without having to worry about toe or heel drag.
Used to be, because of their width, wide boards were too soft and difficult to flex well. Now, you find most wide boards are manufactured with either carbon fiber or aluminum/titanium stringers than run from the binding mounting points to the start of your sidewalls. Because of the new engineering, you can turn your wide board as easily as a standard narrow board. Plus, wide boards come in larger sizes, and with a size 12 foot, you’ll probably need the extra flotation.
k2 snowboards
/ February 10, 2011i dont know how wide it should be but if u need a wide board it will say wide like the k2 select wide or the burton king wide
leon_everest
/ February 10, 2011you don’t really need a wider board. It might help i guess but probably not worth it. I wear a size 14 boot and i have a standard width board. Works fine for me. trust me i’ve been snowboarding for 3 years with this same board.
ffootball1325
/ February 10, 2011i wear size 13 and i just have a regular board, but i ride park so idk it might be different for back country
josh w
/ February 10, 2011waiste (width) sizes are measured in centimeters, most normal boards waiste size are between 23 and 25 centimeters, you should look for a board with around 26 or 27, look at the Santa Cruz “perfect 11″ beard, thats thier wide park board, it is really good…
Chris H
/ February 10, 2011DUDE, listen to me. i has the same problem i got size 12 boot also. I got a wider board, Burton Canyon. i went snowboarding for the first time with it yesterday and i love it. GO FOR IT!