Should I get a wide board or riser plates on my snowboard?
I’m thinking of getting a snowboard and am a size 15 shoe. Would it be better to get a wide board or put riser plates under the bindings. What are the consequences of riser plates?
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Answer by Backside360
Measure your boot bottom length in mm first. Then check all the snowboards that you are interested (wide ones of course) in and see if their waist width satisfies your boot length. I wouldnt get riser plates because, I dunno, I just think they’re silly.
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Jenna C ?
/ March 3, 2011your boot can afford to stick a little on both sides. if its too much u will get toe drag. like the other guy before me said. riser pads are cheesy. Most wide boards can satify a size 15 shoe. a great board to look at is the k2 darkstar wide. 09 has better graphics. 2010 is still cool. I have size 14 shoe with a k2 darkstar wide and its a great board and i defiantly have room for another size and a half
freeze
/ March 3, 2011I would be for a wide board over the riser pads, it looks better and you will have more board feel and control. Check out Nitro boards, they tend to make decks for the guy with a larger foot or something like the elan el grande, which is the widest board on the market from memory.
Zan-NC
/ March 3, 2011Honestly you might need both. But try a wide snowboard first. I wear a 12 and ride a wide board. I use Ride CAD bindings, they lift my feet up because they have the pad on them. Get a wide board and riser’s and if you don’t need riser plates return them. The only downside I can think of with riser plates is possibly less responsiveness but it would be really hard to notice on a wide board. Some toe and heel overhang is fine, you are always going to have that.