I'm 5'3/110 lb and solid intermediate riding a heavy split board and looking for a fun all Mtn to close out the season. I can't find the hel yes in anything but a 149 but the hello sounds ok? Or should I just ride it out til next season, haha

I always have such a hard time with bibs. I find they fit in the legs and then are way too spacious above the hips and it’s just unflattering. Looking for suggestions for bib pants that are fitted but still comfy. I’m also tall so a 32inch inseam is ideal!

What width between your bindings do you have your board set up at? I’m 5ft and struggling to figure if I have my park and powder board too wide or narrow

Recently picked up a yes hel yes and so excited to take it out!! I think it’s time to upgrade my boots and bindings as well. I’m currently riding thirty two stw’s with Burton escapade bindings.

Do you all have any recommendations with what pairs well with the board?

I have the Salomon Vendetta bindings and one of the binding straps will get super loose at least once a day and I have to reposition it. This seems not normal? I make sure to tighten the screw and it’s actually pretty hard to loosen the screw when I am readjusting.

Is it because the bindings are lower quality? Should I get better bindings, like Union or Bent?

I am always tightening the binding straps so much that my foot goes numb, because I worry about responsiveness and it loosening. Also I’m still beginner starting to move to intermediate - just started on blues and blue blacks.

Sorry I meant 145 lbs.

Hello girls. Love this community so far. I researched a lot from here but still would welcome personal experiences.

I stood on a board 4x in my life - each time one day couple of hours and once 3 days. I’m not comfortable going head straight downhill but can do turns pretty ok. I’m also 33 and started last winter so I’m more cautious than kids.

I decided to buy burton step ons as I can get the bindings + shoes for 300 bucks and generally I could learn more if I didn’t have to strap in and out constantly with the amounts of time I fall. And your own shoes are quite important. My size is very small 35EU US4 sometimes little smaller than that too.

I also go with a group for a week trip to Austria for the first time.

However since rentals are so expensive (250 bucks) there and I have this good deal on the shoes/binding I thought of buying a board too. My other option is renting everything and carrying for half of that price. So I thought I might as well buy a board.

Would you recommend any board from these filtered results? https://www.warehouse-one.de/snow/snowboard/snowboards/?filter=CategoryPath%3ASnow%2FSnowboard&filter=Gender%3ADamen&filter=Snowboardl%C3%A4nge%3A%5B143%2C153%5D&filter=Shape%3ATwin+Tip&filter=Shape%3ADirectional+Twin&filter=CategoryPath%3ASnow%2FSnowboard%2FSnowboards&sid=MLlmW2XUNW99rh7RkbWtBaUoUpeesR&hitsPerPage=60

I was dead set on Yea Basic but the cheaper 2023 version is only in 146 which I’m worried I’m too heavy for https://wildeast.de/shop/Yes-Women-Basic-Snowboard-2023 whereas the 2025 is in 146 and 149 as well. https://wildeast.de/shop/YES-Women-Basic-Snowboard-2025

Thank you for any pointers!!!

I’ve had the Vans Encore OG boots for a few seasons and last week they suddenly started digging into my ankle bone (the medial malleolus, I looked it up lol) on my lead foot. It didn’t matter if I loosened up the boa, and I tried not doing my bindings up as tightly, but even just standing in the lift line was painful. I rode a couple more hours before I gave up and now that side of my ankle is bruised and numb. Has anyone else experienced this? Does it mean the padding in my boots is packed out and done? Do we think I need new boots or can these still be salvaged?

Has anyone ridden both these bindings? I picked up and Airheart this year and love it - and I also got the Aurora bindings as they are "made to go together" but I am just not loving the colour combo TBH lol (I am a designer and come by these things honestly) and notice on the website they show the board with the (purple) Equinox bindings but I am concerned they might be a bit too soft for the board. Any thoughts? I got the mineral and white Auroras and they work really well on my pow board, so would keep them anyway.

Hey. I’ve been riding for close to 30 years (I’m almost 40). I live on the east coast and ride 5-10 times a year these days usually with my kids. Always groomed, often icy. I’ve never been into park. My board is from 2003 and clearly there’s been a ton of advances with board technology since then. I’m feeling lost! I’ve been riding on a Feelgood all these years and while it’s been great for me, I’d love to know what you recommend now. I got new Salomon boots two years ago that I love, so it’s the board and binding recs that I need. Thank you!

I have a snowboard that my dad got me a while ago. It’s 125cm. I’m 5’1 and 120lbs. The board comes to about my collar bone. Would it be okay for me to use to the board, or should I not?

Hey everyone!

Looking for advice on sizing for the GNU Ladies Choice. I’m 5’1”, about 64kg (but aiming to lose some weight), and wear a size 7 boot. Torn between the 142cm and 145.5cm.

I want something stable at speed but still maneuverable. I’ll mostly be riding icy conditions, hitting occasional park features, and taking it on holiday where I might see some pow (though I plan to get a dedicated powder board later—looking at the Jones Flagship someday).

Which size would you recommend for a good balance of stability and control?

Thanks!

Hi! I’m an advanced rider but haven’t gotten a new setup in a number of years, so I'm very out of the loop. Please help me figure out some good options!

For my board: All my friends are skiers, and so I ride… like a skier. Lots of moguls, lots of trees, lots of steep bowls and some hike to stuff. Is there a board that will do all of this well?

Rarely groomers, no terrain park. I do ride switch fairly often so I don't think a directional board is right for me... But I'm open to suggestions! In CO and spoiled so usually I'm not going out if it's really icy. Occasional deep powder days but I definitely don't need a true powder board.

For boots, I’m fairly recently post partum and since pregnancy, my feet have gotten wider and my boots are now too tight - my feet are KILLING me. This is actually what's driving me to get a new set up - I will pay anything to not be in pain when riding. Give me your wide feet boot recs!

Finally, thoughts on these new step in bindings? I love the idea of not having to strap in, but are they as good as they look? Easy to use? I read they're heavy - any other downsides? If so what other bindings do you recommend?

Thank you so much in advance!

Just finished customizing these and wanted to share. I found a way to bring my cat with me in spirit to the slopes 😸

I just wanted to pop in with something I’m sure is obvious to a lot of us, but that I hadn’t given a second thought until this weekend!

I had been running the same setup for almost 15 years and decided last spring that I needed a new board and bindings after the season was over. Problem was, I didn’t measure the stance width on my old board, so instead of looking up the width formula like I should have, I just used the default specified on the board and eyeballed reducing it a bit.

First few days on the new board felt weird, and I felt like I couldn’t control it the way I wanted, super frustrating and I took some hard falls that I hadn’t had issues with in years. I decided to actually look up how to measure my stance width (Nidecker has a great guide on YouTube), and SHOCKER, after a proper adjustment I feel way more in control and back to the skill level I was at before!

All this to say- if you feel like something is “off”, double check your stance width! I have short legs for my overall height and didn’t take that into consideration until now. Night and day performance over a matter of like 5cm.

Something about snow and effort makes that post-shred, bone-tired, numb faces meal-you-know-you've-earned* SO danged good, right? (*Not that we have to 'earn" meals, just that it feels good when you know you totally did!)

And, the night-before meal needs to stick with you the next day in a pleasant way... if ya know what I mean.

I am realizing I have a few meals that I have the fondest association with days on the mountain....

Pre: Chili on spaghetti. Really, if you haven't tried it, you should. An ex who took me riding two decades ago, this was our ALWAYS pre-meal, and it later became my pre-marathon meal, too. So carby, so good! I think every time I know I'm going riding the next day, I think fondly of our canned chili and spaghetti in the hotel room with the jet boil.

Apres:

Option 1: Staying in option-- Clam Chowder or French Onion Soup (with the bread and cheese, of course!) Really a dead tie for me between the two. Both work for "during," too, and most mountains make great ones (but, I do homemade.)

Option 2: Going out option-- Italian-- there is a mindblowingly old-school, grub-style, checkered tablecloth place in my area (I live in a ski town-- no need to dress up) that is the ULTIMATE post-shred. They bake all their pastas in their own little casserole thing with all the cheese on top. And, all the bread and butter you can eat. And, "house chianti" straight from the box. Makes it alllll worthwhile!

Have legit gotten happily trapped in a booth and considered spending the night.

What are your favorites?

My Burton mints suck. The toe isn’t wide enough and while it does keep my ankle down, I have to tighten them so much to be able fo hold my ankles down then I end up cutting off circulation. Looking into the Ride Hera’s, Salomon’s or K2. Any suggestions from the girls with wide toes and skinny ankles?

Wanna lap the park? I (27F) board/ski but prefer boarding and would love to ride with another girl. Bonus if you can show me some tips/tricks :) have both epic/ikon full.

Looking for thoughts and suggestions for another set up. I am a low intermediate, passive rider, started boarding in my mid to late 50's, almost 60 now, and looking to get more comfortable cruising around groomers and ducking into trees here and there. I don't ever plan on charging hard, and no park. I currently ride a Yes Womens Basic, which I LOVE. I'm comfortable, in good conditions, on most blue runs and mellow blacks in really, really good conditions (i.e. moderate powder to cushion my fall) and I like powder but either I straight line it while stepping back on my board if it's not too deep (and because I don't know how to turn in powder) or I struggle because my board sinks. Oh well.

I started on my daughters board, an old Burton Feather, flat/rocker?, which I do NOT love. I'm in Montana, so conditions range from sporadic powder to good snow to hard pack. I've been playing with my stance and have found that I much prefer a more forward, positive stance yet that stance, combined with a bit of a "deformity" on my rear leg and foot (toes attached to legs at birth, tibial and femur torsion, etc), resulting in less ability to bend that knee without it "hitting" my front leg, hence a wider stance, results in a lot of skidding heel side (and discomfort on my pelvic joint, due to leg formation), even when consciously putting weight in my front foot. As the Womens Basic is a true twin, I was thinking maybe a positive stance on a directional twin would reduce the "heel drag" while still maintaining a very positive stance? Again, I really enjoy the Yes Womens Basic, but am thinking that maybe I should shift the bindings on it to a bit less positive stance to more of a duck stance and get an additional board that is more suitable for a positive/positive stance? I also have a tough time on hard pack, user error, I know, so still want a board with grip in icy conditions. I was thinking of either a GNU Ladies Choice or Bataleon Push Up Plus. Thoughts? I prefer to be on the ski hill regardless of conditions, just to casually "cruise" around, and looking for a board that I can feel solid on, not catchy, easy turning, grip on ice, etc

Another board gives us the extra set up when my daughter visits from Colorado and so that she does not have to bring her board with her, as the old Burton Feather, which I've used only once this season, is going to be sold and my daughter will pretty much ride any board available.

Thanks for any input.

I'll preface by saying I started skiing at 2 and was a confident skiier that wasn't afraid to ride anything until I was 19 and had a rough fall where I blasted my face on some ice. I took years off of skis, tried and failed at snowboarding and really want to get back into skiing. In the last 20 years I've had a few surgeries including on both feet and my body geometry has changed.

I'm 5'7" 145 lbs and I'm riding some old Salomon 153s just for the maneuverability factor. I've also demoed some 161 Elan Ripsticks. I've been professionally fitted for new boots.

I went to three different resorts this month, all with different, but good conditions and I'm embarrassed to say that some of the intermediate runs had me scared. My comfort level is getting better, but I can't get my skis parallel on steeper runs. I literally did pizza down multiple sections just to get down them and it was humiliating, not to mention my quads were complete 🔥. I get really anxious went it feels like I'm flying with no control and my tips are even occasionally crossing.

How do I get these skis parallel? Squats, other exercises? Easier runs? Lessons?

Hi there, just curious if anyone knows of any snowboard demo days coming up soon in NH? TIA

and was wondering if i’ll break that thing. I noticed the range for the board is 80-110 lbs.

Should i return for a longer size?

I’m mostly looking into craigslist and ebay, but I am pretty young and pretty athletic. Still a beginner but I feel like I’ve picked it up really quick and am really comfortable after only going a few times.

Unfortunately, my choices are very old!!! But as a first board I’m hoping it’ll be fine. These are ChatGPT’s ranked suggestions for me:

   1.     Capita Birds of a Feather 144cm
   1.     Burton Motion 146cm
3.    Burton GTwin 150cm
4.	DC BFF 150cm
5.	Academy Serenity 144cm
6.	GNU B-Pro C3 149cm
7.	Salomon Apex Everything 140cm

I’m just doing groomers now but I want room to progress (not afraid of a more intermediate setup rather than a complete beginner one) and eventually do park.

Also open to newer board suggestions that might be a little more expensive. And I know theres a lot here but…

Any insight would be so helpful and appreciated!

So I’ve had a Burton feelgood 2016 for a long time and I’m looking to upgrade. I’m not beginner anymore and I like to ride fast and go through some trees here and there but no park. I’m 150 pounds, 5’5 and size 7 boot, should I stick with a 149 or something longer? Any suggestions of good boards would also be helpful!