Advice for skinny and light-weighted riders please

Posted: 18 November 2011 11:09 PM

The conditions where I live are really poor. Enough snow but the mountains are small. Like backyard hills. I often build my own kicker. However, there’s a really nice indoor skiing arena which I visit a few times in the year. I ride park/freestyle. I love hitting small jumps (180s, 360s….), boxes, rails and so on. I like to buttering sometimes and doing ground tricks as well. I’m pretty much a beginner but I learn fast (learnt a 360 in two days). I’m 100lbs and my footsize is 41-42 in Europe which is 9.5-10.5 in US (i think?). I think I should buy a bit bigger boots because I’m still growing up (I’m 16 yrs old). I’ve been recommended to buy a soft and a light-weighted board because I’m skinny. Maybe K2 WWW 2012? Or Rossi’s Trickstick 2012? Or maybe something else? My budget is like 600-800dollars. I want something really soft, flexable and light.

Posted: 18 November 2011 11:22 PM

Hey,
you are spot on with the boards you’ve mentioned: Both, the Trickstick and the WWW are super soft butter sticks and they are available in mid-wide and wide which might come in handy if your feet will really get bigger.

If you want a board for now, though, go check out the Forum Scallywag and the Amplid Dopamine. Both sick parkboards with a huge reputation. You might also want to check out Nitro’s park range, some really good deals there as well!

Make sure to always use our boot-size-calculator to check if your boots fit the board (regarding width).

Cheers Tobi

Posted: 19 November 2011 11:15 AM

Hmm… I’m really interested in Dopamine now. Looks really sick and everyone talk really good things in comments and of course in the review. I wonder which 1 out of these 3 is the best jib stick for me K2 WWW 2012, Rossi’s Trickstick 2012 or Amplid’s Dopamine 2011? Oh and one more thing what are the differences between the 2011 and 12 model?