How low can you go? Question about YES Waist Widths and Salomon boots
Posted: 19 January 2011 10:22 PM
So I’ve been looking at some of the YES boards, one in particular, the GDOH in a 162. I wear Salomon F series boots to shrink my foot print. My boot size is a US 12, and from what I heard that translates into a US 11. Now on the YES site they say the 162 with a 25.5 WW will work for a 11.5 US boot. I’m a little weary of this so I came here to hear what you guys have to say. My angles are 15 in the front and -7 in the back, but I can ride a 18 and -9, my stance width is about 22.5 or 23”. With all this info, do you think I could get away with a 25.5?
As a side note I’ve called multiple shops and it’s 50/50, some say yeah, some say no way get a wide. I’ve always riden mid-wide and wide boards too.
Posted: 19 January 2011 11:27 PM
Yeah my advise would be to go for a mid-wide at the very least. Both Jones, Nidecker and Rossignol make boards with wider waists and a similar profile to the YES boards… well in the case of the nidecker and Jones boards it’s exactly the same. Just to confirm 25.5cm is too narrow. I’m riding a 25.2 waist and my boot is a US 9.
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