Choosing the right board

Posted: 30 March 2011 09:45 PM

I’m in the market of buying a new board. I am currently riding a Flow board, not sure what model or type, but it seems to be a free ride board and it’s pretty heavy. I am 6’1, around 175 and have size 11 us feet. I am an intermediate rider and I am doing small jumps and jibbing around a little bit. After de-tuning my board, it felt that the board was more responsive doing butters and Ollie 180’s. So, I’m looking for a board that will offer allot of pop and an overall better response on doing small tricks but will handle park and some mountain as I progress and trying to stay away from all downhill boarding. Can you suggest any boards? Thanks.

My top picks:

Lib tech Travis Rice
Burton CustomX
Burton Easy Livin Flying V

Posted: 02 April 2011 07:15 PM

I would remove the Custom X from your list straight away… it’s more suited to 30ft + table tops than helping you to learn basic freestyle. The boards I suggest you looat at are:

Nitro Addict 156W or 159W
Rossignol Angus 158 MW
The Lib Tech Attack Banana 156 or 159 (you’ll need to check your boots fit fine on this board)
Burton Hero 158W or Process 159.

If you want to ride a board a little shorter, have a look at the Capita Ultrafear FK 155

Check out the boards and see what you think. Any questions just holler.

Rich