East coast newbie… Need help

Posted: 13 October 2011 09:19 PM

I live in NY…. So I mostly go to Hunter/ Windham/ mountain Creek…. I just bought my Burton Ruler 8.5 boots… I’m 5’9 160 lbs… Looking for a beginner/ intermediate board to learn and progress on… Don’t ride park yet…so looking for a all-mountain board….its mostly groomers and ice on the east coast so I need a board thats gonna be good for those conditions…any help would be great help….looking to spend around $400-450 Max for the board…cuz I need to get bindings to….please give me ur opinions on some boards that will fit me….and IM not really sure what size I should be riding…i was thinking 155 - 158…is that right? Please help me out….thanks