What is a good wide park snowboard?

What's a good park snowboard setup?

• i just bought a 161 wide GNU CHB with burton custom bindings. i'm 6'1", 190 lbs, with size 13 feet. i normally ride freestyle but wanted to try park for next season. the ...show more

• Answer:

  I didn't see this listed down here anywhere, but I also suggest: - A shorter than normal board With a shorter than you normally get board but not too short, maybe like a couple centimeters, you won't go as fast but you have a lot more control. When you're in a park, you're not looking for speed because you want more control otherwise your face will be in the side of a pipe. - A binding with a toe-cup Burton recently came out with these. What it does is that it doesn't just strap you down to the board. It straps you into the bottom back of a binding so that the top strap isn't as necessary but you still need to use it anyway. It also give more control. - A wide snowboard With Size 13 feet, you're going to need a wide snowboard. After about 10-11 feet, you need a wide snowboard. At 11 feet some people get a wide snowboard anyway but it's not that necessary. A wide snowboard is necessary because if you have longer feet than your snowboard, your toes are going to be digging into the snow every time you make a turn or they're going to be hitting the pipes, rails, everything. And that's not going to be comfortable.