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Need a bit of advice... I'm currently riding a 156 Burton Feather (09/10). I bought this a few years ago (I'm still kinda at beginnerish stage, but that's another story!), but have lost two stone since I got it.
Should I be looking at changing the size of my board? If it makes any difference, I'm really tall (for a girl!) - six foot one..
Thanks guys!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks, that was just the kind of thing I was looking for but struggling to find!
Do you know of any resources for how to find your ideal stance, if such a thing even exists?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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cad99uk, what's duck about that? 
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Close your eyes, relax, jump up in the air and land. Now look at you feet. That's about right.
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Lizzard, Rear foot at a negative angle (both feet pointing outwards) = duck stance
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| robapplegate wrote: |
| Close your eyes, relax, jump up in the air and land. Now look at you feet. That's about right. |
That's pretty much what i do/did.
Jump up and down a bit, close eyes, sink into knees a bit and get into "mindsurfing". Then look down and measure. Set bindings on board to represent what you just found, centred or set back depending on conditions, usually set back a bit. then step into bindings with bare feet. Again close the eyes and sink into "the stance" mind-snowboard a bit, flex and move a bit until you're comfy. Again look down and you'll see how your feet are in relation to the bindings. Adjust until you feel natural with your feet centered in the bindings. Then go snowboarding, when it'll probably all feel wrong anyway,  but at least you tried.
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rogg, Glad I'm not the only one. I reckon in the end there's no perfect science to it. it's well worth getting a board tool and getting really happy and comfortable taking off, moving, changing the bindings. they're not fragile, won't break and you can always put them back the way when you started. I even spent a couple of days flicking from regular to goofy till i made my mind up.
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