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TheNemesis

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I've went snowboarding once and it was pretty fun, even though my boots cut my leg from rubbing against them, and my ass/back were wet, and I'm going to go again next weekend. The person I went with the first time who taught me how said that maybe my board was too big for me, it was a 162 and I'm 6 foot, and weigh about 175. If I buy a board, what size should I get? I'm probably eventually going to want to do tricks and whatnot, but I'd still like to go down the slopes without buying two boards. Would it be a bad idea to buy stuff off of ebay? I'm thinking for sure that I'm going to buy some goggles off of ebay, what do you think of each?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1803472012
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1803965170
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1804481071

Also, I wear a size 12 tennis shoe, and last time I had a 13 boot, though it was a little big. Should I get a wide snowboard when I buy one? What's a good place (either online, or B&M) to buy the equipment, and like gloves and whatnot. TIA. Btw I'm in Colorado. (Littleton)
 
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EDoG2K

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Bindings and board you can probably buy online without too much trouble, but get your boots in a store. You're going to be wearing them a lot, make sure they fit. I wear size 10.5 shoes normally but for some reason my soccer shoes are 11.5 and my snowboarding boots are size 12. And if you're going to go cheap, go cheap on the board and bindings, not the boots. Its really a comfort thing. I'm 6 foot, 185 lbs and I have a 164.

Definitely go wide board. Size 11 and up i believe is the cutoff.
 
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duragezic

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I gotta wear long socks so my boots don't rub on my leg. They fit good (they're new too) but it's just you got this hard, tall boot so it's gonna rub when you lean. Several WEEKS ago I forgot my socks snowboarding, and it hurt a ton and the marks are finally going away and the hair on my legs was all rubbed off hah. :disgust:

I'd just go find some $20-$30 goggles. I don't think it really matters if you have $70 Spy or Dragon goggles. As long as they have some anti-fog lense, you'll be ok.

I'd try and buy from your local shop. You'll be able to try it on and the like (important for boots) and you can bind in and see if your toes overhang the board. If they do a bit, you should get a wider board. That's called toe drag, when your toes touch the ground when you carve (not a good thing).

I'm not sure which size. I've seen charts around, like in magazines or catalogs where you pick your shoe size, weight, terrain, and it recommends a range of sizes.
 
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Atlantean

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If you are 6 feet tall then a 163-165 board will be the perfect length for you. if you have big feet I would recommend a wide board but it is not necessary. Take a look at the salomon line of boards cause imo they make the best boards, and their boards are very fast. It all depends on how much money you have as well cause you don't want to go and blow $1000 on a board if you don't have money. Definately ask about salomon boards when you go and look at boards. They have some good beginner boards that are a little wider, plus when you get into the larger sized boards, they are usually wide boards (larger being over 160) but not all the time. It doesn't really matter how much you spend on the board. It is the boots and the bindings that you want to spend the most on boots being the most important.
 
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TheNemesis

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The boots rubbed when I was walking, mainly. I mean it wasn't just a little chafing it had an edge on the end of the stryofoam, i got a good board and decent bindings...but the boots suxxored
 
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Atlantean

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Seriously spend more on the boots than everything else. Even if you have to get a $300-$400 boot, it will be worth it.
 
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mithrandir2001

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Maybe you could find a used Burton Cruzer board. It's for beginners "only", which means it's easy to learn on and forgiving, but you may grow out of it quickly.
 
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duragezic

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That's pretty old. Even good boards like that will start to delaminate after a long time. It's pretty cheap though, but I would buy it all locally. Look for one of last years models or not as brand name as a K2, Burton, Forum. And like everyone else said, definitely get good boots. A $400+ board isn't gonna make you awesome at snowboarding, but cheap boots will be sure to make your day (and every day after that) sh*tty.
 
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