What's up guys. So, I guess first is a quick about me:
I'm 23, originally from Dallas, TX. Currently active duty Air Force and have been stuck in middle-of-nowhere South Georgia for the last 3 1/2 years. I had first gone skiing when I was in 4th grade to Angelfire, New Mexico and though I could have used longer skis than the absolute shortest my dad had insisted I used the shortest kid skis (he rode them too). To everyone's surprise, I picked it up relatively quickly.
I ski'd a few times after that when I was around 14-17 up in New York/PA and still refused to rent anything other than the short skis. I had never ridden legit skiboards, but I still found the shortest skis to be preferable for the maneuverability I became accustomed to with in-line skates.
Fast-forward too many snowless years later and I actually found out about this website a little late; after I was already in Colorado skiing with a pair of Summit NRG's that I got from skiboards.com. From what I understand they're not too bad for beginner skis. After reading a ton of threads and info from these forums I was able to fully realize where some of my problems were coming from; both with the skiboards and my form.
Now I've gotten orders to move to Okinawa, Japan and I am PUMPED. Unfortunately, Okinawa has strictly tropical weather year-round (right now it's averaging 60 degrees F), but I will be able to take frequent cheap trips up to mainland every 4-day weekend.
Now I have some questions about boards and boots: I'm short and heavy for my height since I lift at 5'6" and 170lbs.
While I was riding with these Summit NRG 96 cm boards, I would be FLYING down the mountains. So much so that it made it incredibly uncomfortable to try to relearn after 6 years even on just the greens. I may have misunderstood, but when I was searching through the forums I found someone explaining that shorter/lighter people should get shorter boards because of speed. After reading that and seeing they were a decent hundred more expensive imported to Japan, I ordered a pair of RVL8 Blunts with snowboard bindings (I seriously can't stand the ski boots).
What kind of boards may be a preferable pair for a relative beginner that's 5'6" 170lbs in Japan powder?
What kind of snowboard boots would y'all with experience with them recommend?
I'm 23, originally from Dallas, TX. Currently active duty Air Force and have been stuck in middle-of-nowhere South Georgia for the last 3 1/2 years. I had first gone skiing when I was in 4th grade to Angelfire, New Mexico and though I could have used longer skis than the absolute shortest my dad had insisted I used the shortest kid skis (he rode them too). To everyone's surprise, I picked it up relatively quickly.
I ski'd a few times after that when I was around 14-17 up in New York/PA and still refused to rent anything other than the short skis. I had never ridden legit skiboards, but I still found the shortest skis to be preferable for the maneuverability I became accustomed to with in-line skates.
Fast-forward too many snowless years later and I actually found out about this website a little late; after I was already in Colorado skiing with a pair of Summit NRG's that I got from skiboards.com. From what I understand they're not too bad for beginner skis. After reading a ton of threads and info from these forums I was able to fully realize where some of my problems were coming from; both with the skiboards and my form.
Now I've gotten orders to move to Okinawa, Japan and I am PUMPED. Unfortunately, Okinawa has strictly tropical weather year-round (right now it's averaging 60 degrees F), but I will be able to take frequent cheap trips up to mainland every 4-day weekend.
Now I have some questions about boards and boots: I'm short and heavy for my height since I lift at 5'6" and 170lbs.
While I was riding with these Summit NRG 96 cm boards, I would be FLYING down the mountains. So much so that it made it incredibly uncomfortable to try to relearn after 6 years even on just the greens. I may have misunderstood, but when I was searching through the forums I found someone explaining that shorter/lighter people should get shorter boards because of speed. After reading that and seeing they were a decent hundred more expensive imported to Japan, I ordered a pair of RVL8 Blunts with snowboard bindings (I seriously can't stand the ski boots).
What kind of boards may be a preferable pair for a relative beginner that's 5'6" 170lbs in Japan powder?
What kind of snowboard boots would y'all with experience with them recommend?
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