A 159cm (plus or minus one) board will be great for you. I believe it will be long enough to enjoy some serious freeriding, yet short enough to allow freedom of movement in a park&pipe area. Gosh, there are so many good snowboards in the $200 to $300 range. Here are a few good ones:* Flow The Team 160cm, Freestyle (Sale at
The_House $299.95)* Forum Roost 158cm, All Around (Sale at
The_House $289.95)* Salomon Ace 160cm, All Around (Sale at
The_House $298.95)* Academy Merit 159cm, Freestyle/Freeride (Sale at DogFunk $278.97)* K2 Instinct, All Around (Sale at SummitOnline $199)* In case you hit the lottery soon, check
A 159cm (plus or minus one) board will be great for you. I believe it will be long enough to enjoy some serious freeriding, yet short enough to allow freedom of movement in a park&pipe area. Gosh, there are so many good snowboards in the $200 to $300 range. Here are a few good ones:* Flow The Team 160cm, Freestyle (Sale at
The_House $299.95)* Forum Roost 158cm, All Around (Sale at
The_House $289.95)* Salomon Ace 160cm, All Around (Sale at
The_House $298.95)* Academy Merit 159cm, Freestyle/Freeride (Sale at DogFunk $278.97)* K2 Instinct, All Around (Sale at SummitOnline $199)* In case you hit the lottery soon, check out the Burton: White Collection 159cm, Freestyle (Sale at AltRec $499.95)Here are some good binding suggestions for the $100 range:* Burton Freestyle Binding (Sale at AltRec $79.95)* 5150 1500 Binding (Sale at
The_House $69.95)* Forum Destroyer Binding (Sale at
The_House $99.95)* Ride LX Snowboard Binding (Sale at DogFunk $119.95)(Be sure to get larger sizes that will be right for 10.5 to 11 boot. LG or XL.)
