Guy from DK who's in deep doubt about his new board..

Here's the deal,

2009 LF Recoil, but what size? I'm 180, 65 kgs, and rides LF union bindings, but not sure wheather to choose 133 or 136cm..

Any advices?

Cheers..

stage6 said...

Guy from DK who's in deep doubt about his new board..

Here's the deal,

2009 LF Recoil, but what size? I'm 180, 65 kgs, and rides LF union bindings, but not sure wheather to choose 133 or 136cm..

Any advices?

Cheers..

Why are you going with the recoil?

Why not the concept or influence? I would say the recoil is a little flat on the rocker side for bindings.

personally I would go with a 135 concept with your weight.

neither of those boards have much rocker at all, i suggest something more customised for binding use. i would go 136 for your weight.

not really. They are still very flat boards. Inbetween a concept rocker and a wakeboard rocker is perfect. Something like the Cab custom rocker or a tiny bit more. But hey its up to you, if you wanna wreck yoour knees on big landings go for it.

stage6 said...

Thanks so far for the answers!

The thing is just that it must not be to wake stylish for me - wanna keep the freestyle, just riding with bindings because i feel better knowing the board doesn't fall of everytime you do a big jump.
The thing is just that i have this feeling that 136cm is a big board or what? Compared to my small size and so on?

//Cheers

When you put bindings on a board you need a bigger board, because bindings use a wider stance. If you put them on a small board it will feel like your feet are on the nose of the board or you'll be forced to take a narrower stance then you want.

You'll also find that the bindings affect your ability to ride upwind a bit, so the bigger board gives you a little more planing surface to counter for this, but in return, you can hold down a bigger board in more wind.

The heavier rocker also softens the landings as roudy mentioned. try riding a board with no rocker and bindings and it'll feel like you're landing on a plank.

If you know someone who has a board, try it out, you'll be surprised how small a board feels with bindings on it. Most people who ride my 139 can't believe that its a 139.