stance width

Hey i believe that it is from the center of your base plate in the middle of your binding. As for stances there all different. It basically depends on your riding skill and what you like to ride. Powder pipe park groomers. If youre just starting out Id try a 15 degree in the front and about a 7 in the back. If you really want to feel comfortable with your stance your gonna need to spend half a day riding trying all different widths apart for the bindings. It takes some work to get it good. Hve fun and good luck! Paul

Thanks for the help.  I've been riding a while, but I never actually got around to measuring my stance width or comparing to others.  Seems I'm at 21".

I actually found this site about stance fairly useful.  Some good info there:

http://legacy.cs.uu.nl/daan/snow/stance.html

riding wide stance, or "maximum thug," as I like to call it is good for park, but for general riding, it affects your ability to complete turns in carve.  It reduces the fore/aft pressure you can put on your board for the transition from initation to completion.

it's all on what the style and comfort you are with you're riding it changes all the time and as you progress itll change even more.

IM 5'8 AND I PUT MY AT 23"

I just put my bindings in the center. Its a balanced stance.

The proper way to measure how wide your stance is to grab a tape measure, and measure from the bottom of your heel (outside of your foot) up to the middle of your knee. Now take this measurement and put it as centered as possible on your board. If the notches and inserts don't match up perfectly, go a little wider.

you should usually have your legs on same width as your shoulders. If you go for freeriding your bindings should be moved closer to tail, if for common riding - in the center... basically there is no one right stance for all. It depends on how you ride and what feels more comfortable for you!

The rule of thumb, I believe, is to measure from your bare foot to the top of your knee, and use that as a place to start from.  I'm 5'11" and ride a 23.5, sometimes a little shorter.  When I go wider, it tends to make my knees ache afterward.

Backflip...I defiantly will do that. Thinking of trying +12 instead of +15 up front.

What I'm concerned with is if it will mess up the geometry or ride of the board if I mount the front binding in hole 3 and the back binding in hole 2, instead of both bindings in hole 2.

Here's what I mean, say there are 8 sets of holes in the front and in the back. The widest stance would be sets 1 on both sides and the narrowest stance will be sets 8 on both sides. right now I have both bindings in set 3, so close to the middle. Is it OK to put the front binding in set 4 and the rear binding in set 3? So off centered?

I guess it would be similar to have a true twin board and then moveing one of the bindings back to make it ride more like a directional board.

For a few runs this season I tried bindings at it's widest point and had difficulty turning. When I put them both in one set on the front and back, it felt great and I stuck with this set up ever since. Play around see what works for you.

Like fj5 said, everytime you ride, change it up a little and see what you like.  Even make a few notes at the end of the day about each width so you can remember later on which stance worked out best for you.  It's all personal prefrence.  I ride three different boards all year (pow, mountain, park).  The width is defferent on each of them.  Like others have said, for park I go wider, mountain a little less, and for pow I go a little less.  That's what works for me but might not work for others.  It took a few times playing around with each board to get it all squared away, but once I got each deck dialed in, I'm good to go.

measure from center to center of the bindings. as for specific stance width for specific conditions and/or riding, you need to figure that out yourself. its preference. see what works for you by making yourself change the setting after every few runs. for me, narrower stance, like 21in, is great for freeride. wider stance like 23in, is better for freestyle. i'm 5'10 125lbs. have fun.  

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Is a narrower or wider stance better for a beginner? e.g. like t-raddy said, easier to control?

width is preference, always.

just do whats comfortable. theres nobody to say if bigger is better or smaller is better. its what your comfortable with 

Originally posted by herbbread how are you supposed to measure stance width for bindings? is measuring from the center of one binding to the center of the other the way to do it? also, what's a normal stance width for someone who's 5'9", 145lbs? i know it's supposed to just be comfortable, but are there different widths for different types of riding

this how i measure it, from the center of the binding base plates to the other which is right
As for normal stance i wouldn't say there's default setting stance i think most people have the bindings ranging from 22,23,24 inches apart depending on what type of riding there doing, skill level,and what's comfortable for them but it varies on the rider's preference. I personally ride a wide ducky stance at 24 inches for park/freestyle which offers me more control of the board during turning transitions and 23 inches apart while i'm bombing hills and carving with a +13 degree's out /-o

in theory jdiggdy that makes sense and would make even more sense if you looked at foot placement on a longboard rather then a skateboard. wider i believe adds to stability but if you go too wide it can be restricting and annoying.