best place to buy a board?

booooonzo

where is good to buy a board in ireland?
second hand preferably, looking for a good intermediate board with bindings.

Static M.e.

Buy new, then I would say Snow and Rock in Dundrum...

Second hand, could be difficult to get a decent one. Maybe, Adverts.ie, Gumtree? or off one of the English forums..

Smutty007

You could try pickin one up while out on holiday, thats what I did.
Very often the snowboard shops leave you test a few before you buy.
They'd be last years models but it'd give you an idea of what you're dealing with. Plus they might have a few second hand ones knocking about.

granty1987

Onboard in dun laoghaire and possible aswell off grafton street have got in a load of new season boards, think theyll be putting them out in the next few days. i saw today that they have a limited edition bataleon evil twin which is cool.

Besides that, check out the great outdoors, BLVD on south williams street have a few around too.. dont think 53 degrees north are stocking then again..

My advice is to figure out your specs and prefered riding style and go surf the net finding lets say 4-5 boards youd like then try and find the cheapest deal.. any of the european online shops are great, but if your buying from the us n canada then youll prob get shafted on taxes, fares and general delivery prices.

Look for last seasons boards, as they havnt really changed apart from the graphics, and since you said youd take a 2nd hand one, its a much better idea = cheaper!

people on here can help you with the search, giving suitable suggestions if you wanna post up your prefered style and size (height, weight, shoe size etc..)

....wow that was long!

Rhymenocerous

I have a 156 Rome Artifact, and Ride Delta MVNT bindings for sale here.

The Artifact is a very good and extremely fun park orientated board, but is also great fun on groomers. If this seems like your style, then give me a shout on adverts.

If this doesn't appeal to you, just post your stats (Weight, boot size) and preferred riding style and you can get some better advice/recommendations.

One bit of advice I can give you straight away is steer clear of Flow bindings, their response is very much lacking compared to regular straps.

Snowie

If you can find them get a Sapient they dont brake

davmol

check out www.irishsnowboards.com
great value and good brand boards ,go out andhave a chat they might do you a deal ie assemble the board,tune it etc.

Snowie

davmol wrote: »

check out www.irishsnowboards.com
great value and good brand boards ,go out andhave a chat they might do you a deal ie assemble the board,tune it etc.

the Arbor formula - 08

Is a really good board, few friends have them all ratew them highly I'd personaly go for the 161, I like long boards but there a very very sweet board to ride that would be my recomondation....
at 200 quid its a steel...

Rebrabuk

You don't necessarily have to buy in Ireland there's a ton of sites/stores in England(abuse sterling while it's still low) and not to mention all the european ones also.

I got my board from blue-tomato.com delivery was free since I got board+bindings together.

Static M.e.

Rebrabuk wrote: »

I got my board from blue-tomato.com delivery was free since I got board+bindings together.

As did I, its a good service.

booooonzo

thanks everyone for the replies, very helpful.
Im 5'9 - 5'10 12stone and have size 8 boots
(although their very tight, might end up changing them)

all the calculators are telling me to get a 159

Freestyle 154
Freeride 159
Back Country 167

would Rhymenocerous's board at 156 be too small?

thanks again

Rhymenocerous

booooonzo wrote: »

thanks everyone for the replies, very helpful.
Im 5'9 - 5'10 12stone and have size 8 boots
(although their very tight, might end up changing them)

all the calculators are telling me to get a 159

Freestyle 154
Freeride 159
Back Country 167

would Rhymenocerous's board at 156 be too small?

thanks again

It's a lot to do with personal preference. Calculators are a rough guideline as are manufacturers weight ranges.

Height has very little to do with it (unless you're freakishly out of proportions). Guidelines are generally set by three factors

Weight: for a board's length
Riding Style: for a board's length too (for example, if you were sledding back country, you wouldn't take a 149)
Boot size: for a board's waist width

With a size 8 or 9 boot, you're pretty much sorted for any board. Waist width has got to do with toe & heal drag. So, the narrower the board's waist, and the longer the boot's footprint, the more likely toe/heal drag will occur. But as I said, you're pretty much golden with an 8 or 9.

As far as board length goes, that's where riding style, and personal preference comes into it. Generally, a shorter board is better for freestyle, longer board is better for freeride. If you're just gonna be hitting groomed runs, then I'd look towards a 156 - 158. (a shorter board is also easier to turn, so more beginner friendly in that respect)

To put it in perspective, I'm 11.5 stone and I rode a 155 & 154 all last season on all conditions apart from pow days where my 157 pow specific board came out.

Are you a beginner or intermediate rider?

robinph

Rhymenocerous wrote: »

Height has very little to do with it (unless you're freakishly out of proportions). Guidelines are generally set by three factors

Weight: for a board's length
Riding Style: for a board's length too (for example, if you were sledding back country, you wouldn't take a 149)
Boot size: for a board's waist width

I didn'te realise that height didn't have much to do with board types, but had noticed that most people all seem to be on very similar length boards. Does make sense to me now I think about it though and the directions you'd be moving in over a board your height won't come into play the same way as on skis.