help me buy a board

Hello I'm looking to buy a board for my boyfriend. Its gonna be a super big suprise or I'd let him pick it out. Anyway he's about 5''7 and weighs 160lbs. His boots are a size 9.5... whats a good brand to be looking for? What size should I be buying? Thanks

I'm not sure what kind of riding he does, i'm pretty sure he does everything.. anyway thanks for your help.

yeha, maybe a good all mountain freestlye board,

get the burton custom. i got it last year and it has been amazing.

Ok lets see how many questions I can answer about his current gear

1. He has burton bindings. Probably 2007 or 2008. They're yellow.
2. He is riding a sims board. I've never heard of that brand.
(he bought all his gear second hand)
3. He pretty much does tricks and cruises so all terrain? not sure
4. height: 5"7 Weight: 165lbs


I would get him a gift certificate but I want to buy this for him it'll be a better surprise.

Any suggestions.. I'm looking at the 2009 burton primo????

Shot a private message your way.

Honestly most anything will probably be an upgrade over the Sims.

If you don't know the specific kind of riding he does, I'd look for a mid-stiff board around a 156-ish.  Hard to say specifically without knowing what your boyfriend likes, but it'll be an upgrade over a old second-hander.

Sierra doesn't have a whole lot available in that size range, though.   Depends on your price range, really.  The Rome Slash 156 looks promising.

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  2009 Rome Slash

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this is just consideration
board size range in 153-156

type - all mountain freestyle ( each brand has boards that are made for certain type of riding intended ) this doesn't mean you cant use for other type of riding

flex - mid flex 4-6   stiffer side towards shorter board, softer on longer board ( usually all boards have flex meter )

camber - rocker, well this is totally up to you

if hes in second hand gear hes probably not been riding that long. Anything you give him will be a step up. Get him anything in the midrange price (about 200 - 400 bucks and (to quote the simpsons), he'll pretty much have to :) You can find some nice sale stuff too on sierra, though if youre really wanting to impress the hell out of him, dont go further back than last season :) Also, rocker is this years hype must have, look in the sales i think theres a few things there.

If hes only been riding a year or so, you can pretty much grab any recommended board and hell love you. If hes been riding a few years though, he'll be starting to have a preference.

My advice though, for what its worth (and its pretty worthless im only at season 3), is DONT go for an all mountain board. Get him a park board. if you can find it, ive seen the bataleon evil twin from 2008/9 at bargain prices (and bataleon is nice, so you can even go back to 2007/8 and still have pretty much the same ride saving you around 200 bucks).

If he really likes to snowboard, at some point he will DEFINITELY be grabbing a park board. So get it now! :)

And park is really where the fun is anyway (unless hes in his thirties and inexperienced, in which case he'll probably resent it - but still think in the back of his mind that if he only had a bit of a noodlier board hed MURDER the park! I know i do :)).

If you get him a rocker board (reverse camber, FK, BTX, banana etc etc - also TBT from bataleon)) he'll really think youve researched as well :)

If you got about 300 dollars to drop though, I honestly cant believe anyone would be upset at being given a sierrascope in truth, dont forget to throw in the secret coupon code (search "sierrascope coupon" on google). A STEAL!!! :)
If you were willing to drop that kind of cash, its your first choice. Its park, but allegedly stiff enough in the middle to make it more all mountain. If you want to go a bit cheaper just have a look in the sales.
Youre honestly spoiled for choice :)

My advice then. If its below 200, go for a strict park board. Try and grab last seasons horrorscope or last seasons bataleon evil twin (love the acid graphic!)

If you want to amaze him, get a sierrascope though. Its one of those things that looks (and ive been assured, rides) way more expensive than it actually costs. Unless he knows sierra, he'll think you spent a freaking fortune! :)