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Thank you to everyone for your input! I went with a 30.5 waist Donek. Thanks Sean

How long did the transition to high angles take you? One of the reasons I love my stance is that it works equally well for surfing, skating, and snowboarding. I can ride pow on Sunday and catch the tail end of the swell on Monday and there is no awkwardness going from one board to another. Surfing I can put all my weight into a turn leaning as far as I can and the tail won't slide out. This is what I want to be able to do on a snowboard. I even switched to air tires on some skateboards to get closer to a surfing carve.

Boot size is as small as can be. I'm with you on moving around on a skateboard, I have a diverse quiver (popsicles being the only thing I don't ride:D). When cruising or pumping I go narrow and more forward, but when carving I widen up and my back foot will end up right around zero degree. I've never been comfortable with a high degree stance, it just doesn't feel right to me.

You are correct, I must have messed up the Donek angulation guide - the 33 measurement must have been at the inserts and not the waist (I used 85*). I'll remeasure to be certain. Your boot sole and stance width assumptions are also correct, I have a riser but not sure what thickness. Assuming a waist of about 29cm, what would be the drawbacks of going that wide? I have some wide surfboards and it's harder to bury the rail (something with a wide base is harder to tip over than something with a narrow base). But with snowboards you are strapped in, and being tall with enough leg strength I have never had a problem putting a board on edge (my equipment gives before I do).

Maybe I should go about this a different way. Has anyone ridden a board that is around 30cm wide? If so how did it ride and what was your setup? Or if a Swoard or Swoard Dual with a waist width of 23.1 or 27 works, why would scaling it up to a waist width of 26 or 30cm cease to make it work? I come from surfing and boards that work for Kelly Slater or Gerry Lopez do not work for me. Also as a skater I've done enough strapless riding to learn what my natural foot stance is.

Thanks! I spent years messing with stance angles and I like them where they are (12 & -3). Sean said the same thing, I'm not willing to do that hence the need for a wide board. I'm hoping someone has some experience with wide boards and can offer some input?

I'm looking to get a board for soft boot carving, I've tried hard boots and high angles and didn't like either. I followed the Donek paper measurement guide to figure out the waist width (for my boot size and stance angle) and the number came out to 33cm. I have been told that it is not possible to make a board this wide. So I am looking for advice on how wide a waist I should get and any input on how a board like that would ride? In my current stance my boots on board width measures 33cm (34 with the binding back), I have a board with a waist of 26.7 and I boot out heel side almost every day. My boots hang over about 1 inch on each side of the board. I'm 6'6" and about 190lbs. Thanks in advance!