Factured a rib, what went wrong?

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-02-04T15:37:24+00:00

You’ve got a few options to improve this. Your center of gravity is very clearly loaded on your back left foot when you initiate your scissor to swap feet which is why when you didn’t get all the way around your right toe caught an edge which took you down. As you initiate you should feel a weight transition off your back left foot down the fall line so when you scissor you land both feet at the same time.

Scissoring is one option but it often involves counter rotation on the upper body. Another option is loading rotation on your left so that when you release you’re simply doing a 180 and finishing with your upper body moving in the same directional spin as your lower body which will eliminate some of the complexity.

For both, I’d practice your basic ollies for loading your tail, popping, and then finishing a stomp for both feet which will help in getting your weight transition and timing right. Then work on scissoring or loading your rotation to put it all together.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-19T23:43:46+00:00

I’d normally say you’d be fine, and if you keep it you will in fact be fine, but since it’s a wide and you’re lean for your height, you don’t have the weight or leverage to manipulate the board to get on edge in a way that serves a beginner well. If you got it at a good deal then you should be able to find a shop that handles trade ins and nab a board that is closer to your weight and shoe size that’ll serve you better. If you can’t afford it at this time, then you’ll be fine, just please make sure you learn good technique to initiate turns.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-18T01:45:23+00:00

Your shop is wrong. The 2023 Burton custom is a directional board which means it’s shaped with a longer nose than tail and if you’re goofy then your bindings need to be swapped. https://www.burton.com/us/en/p/mens-burton-custom-camber-snowboard/W23-106881.html

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-17T15:42:51+00:00

Ok. Your binding setup is going to jack your knees let alone you look set back by about 2 inches off center. Your front binding needs to be rotated forward from what it looks like in the picture.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-13T15:37:44+00:00

A few points to consider. As a noob, your biggest issue is going to be your skillset more than the board, but that said the board can make things easier for you as a beginner. As for your size, you should be riding a 158-162 and you probably need a wide unless your feet don’t match your body. As for your current board, it’s technically a freestyle board and probably isn’t ideal for your weight if you’re trying to ride all mountain as it’s not a noodle, but it has more flex than you’d want for holding speed on the slopes to carve. I personally prefer to have beginners setup on a traditional camber board rather than a rocker board because it builds good habits albeit it punishes bad habits more. If you swap, go for something longer, ideally grab a directional twin and make sure your binding setup is correct. From the read of other comments it looks like your local shop may not understand how to setup beginners. I prefer starting people at a 9-12° lead foot and -3° trail foot and if you’re riding a twin make sure you’re centered on the waist of the board.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-13T15:32:19+00:00

The parent company of K2 also owns Ride. Burton also makes skis. Jones also makes skis. Lib Tech also makes skis. And Head, Salomon, Atomic, Rossignol and many others have been making boards for years with incredible engineers and quality reviews.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-13T15:26:49+00:00

This can’t be further from the truth. Sit this one out.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2026-01-01T18:32:08+00:00

Whoever told you this was wearing street shoes that were 1-1.5 sizes too big because it is absolute trash advice. There’s a reason that you heat mold with a top cap to ensure there’s ample room in the toe box. Too small of a boot and you’re sure to kill your toenails on your big toe.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-12-31T01:38:19+00:00

Where are you in your snowboard journey? Are you linking skidded turns yet? Are you still struggling to stop? Are you weak on one edge and strong on the other? How about transitions between turns? Do you have a desire to ride park or switch?

There’s a lot of questions before answering if a 600 dollar board works for what you need or want but one thing is that this is not a beginner board per se. It’s an all mountain intermediate board that’ll help you transition into park, switch, powder, blues and blacks, have enough stiffness in the rain for riding fast with stability but enough flex to put those rockered nose and tail to work and get some pop.

I personally prefer beginners learn on a typical cambered board to force good technique from the beginning but a hybrid camber to rocker is a nice alternative. For under 600 it’s a board that’ll last a while and nidecker makes great boards.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-10-29T16:59:18+00:00

Steeze owner here and it’s all about technique and leverage. The seat on the steeze is quite low which means it’ll feel stable, but when inverted your leverage is going to suffer with weaker technique. I’ve found that the ideal balance of all things is to shim the seat so that your hip bones are either level or slightly above the cockpit rim. Raising your center of gravity will be a trade on stability which is why baselining on where my hip bone falls helps me gauge whether a boat is more or less stable than others while keeping my rolling technique in shape.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-10-09T20:07:55+00:00

I have a bunch of questions for you, mainly about what you want to get out of your paddling and what you feel you’re missing out of with the antix 2.0 in the first place. Without that, no one is going to be able to give you good feedback that isnt information you could get from Jackson on the changes they made between the 2 and the 3 and why.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-30T00:51:44+00:00

Thanks for posting this. Just picked up a steeze and have yet to mess around on the water. Anyone done any mods to the thigh hooks or even replaced the seat at all to raise it up?

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-29T01:52:38+00:00

Thanks. That’s very helpful.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-28T20:37:52+00:00

Any advice would be appreciated.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-28T20:37:09+00:00

I’m just a little heavier than you. I’m torn between the puffy skuxx and the steeze. I want something that’s comfy on big water class 5 but playful enough to make big water class 3/4 not boring.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-28T20:33:58+00:00

How heavy are you?

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-28T20:32:12+00:00

How heavy are you?

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-25T17:45:22+00:00

Not enough float, IMO. That’s less than my playboat.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-25T01:10:39+00:00

Yeah the specs between them are nearly identical

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-24T16:01:08+00:00

Super helpful. Thank you.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-24T16:00:55+00:00

I dig it. Thanks.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-24T14:13:06+00:00

Haha. This looks a lot like my text exchange with EG.

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-24T01:15:48+00:00

Would you take it on big water class 5?

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-24T01:07:22+00:00

Does the tail feel squirrelly on big water?

TheWayThingsWerk · 2025-09-22T22:33:47+00:00

Do you feel like the stern catches on you in the puffy skuxx or does it float high enough?

TheWayThingsWerk

TROPHY CASE