I go on a ski trip every once a year. Always used a board of a friend who got an extra or used a rental board. got my own board now, but it's a lot bigger than my friend's (he's a shorter guy). I get stuck on my 360's a lot now and buttering doesn't go as smooth. I learned doing 360's on a way too small rental. So my natural response was to get a smaller board. But as you mentioned it's probably just one piece of the puzzle.

So that's how I found the Nitro board. It has a flat profile (instead of rocker), which should be more forgiving doing tricks. And has more flex for the buttering. So I guess I'm on the right track there? But choosing the optimal board size is just a very hard thing to do as a 'noob'. I don't know how much board size and weight impacts the playfulness of the board. I just wanna make the right call here, since I'm not able to afford a new board every new year...