Help me choose my Swoard Extreme Carver

[iceaxe]

I finally saved up the $$$ and I going to get an Extreme Carver and I having a little trouble deciding on the size.

According to the Swoard website:

My boot: Raichle SB323 with Abrax's system-- length of sole = 30.5 cm (these boots have been ground out to fit my foot.
I am 177.8 cm tall
I weigh 72 kg.

According to the website I should be on a soft 175cm board. This seems huge! My current ride is a burton ultra prime 162.
I have been "hard booting" for more than 10 years and my goal is to use this board primarily for extreme carving.

Any advice would sincerely appreciated.

Amadeo

[Syldavid]

Sure i think you must use a 168.
the shoes are not so big.

And later if you will change shoes, you can take shoes smaller.

[joemzl]

I would take 168 M without thinking more about.

[fivat]

According to the website I should be on a soft 175cm board. This seems huge! My current ride is a burton ultra prime 162.
I have been "hard booting" for more than 10 years and my goal is to use this board primarily for extreme carving.

This table should be modified for some brands. Deeluxe/Raichle tends to be bigger than all other brands.
Myself I'm 42-43 (Mondo size 27) and my Northwave boots (the one on the picture) are 30,4 cm. I feel comfortable on 168, and not on 175 (my height is 1m77). Wide boards are great for extremecarving (no boot overhang with low bindings angles - "low" means less than 55° on front foot), but if it's too wide you will have to make too much efforts.

So the 168M will be the best for you.

Patrice Fivat

[Felix]

You can still gain about 0.3cm on Raichle boots by filing down the soles to be shorter...

[iceaxe]

Thanks everyone, I just ordered my Swoard 168M! I'm pretty sure there is no way I could go smaller with my raichle/deeluxe boots as I have ground quite a bit out of the toe box already. I would like to try some UPZ boots, but for the mean time I will stick with my SB's. You are also right, after carefully examining the toe/heel area of the boots, there is room for the removal of atleast .5 cm. Actually the plastic that houses the heel resistance pin is also uneccessarily large. I also use burton step in race bindings which don't have a standard toe bail, that should also help.

Thanks again!

[Felix]

just be careful not too take away too much, and end up with airy holes... (though I think it is quite easy to spot/notice how much is okay... and you only need to file away what is actually overlapping once boots are in bindings at correct angle, so only on right front corner/left back corner or vice versa for goofy riders)

[iceaxe]

Just got my extreme carver a week. I was easily able to setup my board with no toe heel drag with raichle boots. 54 deg on front foot and 45 on the rear foot, no drag at all. Now all I need is some decent snow. I have waited 5 years to get my Swoard, and this is the worst winter we've ever had.