Snowboard Size Chart

How this snowboard size calculator works

Everything here runs on one simple idea: fit the board to the rider, not to the price tag. Enter your height and weight, add your boot size if you know it, and tell the calculator how and where you ride. In a second you get a recommended length range in centimeters, a width recommendation — regular, mid-wide or wide — and the reason behind every centimeter, in imperial or metric units.

The starting point is the chin-to-nose rule: the right board reaches somewhere between your chin and the tip of your nose. In numbers, that is your height in cm × 0.88 — a 5'7" (170 cm) rider starts around 150 cm, a 6'2" (188 cm) rider around 165 cm, and most adults land between 138 and 162 cm. Weight then adjusts it about ±1 cm per 5 kg against the reference weight for your height, capped at ±6 cm, because the board cares more about the force you put through it than about how tall you are.

The full method, with every row of the table explained, lives in our dedicated snowboard size chart by height and weight — and single-height pages like what size snowboard a 5'7" rider needs give the specifics in one glance.

What size snowboard should I get? The quick answer

Ask three shops and you will get three answers, so here is the honest one: your height in centimeters × 0.88, then adjusted for the three things a printed chart can't see — your weight, your riding style and your boot size. That single formula covers almost every adult. A 5'6" (168 cm) rider starts near 148 cm, a 5'9" (175 cm) rider near 154 cm, and a 6'0" (183 cm) rider near 161 cm. From there the calculator above moves the number: heavier than the reference weight for your height adds length, park riding trims about 3 cm, powder adds about 3 cm, and beginners subtract 2 cm for easier turning.

If you want the full reasoning — including when the "standard" answer is wrong for you — the what size snowboard guide walks through every decision step by step, and the snowboard size calculator above the fold on this page gives you a personalized range in one second, with the reason behind every centimeter shown next to the result.

How to read any snowboard size chart

Every snowboard size chart you will meet — ours, a brand's, a retailer's — is built from the same ingredients: a height column, a rider weight column and a board length column, occasionally with a boot-size or ability column bolted on. The rows are the point. Find the row nearest your height, confirm your weight sits inside or near that row's band, and read the length range. Take the low end of the range if you are new, ride park, or are lighter for your height; take the high end if you are heavy for your height, chase speed, or ride powder.

One warning: charts that list only heights are pre-computing a weight assumption you can't see. That's why a snowboard size chart by height and weight is worth a thousand height-only tables — and why single-height pages like what size snowboard a 5'8" rider should ride include a weight band and a live calculator, not just a number. Compare any chart's numbers against the formula above and you'll spot the honest ones immediately.

Should you size up or size down?

When two sizes both look right, the decision usually comes down to this list. Size down when: you are a beginner or returning after years off; you ride park, rails or tight trees; you are lighter than the reference weight for your height; you want faster edge-to-edge transitions. Size up when: you are heavier than the reference weight; you ride freeride lines, powder or big mountain terrain; you carve hard at high speed; you have already outgrown feeling overwhelmed by a long board.

Still torn? Ride the shorter board. Nobody has ever quit snowboarding because their board was a little easy to turn — plenty have quit because theirs wasn't. And if your weight sits far from the reference for your height, that is no longer a coin flip: run the numbers through the snowboard size calculator and let the ±1 cm per 5 kg rule decide for you.

Charts for every rider

Women's snowboard size chart

Women ride the same physics on narrower, softer boards. Most land between 138 and 152 cm — a 5'3" (160 cm) rider starts around 141 cm. The women's snowboard size chart scales every height for weight and converts women's boot sizes for the width check.

Men's snowboard size chart

Most men ride 150–165 cm, and from US men's size 11 up, boot size quietly decides the width. The men's snowboard size chart pairs the height and weight table with that width guidance.

Kids and youth snowboard size chart

Kids' sizing flips the adult instinct: the board must fit today, not after they "grow into it." A youth board reaches between chest and chin — the kids and youth snowboard size chart turns their height into a centimeter range.

Width: when size 11 really matters

Waist width decides whether your boots overhang the edges. Up to about US men's 10, regular is fine; 10.5–11 straddles regular and mid-wide; 11.5 and up needs a wide board. Conversions for every boot system are in our width and boot size guide.

Burton and Salomon sizing, without the sales pitch

Brands size a little differently: the snowboard size chart Burton publishes ties each length to a rider weight range and marks wider boards with a "W", while Salomon builds volume-shifted boards meant to ride 5–10 cm shorter. Our unofficial brand guides — the Burton snowboard size chart and the Salomon snowboard size chart — explain both systems and link to each brand's official chart. Neutral, no affiliation.

The rules behind every result

• Base: height in cm × 0.88 (the chin-to-nose window, in numbers)
• Weight: about ±1 cm per 5 kg from the reference for your height, capped at ±6 cm
• Style: −3 cm park, 0 all-mountain, +3 cm freeride · Ability: −2 beginner, +1 advanced
• Result: shown as a ±3 cm range · Width: regular to US men's 10, mid-wide from 10.5, wide from 11.5