Snowboard Size Chart by Height and Weight

How to read a snowboard size chart by height and weight

Three columns tell the whole story: your height in feet, inches and centimeters, the typical rider weight for that height, and the board length range that follows from the two. Find the row nearest your height, check that your weight sits inside the band, and read the range the way you would on any listing: the lower end for control and learning, the upper end for speed, float and bigger riders.

Example: a 5'8" (173 cm) rider weighing around 59–73 kg lands at roughly 148–156 cm. A heavier rider on the same height shifts toward 156 or past it; a lighter rider who mostly rides park shifts toward 148. That is the whole chart in one sentence — height sets the base, weight moves it, style and ability tip it a few centimeters either way.

Snowboard length by height

On its own — before the weight check — each height maps to a starting length of height × 0.88:

• 4'8" (142 cm) → about 125 cm
• 4'10" (147 cm) → about 129–130 cm
• 5'0" (152 cm) → about 134 cm
• 5'4" (163 cm) → about 143 cm
• 5'7" (170 cm) → about 150 cm
• 5'10" (178 cm) → about 157 cm
• 6'0" (183 cm) → about 161 cm
• 6'3" (190 cm) → about 167 cm

Treat those as estimates only. Once you know both numbers, the weight bands in the table are the authority: if your weight is far from the reference for your height, the length moves with it.

Height and weight together

Weight is a bigger lever than most people realize. The reference weight for your height is 22 × your height in meters squared — about 63 kg for a 5'6" rider, 68 kg for 5'9". Every 5 kg above or below that reference moves the board about 1 cm, capped at ±6 cm so extreme differences never produce silly numbers.

That is why a 5'6" rider at 80 kg and a 5'10" rider at 62 kg can comfortably end up on the same 152 cm board. The rows above cover roughly ±7 kg around each height's reference; if you sit outside your band, follow the 1 cm per 5 kg rule and always confirm against the weight range printed on the exact board you are buying.

Feet and inches, or centimeters and kilograms

The table shows every row in both systems: heights in feet and inches with the centimeter conversion beside them, weights in pounds with kilograms underneath, and the result in centimeters because that is what boards are measured in. If you think in one system, ignore the other — the conversions are already done and consistent both ways.

A word on rounding: 5'8" is 173 cm, but boards are sold in 2–3 cm steps, so a chart and a shop listing may disagree by a centimeter at the edges. That's nothing to worry about; board sizing lives in ranges, not exact numbers. Enter both your units into the calculator above anyway — it converts internally and keeps the highlighted row honest, so you never have to eyeball which chart row is really "yours."

Snowboard size chart weight height: which input matters more?

People search for a snowboard size chart height weight table in both orders, and there is a reason: weight is genuinely the stronger input. Height only sets the starting window — the board reaching roughly from your chin to your nose. Weight decides how the board actually behaves: how hard it is to press, how it flexes through a turn, whether it floats or sinks. Two riders of the same height can be three shoebox-sizes apart in weight and want different boards.

That is how this page is built: height writes the rows, weight writes the ranges inside them. Follow the weight column first, then sanity-check your height against the base formula. If the two inputs argue — say you are 6'0" and very light — let weight win the argument and confirm the result with the calculator on our home page, which weighs both inputs the same way.

From chart to checkout: the three-step check

Use this page as step one. Step two: narrow by style and ability with the calculator, so the range you carry into the shop is already tuned to how you ride — that usually shaves the choice down to two adjacent sizes. Step three: open the manufacturer's own chart for the exact model, because every board prints the rider weight range it was built for, and that printed range is the final authority over any generic table.

Our unofficial guides make step three fast for the two biggest brands: the Burton snowboard size chart explains Burton's weight-range system and wider "W" boards, and the Salomon guide explains volume-shifted boards that ride 5–10 cm shorter than the numbers above. Bring a range, not a number, and boards stop being intimidating.

Kids and teenagers on the height chart

This table is an adult chart. For children under roughly 150 cm, use the kids and youth snowboard size chart instead — the chest-to-chin rule keeps boards short, light and easy to learn on. Teenagers who have reached adult heights can read this page normally, then fine-tune the result with the calculator on our home page.

Width: the part a height and weight table can't see

Length is only half the fit. A rider wearing US men's 11.5 or bigger needs a wide board at any height on this page, or their toes and heels will drag through every carve. Enter your boot size in the home page calculator or use the men's snowboard size chart with width guidance to settle length and width in one decision.

If you remember only three things

• Height × 0.88 is the base of every snowboard sizing decision — the chin-to-nose check in numbers.
• Weight refines it: about ±1 cm per 5 kg from the reference weight for your height, and it matters more than height itself.
• Boot size decides width, style and ability shift a few centimeters, and when torn between two lengths, take the shorter one.