I had some big-time pow issues the weekend. This is new, generally, powder is my friend. But the deepest I've been in is 1-2 feet, because of work, I have to take whatever Saturday gives me, and it's never given me this much fresh. 4-5 feet on the backside of Donner, I've never ridden that deep on a snowboard.
Here's the dealio; I left the groomer, hit the transition to the powder field (about 1-2 feet of chuncks), flew into the pow everything was fine. Got my weight back and started gliding. Then got a little wobbly and before I knew it, my nose was burried and I pitched to the heelside and went down in a flat area. You know what happened next, so I don't need to describe the flopping and cussing, right?
I'm about 170, my board is a 157. I wear a size 10, the board's waist is 25.9. Mellow sidecut, 8.75, nose and tail are 30.9.
So, it the board too short, too narrow, or do I just need more skills?