Snowboard stance/width issue?

Question

alright. to start out i am 15 years old, about 5 foot 2, own a burton punch 140 cm, flow bindings and i ride regular. while i know that this board is pretty much too small for me, it is all i have and i am stuck with it so i am doing my best to work with it. i have been snowboarding for about 5 years now and i am now starting to experiment with my stance / width seeing is that i have grown a large amount since the stance and width was originally set. my stance was originally set at 15/0 but i am now trying to set it at a duck stance of about 15/8. the width was originally set at 17" and now after experimenting, i have found 18" to be a good width for me. this is where the issue comes in. because of the fact that the board is so small, when i moved the back binding, the proportions were very odd. seeing as that this is hard to explain let me draw a rough diagram of what it looks like on the board - (==\ /=). my question is is this okay, and if not, how can i fix it?

Answer 1

If you are worried about the setback (how much longer the nose is than the tail) why don't you just move the front binding forward instead of moving the rear back. This will give you less setback (nose) (===\ / ==) or no setback (==\ /==)

Good Luck

Answer 2

that is what shaun white uses his stance as when he is riding pipes, so it should be fine, if you want a  wider stance you could bring it into your local snowboard shop or send it to the burton company and they could add drill bits to it so you can set your stance wider

Answer 3

thats fine especially if you don't ride switch too often it will be good for just cruisin down the hills but not as good for the park

Answer 4

Tahoe is right.  Just shift the front binding up...Anyways, it shouldn't really matter except it might be a little awkward riding switch and rails.

It's fine the way it is.  If it's really bothering you, just move your front foot up a little.