Burton Hero Snowboard - 2010

I would run the 155. I ride a 155 all the time. It's not that big for the park and it's not that small for all mountain riding either.

The Hero is super soft and is a great jibbing board. It is fun for buttering and pressing. You might want to check out the Custom Flying V. http://www.dogfunk.com/burton-custom-flying-v-snowboard this is an awesome board for all times of terrain.

I demoed this board last year. Ultra forgiving. Very ground spinny and buttery. Very soft. Pretty good for powdery moguls.

Sucks for carving. Sucks for even medium speeds.

Check out the Fix. I demoed that too and it seems to be better for what you want. But it depends on what you mean by "large kickers". You can't always have the best of all worlds.

I disagree with justin. They made some upgrades on the '11 model. I bought this board at the beginning of the season and have never encountered a problem with holding an edge. The board is great, both in the park and on the mountain. Its a very fast board. My friends and I bomb hills as sort of a 4-5 person race and I almost always win. Even though I've yet to wax my board since it comes with the factory wax, and most of my friends wax theirs after everytrip, I still pull away from them with ease. I would recommend the hero for you.

The Hero is made to be a rail board, it is super soft and flexible, great for pressing and jumps. It is not made to hand hard turns when going as fast as you can. But if you use it for rails you will be stoked for sure.

I can't say for sure which would be better, but I used to ride a hero. My issue with the hero was edge hold. It was solid on rails, and solid on up to 30 footers, plus absolutely amazing in pow, but I couldn't stop hardly. At the point I had it I had 9 years riding under my belt so its not like I was a beginner on it. Edge hold was real sketchy on anything but real soft snow or slush. I was falling over trying to stop because the board would slide out from under me. If you're wanting a board strictly for lapping the park the hero is great, but not really for anything else, you really have to work to dig in an edge on a hard packed black diamond trail, for that kind of riding I much prefer camber. I don't have any experience with the K2. This is just my opinion, a lot of people really love the hero, but I sold mine after a month and a half because spending about half my time outside the park it wasn't really working for me.

The 149 would work, it is a bit small, but you don't weigh that much so you should be all good. You will have a great time for sure.

You are correct, any of those sizes will work for you.

thanks for the answers!

I would run the 152

Depends on riding style, 149 for strait park jibs, 152 for park and playful cruising, 155 for more all mountain riding. If you're lucky enough to ride nothing but pow then the 158's where its at. I am not an expert, but have 11 years of riding experience and that's what I would do.

go to your local shop and ask them....they are the pros

For sure, 149 will be awesome.

The 149 will be perfect

I would definitely rock a WIDE board. Your safest bet would be a 155W...but you could rock the a 152W if you prefer a shorter board.