Hmm, I dont know... My 156 fits very very tightly with the bindings on. It will if you take them off.

I would say youre good with a 156. If you look at recommended boards for the weight class LIB suggests a massive board. Im a little on the heavy side myself, 6 foot tall and 190 pounds, and my 156 is PERFECT. It has a little more flex than the smaller sizes which makes up for the weight. Your size 8 feet would get lost on the large boards.

The banana is the ATV of snowboards. Any terrain, any surface, it kills it. Groomers, even when its icy get destroyed by the magnetraction, and in pow, the banana butters straight through. I dumped my burton custom for a banana, and never been happier. Its a pretty flexible board, so if you are looking at tougher hardcore terrain, you should check out some stiffer boards, but generally, the skate banana works no matter where you shred.

It depends on the length. The shorter, the less flex, but the range is 4-6 / 10. The 148 Narrow board is pretty stiff, and the 159 Wide is a bit more flexible. Check out the lib site, They have the specs for all their boards. Here is the banana page.http://www.lib-tech.com/snow/snowboards/skate-banana/

Basically its the Lib Skate banana made for women. Same manufacturer. It is one of the best all purpose boards out there. Ive been riding a banana for 2 years now and it is a board you cant put down. Once you go btx, there is nothing better out there.

If you want bindings that go with the board, Mervin makes bindings called BENT METAL BINDER MACHINE that are coloured the same way as the lib tech boards. Their website isnt updated with a lot of the styles, but for example, you can get the bindings with the same toxic green pattern as you see on this years banana. They are a little rugged looking, but so far Mervin has earned themselves a good name making some of the best boards, so why not bindings.

http://bentmetal.com/