This will be my second time snowboarding and i decided to buy a board...i am sure this question has been asked many times but i need some help, to start i am 5'10, weight 150lbs, shoe size is 10/10.5 so what size of board you guys recomend? i like mostly just riding but would like something i can take to the jumps(when i get better lol) i used the lenght calculator in the site..how accurate is that? u guys recomend buying a package? or separate? (board,boots and bindings) and one last thing i been looking through http://www.the-house.com/ is that a good place to shop? any help would be appreciated

The_House is a great place. www.proboardshop.com is their sister site. they're from the exact same place,
but for some reason they sell different things sometimes. same price though. and their customer service
is 2nd to none. they always take care of me when i call.

the size calculator is pretty accurate. i wouldnt ride anything further than 1 size up or down from the
recommendation. (as you know it gives you a group of sizes)

as far as packages, it really doesnt matter. sometimes they're great and sometimes frankenstein boards
work best. it all depends on you and what you like.

i forgot to put this in my last post but if you do a package, try to get one without boots.
i dont think this has really been stressed on this site enough, but you really really
need comfy boots that fit correctly. not to say you need $400 dc boots, but try a bunch
of different brands and find one that fits, works, and matches. my 1st set up had
terrible boots and i had to take brakes often because the arches of my feet hurt,
and they were bottom priced dc's (trying to say dont buy into a brand just for the name..
which is funny for me running almost all forum).

i rented some rossignols or however its spelled from a resort last season that were
really comfortable, but i couldnt find them on the market. you spent alot more time
in the boots than you do on the board so it just makes sense to invest more in this
department.

and being you're a newbie (no offense, welcome to the best sport on earth!) you dont
need to buy into the hype of having some ultra killer top end board. being its your
first, you're going to trash it...quick. my very 1st snowboard i put a 2mm gash tip to tail
and almost ruined it, 1st day on the mountain. so keep that in mind too.

so try to find something easy to ride to learn on, kinda flexable, (i'd stay away from anything
over 5 on the flex meter)  and nothing with a sintred base. (very expensive to fix gashes
if you run over something like a rock or a stick).

about the time you wear your 1st board out (2 - 3 seasons, they usually last longer but
you're learning and you should really ride the crap outta it) you'll know what you like
and what you want and can shop for a high end after that.

board recommendations vary due to brands, snowboards are like girls purses, people get
defensive if you dont like what they're riding...and everyone is always riding the best, so
pick one YOU like as far as that. there arnt very many brands that are bad, and the ones
that actually are horrible snowboard manufacturers are hard to find.

height and weight you're pretty close to me, so i can tell you what i ride and you can go from
there. for riding rails/jibbing/street i ride a 146. thats street hand rails, no park stuff, no resort
stuff. the shortness keeps me slow so i can stay in control riding in the city.
park for jumps, spines, kickers, bonks, etc i ride a 154 with a flex 6 for extra pop on the ollie
and a 3mm setback (none of this you'll have to worry about right now)
and rails at the resort, like banana rails, boxes, etc, i ride a 156 with a flex 2 that keeps the
rebound down when i hop on a rail.

thats just personal pref for me, all i can tell you is how i ride. frosty has more information about
overall riding than i do, so any advice he can give you is definatly worth listening to.