take a look at the rome manual. I am also 6 2 and have 12 size boots. I was looking into a rome manual but i got a gnu for free so i ended up staying with the gnu but check the rome out, pretty sick jib board and was wide from what i remember

GO WITH THE MACHINE!!!

i'm 6,6 size 14 feet… 280 pounds… 

it's the best board I ever bought…

I ride rails and box mostly 

and it's sick for that 

and it's always been one of those stompilishous boards for me on the jumps…

I always hear kids who ride forum stuff complaining about how there stuff is too fragile …

I ride a 157 at 26.5 inches wide… 

i have 280 pounds to throw around on that board so it's pretty felxible for me… 

sounds like your a tad smaller…

you should go for a 154…  it would be a good medium for jumps and rails…

only thing I think might be nice is if they made it in reverse camber…

(they might next year)

you might want to look into a capita… 

most of their boards are already wide… 

and the stairmaster (and alot of others)

might be a good match for you…

(what kinda riding do you do)

funny story…I'm 6'3″ at about 208 basically all muscle,and own a Rome Machine 161 and my new baby, a fresh 155 Youngblood.  So I got both yer boards covered.

I only include the “all muscle” because I think it impacts the way I can maneuver the youngblood around. 

The machine is very resilient and has some flex to it, but if you're looking for a jib board you're gonna want the youngblood.  The machine is a nice wide board and is great for popping off jumps and not bad for rails, if you dull the edges.  Then of course you lose a little bit of control at speed and while landing jumps, 'specially spins.

My advice:  If you're looking all mountain, go with the machine.  If you really like rails and jibs, then get the youngblood, but be prepared to give up a little stability. I have noticed that compared to the machine 161, on rails, I feel nearly fearless with the 155 youngblood its greasy!! 

norwegianprebo you weigh 280 and ride the Rome Machine 157?How does that handel for you? I am looking at the Machine and i weight about 250 and the dude at the shop reccomended the 161 which i had second thoughts about due to it being so long for a park board let me know how the 157 is for you cause i am looking fo r a smaller wide board