Big foot spotted snowboarding!

Hazzelhoff

I have size 13 feet and this creates problems when snowboarding. My feet hand over the edges and dig into the snow sometimes. Is there a solution for this?

Nova_C

Bigger board? My buddy snowboards and he has size 13 feet as well. He bought a K2 Nemesis board, so look in that direction?

crake

Buy a wider snowboard, dude. I googled it quickly, and came up with a number of possibilities under the search term "wide snowboard".

Ruckus

I wear size 12 and the only boards I've found that work decently are K2 Illusion, Wide version (I use a 163-W).

Though even my size 12 boots overhang just a bit (not enough to cause trouble though)

Hazzelhoff

that sux. i just bought this board. I actually tried to find the widest I could but they were all the same width. I guess I should have looked harder. Thanks for the help!

DJ-99

Try angling your bindings so your feet point more toward the front of the board.

It gives you less control and makes you go faster. Also, it should make your feet hang over the side less.

Loafgoat

I wear size 14 boots, on a k2 spitfire wide. I dont really have any problems with my toes catching at all. Just look into wide boards.

panksea06

My dad had a simular issue, you can learn to board with huge feet overhanging the board apparently. Although toe turns suck with that and he has since always avioded them.
But when he eventually got a bigger board I think he found things much easier.

TrippyDK

If you did just buy the board, I believe some companies make risers for bindings that should give you enough clearance. They do feel a little awkward at first, but they are useable.

TheFallenLord

If you just bought it, couldn't you exchange it for a wide board? Most manufacturers offer wide versions these days. I would suggest taking it back/contacting whomever you purchased the board from and seeing if you can't work something out with them.

Hazzelhoff

TheFallenLord wrote:

If you just bought it, couldn't you exchange it for a wide board? Most manufacturers offer wide versions these days. I would suggest taking it back/contacting whomever you purchased the board from and seeing if you can't work something out with them.

I used it a couple times and dinged it up

But I will definately look into this idea of getting binding risers. Only problem with that is I'm already quite tall and going taller increases chance of injury

Lodbrok

As already ben said, there are a couple of options. Try increasing the angles, this will not make control worse, it will actually make your turns better as long as you are not riding fakie. I ride with 15 degrees on the front binding and 10 on the back, you could probably increase this quite a bit.
As for risers, I've never tried them, I actually did not realise there are risers for snowboards. I do know that on skies they give better grip on the edges, so thay can not be all bad. Anyway, I do not really think they increase the risk of injury, they won't put you that much farther from the snow.
If none of these options work, maybe trying selling the board? Toe and heal-drag is dangerous, I've had some real bad crashes due to them, since it only tends to be a problem when you are going fast and putting your board on edge...