What width of board if size of boots varies by make? - Snowboarding Forum

scotty100 · 04-10-2012, 06:46 PM

Hi - first post, long time lurker...

More or less decided to buy a K2 raygun. I'm 6' around 200lbs and looking at either a 159 or 161 board length. I'm tempted to also buy K2 bindings and boots but not 100% sure. If I do buy K2 boots/bindings how does the size of their boots affect the width of the board I'm buying? I ask because K2 boots usually run small and I have to wear an 11 in them. However, not so with Burton or any other boot maker. Then I'm more like a 10. So here's my dilemma - if I buy K2 boots in a size 11 does that mean I should go with a wider raygun or if I decide on Burton boots and end up in a size 10 does that mean I can get a regular width board?

thanks for any advice!!!

Scotty.

Sudden_Death · 04-10-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by scotty100

Hi - first post, long time lurker...

More or less decided to buy a K2 raygun. I'm 6' around 200lbs and looking at either a 159 or 161 board length. I'm tempted to also buy K2 bindings and boots but not 100% sure. If I do buy K2 boots/bindings how does the size of their boots affect the width of the board I'm buying? I ask because K2 boots usually run small and I have to wear an 11 in them. However, not so with Burton or any other boot maker. Then I'm more like a 10. So here's my dilemma - if I buy K2 boots in a size 11 does that mean I should go with a wider raygun or if I decide on Burton boots and end up in a size 10 does that mean I can get a regular width board?

thanks for any advice!!!

Scotty.

With an 11 you should be fine on a normal width board. I wouldn't like at a mid-wide unless you had at least a size 12 foot.

scotty100 · 04-10-2012, 07:22 PM

Ok thanks - I'm a little confused because "conventional wisdom" has it that up to size 10 you are fine with a regular width board but any bigger than a 10 you should consider a wider board. The confusion being that K2's boots notoriously run small...so their size 11s are more like a 10...

I'm buying online or else this would be a non-issue in a store where I could try the set-up first...but prices are good right now.

04-10-2012, 06:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
scotty100 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: San Francisco Posts: 202	What width of board if size of boots varies by make? Hi - first post, long time lurker... More or less decided to buy a K2 raygun. I'm 6' around 200lbs and looking at either a 159 or 161 board length. I'm tempted to also buy K2 bindings and boots but not 100% sure. If I do buy K2 boots/bindings how does the size of their boots affect the width of the board I'm buying? I ask because K2 boots usually run small and I have to wear an 11 in them. However, not so with Burton or any other boot maker. Then I'm more like a 10. So here's my dilemma - if I buy K2 boots in a size 11 does that mean I should go with a wider raygun or if I decide on Burton boots and end up in a size 10 does that mean I can get a regular width board? thanks for any advice!!! Scotty.

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04-10-2012, 07:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
scotty100 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: San Francisco Posts: 202	Ok thanks - I'm a little confused because "conventional wisdom" has it that up to size 10 you are fine with a regular width board but any bigger than a 10 you should consider a wider board. The confusion being that K2's boots notoriously run small...so their size 11s are more like a 10... I'm buying online or else this would be a non-issue in a store where I could try the set-up first...but prices are good right now.