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Boot recommendation for wider foot (coming from 32 TM2')

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#1 ·
Hi!

I am riding the 32 TM2's for quite some time now, but keep getting a lot of pain.
I recently discovered that I need wider shoes for hiking, and all other sports, so this will be the case for snowboarding also.

Appart from the pain it keeps giving me after half a day riding, I really love everything about the boot. That's why I have kept riding them for too long :p

I remember my very first boot, they were old Northwaves. And they were fitting really well. But the ones I had back then were way to soft.

Can anyone recommend a Northwave boot that has the same flex and feel as the TM2's?
Read some good things about the Decade's and the Domain's, but I have no idea how they compare to the TM2's when they brake in after a few days/weeks.


Cheers!
 
#2 ·
Wiredsport will be here shortly for some pictures and measurements of your feet. :)

However, you have a few choices for wide feet, some had success with each of them.

1) Burton Ruler Wide
2) Adidas Tactical Adv, most of their boots are wider
3) DC Judge

I personally tried all three above and Adidas fit my feet better but your experience might be different. It's best to get the correct measurements for your feet and then go try some boots on. Good luck...
 
#8 ·
Wired asked me to post this directly in this thread, so it might help other people as well:


I do a lot of backpack hiking, and kept getting the same pain I have wile snowboarding.
So I recently went to a specialist. The pain is caused by a nerve entrapment between the bones of my toes in my left foot. But not a severe one, so on normal days or normal activities I do not experience any pain. It will only occur after almost 2 hours or more of intense pressure on the feet. (like hiking or snowboarding)
And it is caused when my toes or the front of my foot is getting slightly pressed together.
But when it occurs the pain builds up to an amount that it ruins the activity completely.

The specialist said that my feet are not that super wide, but I only comfortably fit in a wide shoe.
He also made a sole that spread my toes better.

After a few hikes on that new wide shoes, with the new soles, I experienced almost no pain.

So that is why I would like some wide snowboard shoes. Unfortunately the specialist could not help me with snowboarding shoes.

So I am hoping that you can recommend some shoes. I live in the Netherlands, so I will have to find a dealer/shop nearby that sells those particular ones.

Here are the measurements:

Left foot:
length: 27cm
Width: 10,2cm

Right foot:
length: 27,4
Width: 10,5cm


Thanks in advance!
 
#9 ·
105 mm Wide at 274 mm long is an EE width. An EE foot in a "normal" width boot can/will cause significant pain, even without a nerve issue. 274 mm is 275 Mondo in snowboard boots (size 9.5). Only the Burton Ruler Wide is currently designed for feet over E width (designed for EEE).

STOKED!

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#13 · (Edited)
great questions, I like burton just fine but I've always been in tm2 last few years I'm also curious about the flex of the ruler, i was hoping to step up to a stiffer boot this year. at the minimum its gotta be at least as stiff as a tm2 i could put up with that.

(i'm gonna go research this boot a little)

edit: also does the ruler come in multiple configs? or is it always an eee?
 
#14 ·
The Ruler Wide is a Mid flex boot. There are two models of Ruler (Ruler and Ruler Wide).

A lot of riders with wide feet (sadly) begin by answering their width requirement by going to a boot that is too long. Boot width increases with length so they keep trying on larger sizes until they have satisfied their width need. This works very poorly as the extra length makes it impossible for the boot to do it's job, regardless of the quality of the boot. Soooooo, they then start to look for stiffer boots to give the some semblance of support (which it never will).

Many riders find that once they have downsized to their mondopoint size in a boot that correctly matches their width, that they no longer need an ultra stiff boot.

STOKED!
 
#15 ·
After doing my measurements via wiredsport method and looking at the chart, I sized down from 9.5 to 8.5.

I tried ruler wide in 8.5 and adidas tactical adv in 8.5. The adidas was wider and no pain. I had pain with ruler wide in same size.

There is a thread around here somewhere about adidas boots and how many found salvation with them. Me included.
 
#17 ·
I had some 32's (307) and they killed my feet, got into some Northwave Decades and I'm now on my second pair. I do like a stiff boot and the Decades are excellent. I don't even have break in pains with the Northwaves they fit my feet like no other boot I have tried. I would have probably got the Domains if I could find them at the time, but I am plenty happy with the Decades. Not sure how they compare to the TM2's but I consider those and the Decades to be top tier boots and they will all perform how you expect.

For reference I ride at at Revelstoke and charge hard, ride powder and trees and catch the occasional air.