How to Choose Snowboarding Boots for Men

Video Transcript

" Okay so in this session we going to be introducing you to a typical guys snowboarding boot. As you can see right here this is a lace up system boot where there's a inner layer that has a lacing system that's on the inside that you're going to want to make tight first and then you'll go through and lace up the outer layer. This allows so you have more control by lacing up the different levels of the boot. You can go to personal preference lacing up depending so it fits on your actual leg to your body type. So what you want to do like I said is lace up the inside liner first making sure that everything fits really well and then you want to go through you don't need to unlace the lower part of it but the top where it has these lace boots right here where you can take the laces off easily. What you want to do is loosen up and loosen the boot all the way before you put your foot in. When trying on boots it's really important that you don't get boots too tight so your toes are pushed up against the front. But don't want them too loose so you heel is lifting out of the back. If you have heel lift it's going to make for a really uncomfortable time snowboarding plus it's going to make it so you are not going to be able to control your board as well because your heel is going to be lifting up out of the back when what should be happening when you are going over on your toes lifting your heels up is the board going with you not your heel lifting out of your boot. So pretty much those are the key things that you want to be thinking about is making sure they fit well, making sure you're comfortable. Not too big so that you are getting heel lift, not too small so your toes are being crammed up against the front. And you want to make sure you are trying a few different boots. Boots are made differently from one company to the next for different size feet and different widths. Certain boots are going to fit your feet a lot more comfortably than other boots so you want to go to your shop and try a few of them on. Even rent some for a few times, try the different brands try the different models and stuff like that just so you know exactly what you like before you go and purchase something. And that is pretty much a run through on the basic guys snowboarding boot."