Wakeboard Bindings Hurt Feet after Riding?

[Evening Shade]

I have Ronix Preston bindings that are the proper size. They are very comfortable when I first put them on, but after riding for a while my feet begin to "burn". When I say burn I mean the kind of muscle burn you get when lifting weights. This also happens when my 14 year old step son wears these bindings. I've never had this happen with any other bindings and am curious if anyone else has experienced this?

[Dgee]

Could just be that the bindings are a poor fit for your feet, while they might be comfortable when first putting them on that doesn't necessarily translate to how they'll feel when riding.

Sounds to me like you have what most of us would refer to as snowboarders foot. Does your whole foot hurt or just a specific area?

First thing I'd do is take a look at how your stance is setup on the board, a change in stance could greatly improve your discomfort.

[swatguy]

Have you heat molded them yet? That will usually take the pressure points off. Solid advice on stance also mentioned just above

[trip33]

Same here. My arches burn/ache. Ronix One boots. Have not had them molded yet. Stance toes out slightly on both feet. I thought is was just because I don't ride as often as I used to.

[Evening Shade]

They haven’t been molded. I didn’t even know they could be molded. How can I get them molded?

I have the stance the same as on my other board with older Byerly bindings which don’t cause the burn.

trip33 I agree with you. I thought it was because I don’t ride as much. I’m mostly the boat driver since the kids have gotten into it so much. I would have just thought I was out of riding shape until my 14 year old step son said how much the Preston bindings hurt his feet.

[swatguy]

Most shops have a machine , similar to a snowboard boot heater , Sticknem
on the machine ( basically a well regulated hair dryer) for 10-12 minutes , then lace them up snug with pair of thin socks on , socks becaue they will be warm and it also helps your foot slide in better as well. The shop should also have a toe cap option ( that you put on your toes before you put sock on ) gets you touch more room in toe should you need it. The Fit is night and day after the molding proces.

[Evening Shade]

Most shops have a machine , similar to a snowboard boot heater , Sticknem
on the machine ( basically a well regulated hair dryer) for 10-12 minutes , then lace them up snug with pair of thin socks on , socks becaue they will be warm and it also helps your foot slide in better as well. The shop should also have a toe cap option ( that you put on your toes before you put sock on ) gets you touch more room in toe should you need it. The Fit is night and day after the molding proces.

My Preston bindings are a couple years old so I’m not sure they have the heat mold technology. I think they are 2015 or 2016 models. I got them from The House last year and they were discounted heavily so they must have been the previous year model.

The description on The House website doesn’t mention heat moldable.

[swatguy]

The Preston’s have the stage 3 liner. It’s not heat modleable necessary , it’s marketed as a non heat modleable liner because it uses a much harder foam theor their high end bindings . You can still heat them on the machine and it should help a bit. It won’t ruin them , they just won’t mold as good. It’s part of what keeps the cost down . Ronix has had heat modleable specific liners since their inception in 2006 . They brought them to the forefront. The fact that the Preston doesn’t use their higher end softer , heat specific liner is probably the reason for the pressure points. It’s a much stiffer harder liner , again though heating them
wil help a bit. But may not give you as much relief as you need. Worth trying , but that’s not part of the price point for the Preston’s.

[Evening Shade]

swatguy Man you are really a wealth of knowledge about gear. You are better than a company rep because you seem to know about all the different brands. Thanks for the info.

[Tom_H]

If you wanted to mold at home, I'm sure the rice bag method used for Intuition liners in ski boots would work just fine.

[Evening Shade]

If you wanted to mold at home, I'm sure the rice bag method used for Intuition liners in ski boots would work just fine.

I'm not familiar with this. What is the rice bag method?

[tachudda]

This sounds like every first set of the day I do wake or snowboarding. I always just do a short one to warm up my feet/get the cramps out, then the rest of the day I'm good

[Tom_H]

I'm not familiar with this. What is the rice bag method?

Check out this link. Essentially toss rice in a clean sock or stocking, heat it up in the microwave, and stuff it in the boot for a while. Then when the boot is sufficiently warm, you can yank out the rice, put your foot in (with a sock and toe-cap if preferred), tighten it up, and hang out for a while. It basically does the same thing a heater or liner over would do, just a bit easier to do at home. I've done this with all my heat moldable downhill ski boots, and it works great. I just don't know a ton about how moldable the prestons are, so it might take a little trial and error with heating times. If you want some extra toe room molded in, wrap your toes with gauze/paper towels/etc. and put a sock on over that before you shove your foot into the warm boot (it's common practice to do a toe cap of some sort). It's worth a try if you don't have any shops with the blower in your area.

[swatguy]

swatguy Man you are really a wealth of knowledge about gear. You are better than a company rep because you seem to know about all the different brands. Thanks for the info.

Unfortunately it shows my age. Been in the sport for a long long time. Used to compete ....used to be Centurion boat sales rep. Lots of gear changes and what not. I will say I haven’t kept up on new boats as much as I used too. I used to know every wake characteristic of every boat, all their pros and cons of every model , but around 2013 I stopped keeping tabs. Just got out of my price range . I still drool tho, and hope to own a GS series one day

[swatguy]

Check out this link. Essentially toss rice in a clean sock or stocking, heat it up in the microwave, and stuff it in the boot for a while. Then when the boot is sufficiently warm, you can yank out the rice, put your foot in (with a sock and toe-cap if preferred), tighten it up, and hang out for a while. It basically does the same thing a heater or liner over would do, just a bit easier to do at home. I've done this with all my heat moldable downhill ski boots, and it works great. I just don't know a ton about how moldable the prestons are, so it might take a little trial and error with heating times. If you want some extra toe room molded in, wrap your toes with gauze/paper towels/etc. and put a sock on over that before you shove your foot into the warm boot (it's common practice to do a toe cap of some sort). It's worth a try if you don't have any shops with the blower in your area.

Pretty much spot on