mmoore 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 A friend of mine is English guy who's wants to come to board. He gave me his foot measurement...about 30cm in Japanese terms! Apart from renting a couple of kayaks...anybody had any success renting boarding boots this big? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 A surprisingly large number of rental places have boots up to Japanese size 32. They're not great boots but they do the job. Try finding that size in a retail shop though... Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 largest size ive seen in retail shops in tokyo have been around a 28.5 maybe a 29. very limited selection though. Link to post Share on other sites
green 0 Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 28.5 biggest I have seen, Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 As I say, rental places have bigger sizes than retail places. That's probably because the rental places wouldn't be able to survive unless they cater to the whole market and not just a 'safe' subsection of it which is what retail places in Japan seem to do. green, have you actually looked at rental places? (maybe you have...) Link to post Share on other sites
mmoore 0 Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 Well, thanks for the answers guys..looks like the rental places will have big foot gaijin sizes...I'll choose the resort, then check. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
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