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ETA: I've now moved on to Risport, but will leave the below post for anyone who might find it helpful!
If you have Riedell skates, what size do you buy in their skates and what is your street shoe size?
The background -- I'm looking at the Riedell Crystal skate and I wanted to get a "check" on sizing by seeing how their sizes typically compare to street shoe sizes.
For regular street shoes, I'm a very consistent 8.5 B/Medium. I'll go down to a size 8 for cowboy boots and I'll go up to a size 9 for running shoes that I want a looser fit for, but that's the extent I'll vary from a size 8.5.
From measuring my foot, the size chart seems to indicate a size 7. Does that sound right?
For width, the size chart indicates I'm a wide, but I'm reluctant to go with that measurement. I want a narrower skate than the Jackson skate I currently have, and it just seems off. The Riedell skates come in 6 widths, and it just seems unlikely I'm the widest (C on their chart). For comparison, in ballet pointe shoes which I'm more familiar with, my current shoe comes in 11 widths, and I wear the 5th widest (meaning they make 4 shoes narrower than my foot, and 6 shoes wider than my foot). Out of the 6 more standard pointe shoe widths, I generally wear the second most narrow. So that measurement is just not passing the gut check (I doubt I have a narrower than average foot for a ballerina but the widest foot for a figure skater), so I'm thinking of ordering the B width instead of the D (the only two options for the Crystal skate).
(I know the proper advice is to go to a professional fitter, but I've done that before and I seem to be unable to communicate effectively with fitters to arrive at a good fit...I have a long history of rejected skates, ski boots, and pointe shoes that I was professionally fitted for by the "best". I do better starting with crowdsourced size information.)
For more background, I'm a dancer who is a competent though infrequent skater, who likes to do basic jumps for fun and wants to start skating more regularly -- I figure skated for a few years as a kid and want to do more skating for some cross training.
Thanks!
If you have Riedell skates, what size do you buy in their skates and what is your street shoe size?
The background -- I'm looking at the Riedell Crystal skate and I wanted to get a "check" on sizing by seeing how their sizes typically compare to street shoe sizes.
For regular street shoes, I'm a very consistent 8.5 B/Medium. I'll go down to a size 8 for cowboy boots and I'll go up to a size 9 for running shoes that I want a looser fit for, but that's the extent I'll vary from a size 8.5.
From measuring my foot, the size chart seems to indicate a size 7. Does that sound right?
For width, the size chart indicates I'm a wide, but I'm reluctant to go with that measurement. I want a narrower skate than the Jackson skate I currently have, and it just seems off. The Riedell skates come in 6 widths, and it just seems unlikely I'm the widest (C on their chart). For comparison, in ballet pointe shoes which I'm more familiar with, my current shoe comes in 11 widths, and I wear the 5th widest (meaning they make 4 shoes narrower than my foot, and 6 shoes wider than my foot). Out of the 6 more standard pointe shoe widths, I generally wear the second most narrow. So that measurement is just not passing the gut check (I doubt I have a narrower than average foot for a ballerina but the widest foot for a figure skater), so I'm thinking of ordering the B width instead of the D (the only two options for the Crystal skate).
(I know the proper advice is to go to a professional fitter, but I've done that before and I seem to be unable to communicate effectively with fitters to arrive at a good fit...I have a long history of rejected skates, ski boots, and pointe shoes that I was professionally fitted for by the "best". I do better starting with crowdsourced size information.)
For more background, I'm a dancer who is a competent though infrequent skater, who likes to do basic jumps for fun and wants to start skating more regularly -- I figure skated for a few years as a kid and want to do more skating for some cross training.
Thanks!
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