Kick pedals for clown feet people

[AussieShannon]

G'day all

Long time watcher, first time poster (yeah whatever lol)

I am a pretty tall guy and unfortunately have size 15 feet (american I think) which has always given me a lot of grief when it come to heel toe. I have good speed without using that technique but would love to be able to do it.

I have tried searching online for longer pedals and have only come up with Axis Longboards (bit too pricey for me - would like something a little cheaper).

Does anyone know of any models that are unusally long, or better yet are made for people with rediculous clown feet like me? To give you an idea, I currently play a Tama Starclassic birch 7 piece kit with duel driven DW pedal. Hopefully if I can find a suitably long pedal I can get it in double kick style which I am wanting to learn to play.

I have looked at the Vruk as well, and initially that seems like a good idea too.

Any thoughts / pearls of wisdom?

Cheers.

Shannon

[CycleDude]

Welcome to DC, Shannon.

The Axis longboards are the only ones I know of, but the big foot pedal question does come up pretty often so I'm sure someone can help.

[pastor_bob]

Welcome to Drum Chat AussieShannon!

I am afraid I'm with CycleDude on this one. I only know about the Axis Longboards. I am sure that you are not the only drummer that faces this problem, though, so there must be other solutions out there.

[fiacovaz]

Hi Shannon and welcome to the Forum. Actually, there was a similar posting several months ago about this very same thing. I recall my response that you might want to adjust your drum throne height and relative seating distance behind the drum set so that you can find a spot or position that will make it more comfortable for your feet.

[bassist learning drums]

Welcome Shannon! Size 15??? Frank made good sense for you.

[Beetbox]

The Trick Pro V Bigfoot pedals are more expensive but are the only other choice. Perrsonally heel toe isnt wurth it too me because i can go fast without it.

[AussieShannon]

Thanks for the advice guys (should have done a search for posts on it myself lol). Seems as though it is something brought up often. I am overseas at the moment (Army deployment) but when I get home I will definitely be checking out those Trick Pro Bigfoot pedals, and also that Vruk i mentioned. Will give you guys an update on what I find!

Cheers,

Shannon

[crazymanwithaplunger]

if i remember right i saw a vid on youtube of tim waterson addressing this issue, with some sort of attachment that goes with most pedals that will extand the board. i'm at work atm - so can't do much searching, but if i remember later i'll see if i can track it down again. i saw it a couple of years back though....

[Zeta]

I believe the gibraltar catapult has a pretty long footboard, maybe look at those, im not sure but it seemed pretty long when i played it.

[crazymanwithaplunger]

Here it is - the vruk, as already mentioned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpYywYWSF0o

[ratmycue]

Nice find crazy man, thx for that. very very interesting, see guy's, this site and its members is the tops. dont sit back and look join in .

[Norske]

Hey AS, Welcome to Drum Chat!!

I think you might also try the Pearl Powershifter Elminator pedals.....they really offer some adjustability options. I wear a size 13 shoe and they're fine for me, but then again I play heel UP.

That would be a much less expensive option if you're comfortable with them.

[MetalMan1992]

I have the same problem . My feet are size 13 adult am i'm still growing.

[insane-asylum]

i just looked at the vruk and it looks pretty awesome. go to the actual vruk website i think its like vrukpedals.com or something and look at the demonstrations thing its pretty cool what u can do with them
all the best