Every US traveller has noticed that Americans don't like the metric system very much. In the SUP sector, however, board length, width and often also thickness are commonly specified in feet and inches - just as they are for surf and wing boards. This is often a little confusing for beginners, but we shed some light on the subject.
How long are feet and inches in centimetres?
- AFoot (ft) corresponds to 30.48 cm, it is divided into 12 inches
- AInch (in) corresponds to 2.54 cm, twelve inches form one foot
The lengths in feet and inches are marked with one or two apostrophes (prime and double prime). For example, nine inches and six inches are written 9'6". Attention: This is not "nine point six" feet, but nine feetplus 6 inches - here you have to rethink a bit from the usual decimal system!
For smaller sizes, such as the width of a board, often only the inches are given.
Table: Convert board lengths from feet to centimetres
When the length of SUP boards is given in feet and inches, many Europeans start doing a lot of mental arithmetic. We have already converted the information in the usual sizes here (rounded to one decimal place):
5 feet
- 5'0" = 152.4 cm
- 5'1" = 155 cm
- 5'2" = 157.5 cm
- 5'3" = 160 cm
- 5'4" = 162.5 cm
- 5'5" = 165.1 cm
- 5'6" = 167.6 cm
- 5'7" = 170.2 cm
- 5'8" = 172.7 cm
- 5'9" = 175.3 cm
- 5'10" = 177.8 cm
- 5'11" = 180.3 cm
6 feet
- 6'0" = 182.9 cm
- 6'1" = 185.4 cm
- 6'2" = 188 cm
- 6'3" = 190.5 cm
- 6'4" = 193 cm
- 6'5" = 195.6 cm
- 6'6" = 198.1 cm
- 6'7" = 200.7 cm
- 6'8" = 203.2 cm
- 6'9" = 205.7 cm
- 6'10" = 208.3 cm
- 6'11" = 210.8 cm
7 feet
- 7'0" = 213.4 cm
- 7'1" = 215.9 cm
- 7'2" = 218.4 cm
- 7'3" = 221 cm
- 7'4" = 223.5 cm
- 7'5" = 226.1 cm
- 7'6" = 228.6 cm
- 7'7" = 231.1 cm
- 7'8" = 233.7 cm
- 7'9" = 236.2 cm
- 7'10" = 238.8 cm
- 7'11" = 241.3 cm
8 feet
- 8'0" = 243.8 cm
- 8'1" = 246.4 cm
- 8'2" = 248.9 cm
- 8'3" = 251.5 cm
- 8'4" = 254 cm
- 8'5" = 256.5 cm
- 8'6" = 259.1 cm
- 8'7" = 261.6 cm
- 8'8" = 264.2 cm
- 8'9" = 266.7 cm
- 8'10" = 269.2 cm
- 8'11" = 271.8 cm
9 feet
- 9'0" = 274.3 cm
- 9'1" = 276.9 cm
- 9'2" = 279.4 cm
- 9'3" = 281.9 cm
- 9'4" = 284.5 cm
- 9'5" = 287 cm
- 9'6" = 289.6 cm
- 9'7" = 292.1 cm
- 9'8" = 294.6 cm
- 9'9" = 297.2 cm
- 9'10" = 299.7 cm
- 9'11" = 302.3 cm
10 feet
- 10'0" = 304.8 cm
- 10'1" = 307.3 cm
- 10'2" = 309.9 cm
- 10'3" = 312.4 cm
- 10'4" = 315 cm
- 10'5" = 317.5 cm
- 10'6" = 320 cm
- 10'7" = 322.6 cm
- 10'8" = 325.1 cm
- 10'9" = 327.7 cm
- 10'10" = 330.2 cm
- 10'11" = 332.7 cm
11 feet
- 11'0" = 335.3 cm
- 11'1" = 337.8 cm
- 11'2" = 340.4 cm
- 11'3" = 342.9 cm
- 11'4" = 345.4 cm
- 11'5" = 348 cm
- 11'6" = 350.5 cm
- 11'7" = 353.1 cm
- 11'8" = 355.6 cm
- 11'9" = 358.1 cm
- 11'10" = 360.7 cm
- 11'11" = 363.2 cm
12 feet
- 12'0" = 365.8 cm
- 12'1" = 368.3 cm
- 12'2" = 370.8 cm
- 12'3" = 373.4 cm
- 12'4" = 375.9 cm
- 12'5" = 378.5 cm
- 12'6" = 381 cm
- 12'7" = 383.5 cm
- 12'8" = 386.1 cm
- 12'9" = 388.6 cm
- 12'10" = 391.2 cm
- 12'11" = 393.7 cm
13 feet
- 13'0" = 396.2 cm
- 13'1" = 398.8 cm
- 13'2" = 401.3 cm
- 13'3" = 403.9 cm
- 13'4" = 406.4 cm
- 13'5" = 408.9 cm
- 13'6" = 411.5 cm
- 13'7" = 414 cm
- 13'8" = 416.6 cm
- 13'9" = 419.1 cm
- 13'10" = 421.6 cm
- 13'11" = 424.2 cm
