K2 Overdraft Snowboard Boots Review

Hello and welcome to my K2 Overdraft snowboard boot review.

In this review I will take a look at the Overdraft as freestyle snowboard boots.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Overdraft a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how they compare with other freestyle boots.

Overall Rating

Boots: K2 Overdraft

Price: $279 (USD recommended retail)

Style: Freestyle

Other Uses: All-Mountain

Flex Rating: Medium (5/10)

Flex Feel: Medium (5/10)

Rating Score: 91.5/100

Compared to other Freestyle Boots

Overview of the Overdraft’s Specs

Check out the tables for the Overdraft’s specs and available sizes.

SPECS

SIZING

Who are the Overdraft Most Suited to?

The Overdraft are most suited to park riders and all-mountain freestyle riders who like good board feel but still with good shock absorption. And for more casual all-mountain riders who don't carve too aggressively/bomb too hard. They can handle it, but stiffer boots would be more optimal, if that's what you're doing as your staple. 

A little stiff for most beginners, but for bigger riders or those who are particularly strong/athletic, they could work for beginners. 

Best matched to boards in the 3/10 to 6/10 flex range and even better for 4/10 to 5/10 flexing boards, IMO. 

The Overdraft in More Detail

O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Overdraft are capable of.

Demo Info

Boots: K2 Overdraft 2025

Size: 10.0 (US Men's Sizing)

Date: January 8, 2025

Flex

To begin with they felt like they were a touch stiffer than my control boots, but that softened down to more like a 5.5 after initial testing. They settled to around a 5/10 after a few days riding, and stayed pretty consistent there for the season, I would say. 

Easy of Entry/Lacing Up

After loosening all the laces it was pretty easy to get my feet into the Overdraft, right out of the box. Once my feet were in things were snug, but just the right snugness, not too tight. 

For the on-snow test, I found them a little more effort to get my feet in, but not too bad, and I I may not have been quite as patient with really loosening off the laces either. 

Liner

My first impression of the liner was that it felt pretty plush. 

It doesn't have a liner lacing harness. It does have two Velcro attachments at the top that go over the tongue (with no chance of overlapping, at least not for me - and even with the thinnest legs I don't think you'd have any issues with it overlapping) that help snug it up around the shin. Then it's just the liner ankle harness that’s tightened using the BOA. That makes it a little easier/faster to lace up than if it did have the lacing harness, but would be nice to have both. 

With just the Velcro and the boa ankle harness heel hold isn’t quite as good as my control boots, when they have just the liner lacing harness/Velcro done up. I could get a little more heel hold by cranking the BOA a bit more. However that added to the achilles pressure I was already getting with them.

Shell

The shell has a power strap for around the top of the top tongue and traditional lacing. Doing this up did increase that heel hold quite noticeably. To a point that felt as good as my control boots for heel hold. 

Traditional lacing takes a little longer than speed lacing and more physical effort than BOA, so that adds to the time, but it also allows you the best adjustability, IMO. 

Then the power strap just allows you to get things a little tighter around the shin, which I like for the support it offers for toe side carves. 

Boot to Foot Fit

Length:

My toes were just touching the edges. The slightest bit of pressure, but nothing that was uncomfortable and that pressure went away pretty quickly with wear. They pull away from the ends a bit when bending knees into a more athletic stance. 

The tops of my toes had a good bit of wiggle room, without feeling too loose - a good fit there, as I like to be able to wiggle my toes a little and find that my feet tend to cramp a bit if I can't. 

Width:

Definitely not wide but also definitely not narrow. There was a little less room for my forefoot than in my control boots, but no pressure on the sides of my fore-foot or anythiing. I would say medium/average width for sure.

In-Step: 

Very little pressure on my in-step but nice and snug. Whatever pressure was there felt nice and evenly spread. And notably, the tongue didn't fold (at least very minimally) into a pressure point when leaning into them – so I felt they had good articulation from the get go. 

Around Ankles: 

I found there was a little bit of pressure at the bottom of the inner ankle, but nothing major. It increased a bit when really cranking the BOA to get better heel hold, but still never got to a point of being painful, but a little uncomfortable.

I did find that there was some Achilles heel pressure. Enough that I considered it uncomfortable, but not majorly so. Not enough to have me dying to take them off or anything.

On-Snow Test day: The fit felt largely similar, which is typical of course, but pressure on the top of my right foot and the inner ankle of my right ankle was a little more pronounced, but still nothing that was too bad. And both eased as I rode in them more. 

True to Size? 

I would say yes. I'm typically a 10 and these were good in a 10. My initial impression was that they were perfect in the 10 - and definitely couldn't go any smaller, but would also not go bigger, knowing that they'd pack out a bit over time.

And that suspicion was confirmed after riding them. After riding, they felt like they would be too big in a 10.

In ended up using these as my new test boots for 25-26 board and bindings testing and after riding in them for a season, I'd say the 10 was the right call. Could maybe squeeze into a 9.5 at a stretch, but would have been a longer break in period and may have been a fairly tough first 10-15 days in them.  

Boot to Binding Fit

Heel width: They fit easily into the heel cup of my control bindings. There was a little bit of space for them to move side to side, when not strapped up, but not heaps and they were good and snug when strapped up.  

Toe width: A good amount of space either side, without it being too much space. 

Ankle Strap: I found I needed to increase the strap length by 1 hole to have them fit more optimally. They fit in at the settings my control boots were in, but to be more ideal, they needed to be lengthened by a little bit. 

Toe Strap: Fit really well where it was already. I couldn’t notice any difference between it and the toe strap on my control boots.

Shock Absorption

In-House Stomp Test: They felt like they absorbed shock and the sound and feel was very similar in dampness to my control boots. Really decent overall. 

On-Snow: Again, they felt very similar to my control boots. Hard to tell any difference between them. Overall, absorbed shock and chatter better than the average boot, in my experience, but not up there with the best shock absorbers. 

Board Feel

I found the board feel in these boots to be really decent. They felt good when initiating ollies, pressing, tweaking grabs and on rails, etc. 

Carving

They were decent enough for carves and felt similar to my control boots in this respect. They're not the kind of boots that are going to give you all the support you'll ever need for high speed, high angle carves or anything, but for moderate speed carves, they were fine. 

Slow Speed Response

Really decent for shorter/sharper turns at slower speeds. Again, they're not like top-tier in this area, but they strike a good balance between higher speed carving and slow speed response, slightly favoring slower speeds. 

Adjustability

A good amount of adjustability in these boots that should allow most to dial in a good fit, so long as the initial fit is pretty good. With traditional lacing, you can really dial in how you want them fit across all areas of your feet/ankles/shins, which I really like - and worth the extra time that traditional laces take. 

Another thing I like about their adjustability is the BOA method for tightening the liner. It’s super easy to do – and because there's no need to open out the shell to do it, it's fast and easy to do on the fly. 

It also has a power strap for the shell, which allows you to get a more snug fit around the shins, if you need it. I found that I made use of this more and more as I rode in them, to keep that tongue to shin gap to a minimum. 

I think it would be 5, if not for the fact that it doesn’t have that liner lacing harness as well as the BOA for the liner – and also because there aren't any extra things, like tongue stiffeners,  heel hold kit or anything like that.

Comfort

There was some Achilles heel pressure, some inner ankle pressure, just on my right ankle, and a little bit of in-step pressure, mostly on my right foot. But it was all pretty mild and got better with time. 

After riding them for a season, they got even more comfortable naturally. 

Heel Hold

Overall really good but I have found that they do tend to loosen a bit as you ride in them. Thankfully it's really easy to give a bit of a turn on the BOA to re-tighten them and it just becomes a ritual you do as you strap in at the top of the chairlift. 

This is another area, though, that I think they would benefit from having a traditional lacing harness in there, in addition to that BOA harness.  

Reduced Footprint

Low profile isn't something that I've associated with K2 in general and I've found that their length tends to be on the longer side. But these seem to be an exception to that and I found them quite low profile. They measured 2.6cm longer than their mondopoint and had a slightly above average toe bevel. 

Traction/Sole Quality

The sole quality feels nice. Feels like all rubber and feels grippy. K2 tend to do nice soles, in my experience. Tread depth is average. A little deeper there's a decent amount of pattern variety.

After looking at specs, it confirmed that they're a rubber sole.

After riding in them, walking around carparks, etc, for a season, they've held up really well - can hardly tell the sole has been used, apart from how dirty they are! 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.

I really enjoyed my time testing the Overdraft. So much so, that I opted to use these as my control boots for my 25-26 snowboard and bindings testing. 

They performed really well over all the categories that we test for and they've held up well over a season of riding too. 

Perhaps the best praise for these boots is that they are really reasonable price-wise and their value-to-cost is through the roof, IMO.