At the end of a day long kayak trip, I found the balls of my feet temporarily very sore. (wore thick soled Chotas). Several kayakers showed me their cockpits with pegs removed and filled with foam, as a remedy. I also looked over the webshots of members here that have done such.
I am hesitant to do this for four reasons . . . I vary my footpeg distance based on seasonal footwear used, I may install a bulkhead footpump, I like the stretching room between pegs when needed, and I sometimes swap boats.
Quite simply, are there ready-made gel-like pads to adhere to my Werner pegs? Might it be as simple as just adhering some cut mini-cell blocks to the pegs?
MiniCell I took pieces of MiniCell foam, cut them to the size of my footbraces, cut them at an angle and then contact cemented them to the footbraces. Actually made a huge difference in foot and knee pain I was having.
Still plan on taking them out and installing foam braces against the Bulkhead. Seems to be the Ultimate option…
Bulkhead padding… …does not need to block access to room between the pegs or prevent adjustment. You can use separate foot pads glued to a thin backing and can change the position by inserting or removing 1/2" or 1/4" layers of padding. There are pics of various bulkhead footrest arrangements in my Webshots albums at: