Ski Boot Fitting in Austria

Hi to all

I have been reading a thread (the locked one!!!)on ski boot fitting and was hoping to get some help. I live in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (think ski Dubai) and will be trveling to Kitzbuhel with OH and kids this year again for our annual ski trip. There is absolutely nowhere here I can buy ski boots and I have been hiring them for the past couple of years but do not want agony again this year with my toes going numb and cramping!!!!! Never seems to bother my husbands feet?

I would like to purchase a pair of ski boots and have them fitted while there. Does anyone know of a good boot shop in Kitzbuhel or do I have to go to these guys below (saw it on another forum)

Austria (Tirol):

Schuhsport Leitner
Sämerhof 46
A-6621 Bichlbach


www.schuhsport-leitner.at
0043 (0) 5674 5306

Auer Herbert
Brenner Str 59
6150 Steinach am Brenner
Tel.: +43(5272)6313
Fax: +43(5272)6313-5
Email: info@herbertauer.at


Thanks in advance for any advice

Hi.

I haven't been to Kitzbuhel, but I can't beleive that there won't be a good selection of ski-shops to choose from.

Just find someone with a bit of experience. Don't buy on colour!! Do allow plenty of time (a couple of hours) and do wear your ski socks. Also, be honest about your ability, how and where you like to ski.

Boots should be pretty snug when you buy them. Be prepared to allow a couple of good days use before they start to feel "right."

You can read some very useful tips on boot buying and fitting on the Snow and Rock and Ellis Brigham websites, plus others I can't recall.


I hope this helps and you get sorted - painful feet aren't funny.

just remember shape is everything, it is as important as size, a boot with too much voluke will allow your foot to slide around side to side wich is almost as bad as front to back.

1 make sure the shop shell checks the boot....12-25mm [dependant on your fit preference]behind the heel toe tickling the front of the shell....3-6mm side to side motion with your foot centred in the shell.

2 footbeds are worth having to stabilize your foot off the peg may be fine custom may be required let the fitter and your foot decide

more soon

busy busy busy

cem wrote:just remember shape is everything, it is as important as size, a boot with too much voluke will allow your foot to slide around side to side wich is almost as bad as front to back.

1 make sure the shop shell checks the boot....12-25mm [dependant on your fit preference]behind the heel toe tickling the front of the shell....3-6mm side to side motion with your foot centred in the shell.

2 footbeds are worth having to stabilize your foot off the peg may be fine custom may be required let the fitter and your foot decide

more soon

busy busy busy

Thanks cem,

After reading the other thread about ski boot fitting I was getting all worried about just going into a ski shop while we are there and perhaps I should go to a specialist. This is our 3rd time to Kitzbuhel and I did not feel that the staff paid enough attention to fitting the boots (I stood watching them last year)

I am an upper intermediate skiier who only returned to skiing 3 years ago after a 10 year absence (busy having children!!) Now the children all ski we want to spend more time on the slopes so hence the need for my own ski boots again. I do suffer terribly (always have when wearing ski boots, roller blades, ice skates etc) with cramps and burning and have been known to almost take off my boots while on the chairlift the pain is so bad. Have tried everything, unbuckling every time I am on a lift, removing boots ever 2 hours to stretch out my feet, big boots, small boots you name it , Iv'e tried it. Luckily I have an undertanding husband who puts up with it!!

Hopefully I can get some boots fitted properly

thx again

with the pains that you are suffering my fist guess is a lack of flexion at your ankle,

there are some stretches and strengthwening exercises on our website, it is a hidden page from the menu
go to the website, in the sig below and add /cp7.php to the end of the address...something here won't let me post the correct link it takes you to the exercise pages

http://www.solutions4feet.com/cp7.php

Hopefully , this is the page you were after linking to for exercises :D

that's the one, not sure what i had done or wasn't allowed to do

another good exercise for the foot and ankle is to try and work up to 1 minute each leg of standing on a Bosu on one foot...good for the lower calves and muscles in the instep