New Ski Boots

Hi All,

After skiing for 4 years in a pair of Salomon boots I bought off Ebay for £74 I'm going to invest in a new pair and have them fitted properly.

My plan is to visit Profeet in Fulham and I was going to turn up (with a booking) and literally take advice on everything (i.e. I'll buy the boot they recommend).

Any thoughts/recommendations etc?

Nigel

Sounds a great plan.
Two of my family have done similar, one with pretty standard feet and one with pretty non-standard feet. Both very satisfied!

Go to a ski boot shop. Try a few pairs and buy the most comfortable. If you are not a racer or high end skier, boot fitters are an easy way for fools to be parted from their money!

Brucie wrote:If you are not a racer or high end skier, boot fitters are an easy way for fools to be parted from their money!

Heretic! Burn Him! :lol:

Actually, GPWM... provided you have reasonably normal feet then you should be able to find a suitable boot that will fit "out of the box". That said, you do need to do your research first and to know what a "good fit" feels like in the first place (especially in a new boot, allowing for the liner to pack a little, etc.); for many people a boot-fitter can provide that knowledge and advise which boot models will give the best combination of flex and fit for the individual...

Have only ever heard good things about Profeet though, so you'll get good service. Let us know how you get on and what they put you in?

With my family members the normal footed one was fitted and measured and things free.
Chose custom insoles for a bit more.
The weird footed one paid about £400 (inc boots and insoles) for some weird and wonderful tuning that took 4 hours from start to finish.
They both seemed happy with the service and price.
Mind you - my last boots took me an hour and a half to choose one evening in resort when my old ones decided to die after the first day (and only 15 years old!!) - been lovely for the last 5 weeks.

Thanks for all the comments guys. I chose Profeet as they fitted my Wife's boots a few years back, she has a ridiculously high instep and getting boots off was often accompanied by screeches of agony - she now has some Nordica boots which are amazing and pain free compared to anything she owned before.

I think I'll go for the fitted option on the basis that I ski about once per year and intend these boots to last a very long time, I do agree that I could probably walk into a pair a la the Ebays I have but I'm feeling extravagant. Not skiing 'til March but will update when I get something sorted, hopefully Feb'

Thanks again
Nige

Whatever you choose to do I'd get some custom fitted insoles, if you haven't already got some.

I hated my custom fitted insoles. Am I alone?

By mid afternoon I would be getting really fatigued legs and painful aching feet. Didn't know to blame the soles until...

one evening I put the soles on top of a warm radiator to dry (not realising how hot the radiator would become later) and by morning my insoles had completely distorted.

Luckily I'd kept the original soles in my boot bag and so put them back in and had the best day skiing, and I've never had the aching feet since.

Just saying.