Custom fitted boots....but on a budget!

Thanks cem.
I have to say when I tried several boots on, these were the only ones I felt comfortable in, and my toes were touching the front of the lining when I had them on. Sounds to me like the linings are too small for the shell to me.
Onwards and upwards.....

this might be of interest
http://www.ski-review.com/content/view/125/34/
and this
http://www.bootfitters.com/index.html

I'm quite astounded by some of the anti bootfitting sentiment on this thread. To me, I liken getting my ski boots fitted to getting the correct tyres put on my car, or visiting the dentist to get my teeth maintained.
Ski boots are a very foot unfriendly environment and there is no reason why anyone should feel compelled to suffer any pain from their boots. If you want to improve your skiing, you will need boots that fit. When was the last time that you took a look at the inside of a ski boot. Does anyone really have feet shaped like that?

cem is an expert Pedorthist, and he fits all sorts of footwear, for all walks of life.....from Marathon runners to solders. A quick look at his friends list on Facebook is like a who's who of the ski industry, so I guess that there are some skiers who find his skills useful )

bandit wrote:I'm quite astounded by some of the anti bootfitting sentiment on this thread.

I too am a little surprised, but there are some (lucky) people out there who just put a pair of boots on out of the box and they fit and they are comfortable. Comfort, like pain, is completely subjective and therefore cannot really be compared. Its probably not surprising that people have such differing opinions given that there is no common reference point.

The thing about expertise like Cems is that it is often not appreciated until it is needed; and to 'need' it requires an understanding of what is possible.

bandit wrote:I'm quite astounded by some of the anti bootfitting sentiment on this thread. To me, I liken getting my ski boots fitted to getting the correct tyres put on my car, or visiting the dentist to get my teeth maintained.

to be fair that's not a good comparison, it takes 5 years to qualify as a dentist and you need three A levels, 2 A's and a B' in Chemistry and Biology

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:I'm quite astounded by some of the anti bootfitting sentiment on this thread. To me, I liken getting my ski boots fitted to getting the correct tyres put on my car, or visiting the dentist to get my teeth maintained.

to be fair that's not a good comparison, it takes 5 years to qualify as a dentist and you need three A levels, 2 A's and a B' in Chemistry and Biology

Maybe I'm a little tired from skiing hard today, but I'm not sure of the point you are making here. Could you expand a little.

Ise, I thought you were in Scotland?

On a different thread, you mentioned Reinhold Messner. My son interviewed him and did an article, and we are due to see him later in the month in Dundee.

I am intrieged by his Tibetan style South Tyrol castle way of living. And his mountaineering exploits of course!

bandit wrote:
Maybe I'm a little tired from skiing hard today, but I'm not sure of the point you are making here. Could you expand a little.

I may have misunderstood but I *thought* you were making a point about levels of expertise and consulting those experts. Dentists are hugely qualified and there's a high entrance requirement, that mechanic at the dealer will probably have City and Guilds Level 1 and 2 and that'll take a few hundred hours training over about three years before some ongoing professional development.