J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by cem

could be the footbed has distorted with heat or that your calf muscle has tightened up over the past year, very common for this to happen and if the calf is tight you will load the ball of the foot especially the outer edge and get a really annoying pain just like you describe, you may need a bigger heel lift, or the boot stretching.... north of england, have a chat with Graham at Rivington alpine in chorley

DAVEDICKINSON44@GMAIL.COM wrote:
Try them on without the inner and check the clearance is not too much them ski in them for a bit and then go to a a good in resort fitter and get them customised. I always use footworks in Chamonix.

is this in the past or recently, the footworks team has changed recently, the originals are at Sanglard sports, and the team from 5-6 years ago now have Sole

live fit still exixits but the 65 is a rental specific model, you will find Live fit 70, 80, 90 or 120 in various outlets, base the selection on the ability and the body weight of the skier, if you have his stats i can suggest what would work best, but don't go too stiff or too soft for that matter... the 90 is the most popular for anyone other than a low level intermediate and if he is a good parallel skier more than 15 st get the 120

i would second the suggestions of craigdon in perth or Alain Baxter unfortunately there are far too many boot sellers out there rather than boot fitters, the same applies in resorts, there are good guys and bad, the suggestions in Cahmonix are about as good as it gets anywhere but if you are not going there then there are some other good guys in SOME resorts..... biggest thing we see from resort "sold" boots is a size too big simply because you are from the UK so you obviously know nothing about boots and the ones that are a bit big feel great in the store!

shell check is critical if the fitters you have seen have not done this then lock your wallet and leave the shop rapidly, a shell check is the only way to find a truly correct boot, approximately the following should apply (and everyone is different) 10mm race fit, 15mm performance fit, 20mm comfort fit 25mm getting on too big, any more do not buy! (i have people who have 6-7mm of shell fit because their foot shape matches the shell shape precisely and people who have a high volume foot who feel 25mm is too tight at first (foot volume and tolerance will be taken into account by the fitter)

even after 26 years of working on boots we check every foot in every boot we try on..... making a boot bigger is a simple process but it relies on you trusting your fitter can make adjustments to the boot and them guaranteeing their work. there can often be other underlying things that can cause boots to feel wrong.

1 lack of support, if the foot is pronating (collapsing inwards and splaying out) then the boot will feel short and narrow
2 lack of ankle joint flexion, pressure under ball of foot or on outer edge of little toe as the foot tries to compensate for this lack of available flex
3 boot too small, toes crunched into the end (not just touching but really crunched!)
4 boot too big feels lovely and cushy all round the foot when you put it on at first, and like a bucket after a week of skiing

ok so how should it feel

when you put your foot in the boot will fee too short, toes will go right to the end , clip the upper clips first, the one at the ankle really tight to anchor the foot at the back, then flex the boot forwards a couple of times to help seat the heel in tot he heel pocket, now clip the front clips but only lightly ... should feel like a firm handshake all around, the toes may feel a little constricted at first but when you flex you should feel them pull away a bit from the end, still pretty close but not crunched.... a good footbed, and moulding the liners with some toe caps to help stretch them can make all the difference.

make sure you get a footbed of some sort, an off the peg one is fine if budget is tight, but you must stabilise the foot to get the best fit

anyway hopefully that will dispel a few of the myths of what it should feel like

sorry, not seen anything strange yet...... how about this..Rocca Jack in portillo chile

hugh, welcome to the madhouse, i am generally not one for suggesting other websites on forums but for employment in europe your best bet is to have a look at www.natives.com that is where pretty much every job available in ski resorts gets advertised

great boot if it fits your foot, the experience 120 is a rossignol specific last rather than the one they share with Lange the sensor2 120 is a 102mm last so definitely on the wide side of medium (not bucket but not far off) they also as Trencher has said run really big to size, so make sure you shell check for length, width and general volume around the foot

OldAndy wrote:

cem wrote: but hey what do i know

Apparently the present thinking is ....

Do you know the price of milk?
:thumbup:

If you know the price of milk everything else is just fluff.

funny that... i bought some milk yesterday, not got a dam clue how much it was though.... the bread, beer, rice and red peppers all confused me :wink: