J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by cem

pressure under the ball of the foot and or on the outside edge of the foot can be caused by several things, the most commont being tightness in the calf muscles... come on guys remember we spend 50 ish weeks of the year in trainers and now you are putting boots on for a practice before the 1-2 weeks when you will wear them in anger.. calf stretches all round me thinks ) especially if all has been good for a while

as for how you can improve fit, then that comes down to how the basic fit is in the first place, the minimum improvment could be a footbed, but it may be that ou need the footbed, and loads of stretching/grinding of the shell to get the optimum fit... bare in mind that if they are too big it is all in vain... chaeck out posts on shell check ( placing foot in empty shell) if there is more than about 25 mm then they are really big... 10-25 mm is optimum for performance to the upper end of that if comfort is a concern .... 8-12 race fit 13-19 performance 20-25 comfort any more bucket

Nick,

pretty much all the decent stores in the nottigham area have shut up shop (unless someone can come up with one I don't know about)

closest near by would be lockwoods in leamington, i am a bit further south in Bicester but we are fully booked until the 17th december (probably later by the end of monday)

never leave this to the last minute :shock:

Dave, flying in from inverness or edinburgh has been quite the rage this season, had one from cape town last year :D

Bandit, there are still ways to do the chamonix thing, but a trip to www.thebootroom.fr is where it is at..so place to mont blanc rather than cham sud to get the good guys )

not sure if i responded to this much earlier on but i don't have time to read 13 pages right now

the shell check is most certainly not out dated unless you own/work for a shop who does not take boot fitting seriously, i was told a year ago by one shop owner that he didn't shell check as when you had been fitting boots as long as he had you knew how they all fit

anyway, a UK size 5 is around 24.0/24.5 in direct old school mondo, but most of the boots these days are so oversized that to get any kind of fit you end up going down one shell size looking for something between 10mm really tight) and 25mm (very generous) behind the heel with your toes brushing ther front of the shell (liners removed)

be wary about threatening leagal action, the sale of goods act is there to protect you but also the retailer, novice or not YOU left the store with the boots therefore you are deemed to have accepted them, all they have to do is prove that they followed a proceedure (may not be the right proceedure) and trading standards will support them, i had this situation when a client was less than truthful about their ability a few years ago, the boot was the correct size but they had pain, only after a long battle did we find that the 14 weeks thay had written on their fitting chart (and signed for) actually meant 14 hours at an indoor slope...they couldn't even bend the boot far enough not to be in the back seat.

did the shop use a fit card, we use them all the tiem to protect the customer and ourselves it is a written record of what was done, the shell check, why it was done etc etc.

do the shell check, if it is outside the parameters shown, return the boots and ask (nicely) for a full refund as the boot is not suitable due to its size, then go and find a boot fitter rather than a seller

good luck

JoJo,

welcome to the mad house... the place you are looking to go is about as good as it gets in that resort, get an appointment before you go sorted with Dave... as has been said get what fits your foot not the colour that you like

good luck

if they feel ok as they are, heating will make little difference (especially if you are doing it yourself without the correct heater

do you have something against bootfitters ????

the conformable insole supplied in the B90 is not a mouldable one, it is a step in product which conforms (a little) to the foot when you stand on it... the heat moulding in the liners of that boot is also minimal and if it has been moulded once / or has been skied in then it will do very little to adjust further than it will with skiing so heating it will be pretty pointless (it will feel lovely and warm and fluffy when you do it but it won't achieve much)

BTW they are meant to be heated on a boot liner heater (like a giant hair drier) not put in the oven

sued

there should be a boot out there which will match your foot or be close to it, without seeing your foot i will not say which one it is but without going into a race boot the full tilt boots may be a good place to start...they are low volume in both width and instep height...as to if this is correct it depends on many factors,

if your foot is hanging (no weight on it) is there an arch, does this arch dissapear when you stand? or is there no arch at any time... if the foot is flexible and pronated (ie arch which dissapears on weight bearing) then the foot may just need to be well supported on a good insert (like the ones they are making for you but made specifically for skiing)if the foot is flat with or without weight then the intuition liner in the full tilt boot or a similar low volume boot may suffice in terms of support, normally i like to have the foot supported on a good orthotic footbed but for some people the thick soft bottom of the intuition is a great fit

hope this helps a bit

the 23.5 is most likely the correct size but the foot needs to be stabilized in the boot to stop it from elongating and the toes hitting the end, rental boots tend to be high volume and this is probably what allows your foot to slide forward making it appear too small

unless you are looking for a very high performance boot then the krypton storm is proably the ideal model of the range..but as always without seeing your foot ???????