Messages posted by : tima
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Thanks Colin. As usual extremely helpful. Now I have just got to find somewhere in Deux alpes that sells them and will give a decent fitting.
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CEM: I wish I could get over an have you fit a pair for me but money and time are running thin. Are the TI100's last years model as I was looking on the Atomic site and could not see the model.
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If you call a beginner someone who has been skiing since they were 8 and done an instructors course a beginner (although not finished due to MCL injury) then yes I am :D I haven't bought a pair of boots for 14 years and was wondering what a decent pair of boots for thin feet were. I am pretty sure that a pair of boots with a last of 100 definately are going to be too big width wise. I didn't overly want to go for a pair of race boots but if that is what is going to give a nice tight fit then that is what I will go for. Thanks for the advice so far though very helpful. |
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Hi
I tried to get some ski boots fitted earlier this week and am having trouble finding boots for my thin feet. I tried on a pair of Lange Banshees which I believe have a last of 98 but they were just a bit too wide (only very fractionally though) and I remeber somebody saying it is easy to make them bigger but making them smaller is a problem. I was recomended the Saloman Falcon CS Pro's as these can be made to have a closer fit. Is there any other options for a performance fit for impossibly thin feet with out going to a race boot? I used to have a pair of Raichle race boots with foam injected inners which were great at the time but have now broken down and don't fit very well. Cheers Tim |
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I only had time to go to Ellis Brigham in the end. I had taken in a lot of what had been said on various threads on here so was fully armed with what I thought he should do.
After he had measured my feet he bought a pair of Lange Banshees out for me to try on. As soon as I put my foot in the shell without the liner I said these are too big and they were (2+ inches at back). He then got a pair of 25.5 out which fitted perfectly length ways (toes just touching front and heal touching back but the width was just a bit to big. I have now come to the conclusion that I want a performance fit. Any movement side to side is going to wind me up and they will probably pack out a bit. |
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Found these whilst on night shift.
Here are some vids of the good guys telemarking. Amazing :shock: Carving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHVoiNQrlC8&NR=1 Going switch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qkMn3jPa2E&feature=related |
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Thanks for your comments so far guys all a great help. Now just need to get to a mountain to practice. Can't wait. Got a rollicking to day from the wife though for getting over excited about going. I can't help the fact that I love skiing.
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Bloody donkey's. :wink:
Great technique and explanation. I was wondering how you can acheive the up and down movement when carving and this makes perfect sense. I think I might get a lesson next time I am away as I think it is hard to know what you are doing wrong when you can't see yourself. By the way you can ski dude. :D |
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