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  1. AHendrickx

    New skis and boots have me struggling!

    I just got new skis and new boots and got to take them out for the first time yesterday but felt like I took two giant steps back with my progress....I felt as though I really struggled to maintain proper form and when I did I got some serious quad burn which I have never had while skiing. For...
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    • Forum: Ski Tips
  2. The Happy Skier

    Ski boot conundrum—how much work can a boot fitter do to make it work?

    Hello Divas! Apologies in advance for the long post, but I’m in a bit of a boot conundrum and I feel some neutral input may be helpful! A little back story, I’ve almost always have had some foot pain (mostly cramping on the bottom of my feet) since I started skiing about 20+ years ago. I had...
    • The Happy Skier
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    • beds big boots boot fitter bootfitter foot beds footbeds last new boots small boots volume
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Ski Gear
  3. va_deb

    Custom footbeds: Not just for advanced or intermediates

    "Marry your boots; date your skis." This is one of the first things I remember reading when I stumbled across the Ski Diva forums about four years ago or so while googling "skis to help a female beginner" or something along those lines. I remember reading about custom footbeds too, but my...
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    • better skiing bootfitters custom footbeds foot pain improving your skiing lake tahoe new boots northstar
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Ski Gear
  4. newboots

    Can't get my boots on

    so I had this idea that it would be good to practice putting on my boots. In the shop the bootfitter helped, of course, but it was difficult. I should have made him teach me. I split the boot open (like they show you in the YouTube videos) but when I hit the stuck spot going in, my ankles...
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