Skidreamer
Certified Ski Diva
Hey everyone! I've just skiied the closing weekend here in Australia, and the conditions were ideal for me to be able to analyse on what was going on with my position and technique, and the finer adjustments on my new-this-season-boots.
I've posted before, I've got Tecnica Mach Sport 95's. I'm 123lbs and 5'7", intermediate skiier, advanced intermediate on the occasional good days. I bought the 95's because they were the mid range flex on the Tecnica range, and I was comfortable with the 90 flex in my previous Salomons.
I feel like I get absolutely no flex out of the 95's. I took the rear pin out and there is still no flex for me, whether it's to do with the way I ski, or whether I'm lightweight, I'm not sure. I have tried putting them on at home when it's warm and I still get as good as no flex. I could clearly feel I still can't get as forward as I like and sometimes I'd end up in the back seat.
So, I know that I can get the boots altered to give more flex by getting the inside sides ground down, as per below:
However, before I go down this route, I was wondering whether anyone has played around with putting insertable spoilers at the back of their calves in their boots? As I have slim calves I do have some play there, even when the boots are done up tightly, so I thought I might try spoilers before going down the drastic boot surgery route.
I found these really interesting and educational videos on good old Youtube:
Customising ski boot flex (above photo comes from here):
Testing and set up forward lean:
I've posted before, I've got Tecnica Mach Sport 95's. I'm 123lbs and 5'7", intermediate skiier, advanced intermediate on the occasional good days. I bought the 95's because they were the mid range flex on the Tecnica range, and I was comfortable with the 90 flex in my previous Salomons.
I feel like I get absolutely no flex out of the 95's. I took the rear pin out and there is still no flex for me, whether it's to do with the way I ski, or whether I'm lightweight, I'm not sure. I have tried putting them on at home when it's warm and I still get as good as no flex. I could clearly feel I still can't get as forward as I like and sometimes I'd end up in the back seat.
So, I know that I can get the boots altered to give more flex by getting the inside sides ground down, as per below:
However, before I go down this route, I was wondering whether anyone has played around with putting insertable spoilers at the back of their calves in their boots? As I have slim calves I do have some play there, even when the boots are done up tightly, so I thought I might try spoilers before going down the drastic boot surgery route.
I found these really interesting and educational videos on good old Youtube:
Customising ski boot flex (above photo comes from here):
Testing and set up forward lean: