m185
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Hi again.
I was curious if there was much difference in boots based on ability?
I fell in love skiing in 2007 (my first ski trip at 36) and the ski instructor we had said that if I was to invest in only one thing to go get boots fitted the next time we went skiing and have us the name & address of someone who really knew the business. I loved skiing but I am a chicken - at that time I vowed that I'd never go down a black run figuring that a new skier had no business trying to manage that sort of skiing!
Well we told the bootfitter in 2008 that I was an advanced beginner - and that I had no plans to EVER ski a black run. 3 days later my instructor was taking me down black runs...never telling me until the day was over that 1/2 my skiing had been down black runs and the one that I had said was "quite" challenging and actually been my first double black diamond...
My question is - does this matter to the boots? I like my boots - don't remember the model but they are by Head but he said at the time that if I did improve my skiing would outgrow the boots...how is this the case? I've now done about 22 days on the snow with them and since they aren't cheap am not going to get rid of them (especially since I even did the custom footbeds).
The boots aren't comfortable - but they are not hell like most rentals where and they are much warmer I find that going with rentals. They were more comfortable the first two weeks of skiing but they seemed to "grow" extra room in them which made them somehow less comfortable to ski in (or am I nuts).
Also how long do boots last? When I bought them the boot fitter said that based on my description of my skiing and the kind of boots I was buying he was say that 100-150days was the max before the boots were too packed out...but he also said if I became a more agressive skier then I would pack them out faster!
I understand that basic differences between the skis for beginners/intermediate/and advanced skiers but hadn't thought about the boots much.
Thanks!
I was curious if there was much difference in boots based on ability?
I fell in love skiing in 2007 (my first ski trip at 36) and the ski instructor we had said that if I was to invest in only one thing to go get boots fitted the next time we went skiing and have us the name & address of someone who really knew the business. I loved skiing but I am a chicken - at that time I vowed that I'd never go down a black run figuring that a new skier had no business trying to manage that sort of skiing!
Well we told the bootfitter in 2008 that I was an advanced beginner - and that I had no plans to EVER ski a black run. 3 days later my instructor was taking me down black runs...never telling me until the day was over that 1/2 my skiing had been down black runs and the one that I had said was "quite" challenging and actually been my first double black diamond...
My question is - does this matter to the boots? I like my boots - don't remember the model but they are by Head but he said at the time that if I did improve my skiing would outgrow the boots...how is this the case? I've now done about 22 days on the snow with them and since they aren't cheap am not going to get rid of them (especially since I even did the custom footbeds).
The boots aren't comfortable - but they are not hell like most rentals where and they are much warmer I find that going with rentals. They were more comfortable the first two weeks of skiing but they seemed to "grow" extra room in them which made them somehow less comfortable to ski in (or am I nuts).
Also how long do boots last? When I bought them the boot fitter said that based on my description of my skiing and the kind of boots I was buying he was say that 100-150days was the max before the boots were too packed out...but he also said if I became a more agressive skier then I would pack them out faster!
I understand that basic differences between the skis for beginners/intermediate/and advanced skiers but hadn't thought about the boots much.
Thanks!