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Help Needed: Emergency Boot Issue
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TNtoTaos
Angel Diva
As they say, Necessity is the Mother of Invention! And I couldn't wait to share this with the Ski Divas -- now I'll definitely have to test out my idea. I'll be here until Sunday, so if I don't get to test it tomorrow (because, well -- Powder Day!!), I'll definitely try it out sometime this week. Just so we'll know, LOL.
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Brilliant.
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
How did it go?
TNtoTaos
Angel Diva
They did the job, with a bit of tinkering, but probably wouldn't have lasted long, in terms of staying in place. But I didn't actually ski with them because ASA I got to TSV I took myself to the Boot Doctors and found that indeed, my original (8+ yr old) SIDA liners had packed out, but my boots and custom insoles are still in good condition. I talked with Robby (
) about the pros and cons of new boots vs liners, and I told him I wanted to get at least one more season out of my boots, so we went with Intuition liners, (although he thought that maybe I could go up from 100 to 110 flex in my next boot).What a difference! He was able to remove the various lift and volume tweaks that had been put into my boots over the yrs, and these liners have so much more volume! Since I was at TSV for Mon-Wed, I spent the time basically skiing and going back in for little adjustments, so by the time I left yesterday I think we had them dialed-in pretty well.
I also picked his brain about the new BOA boots. I told him I was waiting to buy new boots because I wanted to possibly try some, and since they're so new, I thought I'd wait another season. He told me that right now they seem to work better for people who have larger-volume feet, esp in the instep, and I have very low-volume feet and very narrow heels and ankles. He told me he also has small feet and heels, and even he was unable to find any BOA boots that were not too big, volume-wise. So I'll wait another year and hope that the companies will add more models to their line-ups.
brooksnow
Angel Diva
Glad you were able to get your boot issues fixed!
Interesting. I've been wary of boa because I have wide, high volume, high instep feet and the thought of tightening my forefoot and instep together seems all wrong. Perhaps I should consider trying some when I need new boots. My husband just got some that he loves, but he has pretty normal feet.
TNtoTaos
Angel Diva
From what Robbie told me, it sounds like you have the exact kind of foot that these boots are made for. He said they were wonderful in terms of the micro adjustments you can make, but he mentioned all the different brands (K2, Atomic, Rossi, etc), and said it was unlikely any of them would fit my foot.
