knolan12
Angel Diva
The short story is that I bought new ski boots in November and only got to try them out this past weekend and they were a DISASTER.
The reason I went looking for new boots is that my old ones were making my feet fall asleep after a couple of hours which was causing leg pain so I'd have to stop skiing. I am a wide calf lady so I thought that might be the issue and brought them into a shop to see if they could be saved. Turns out, my boots were two sizes too big (27.5 and I was measured at 25.5). We determined that my feet were falling asleep because they were moving around too much and that I was wearing too thick of ski socks. I tried on a few pairs of boots, picked out a pair of Fischers, molded them, and was on my merry way.
I finally just got out to ski this past weekend and it. was. awful. Within a half hour my feet fell asleep and was causing pain. It ended up being so bad that I couldn't even get down a green. I couldn't feel my feet and was in pain so every time the trail pitched, I couldn't turn. It was awful. I ended up just hanging out in the learner's area working on nitpicky technique work so that the lift ticket wasn't a waste. We also had tickets for yesterday so the plan was to warm up on the learner's area, then I would go in and wake up my feet/stretch it out while my husband skiied a few trails, and then we attempted another green. Got 1/3 of the way down the trail and was in serious pain. It ended up taking forever to get down the trail and it was embarrassing and the opposite of fun.
I'm going to go back to the shop this weekend to see what I can do to adjust my boots. Comparing these boots to the my old ones, they're taller and I know that's causing some pain on the calves and my toes feel kind of squished (yesterday I immediately noticed both big toes pushing on the sides and the tops). I have one slot left to move over the top latches which will hopefully give a little more room in the calves.
But now comes the big questions: how are ski boosts SUPPOSED to feel? I wasn't fitted for my first boots. They were a Christmas gift from my parents the winter after I learned how to ski in high school (hence why they were two sizes too big, I think they used my shoe size to determine ski boot size) and only realized they didn't work when my (now) husband told me my feet aren't supposed to be falling asleep.
When I was trying on boots, I did say that I could feel my toes at the end of the boots, but was assured that was normal. I know that ski boots aren't the most comfortable things in the world, but how do I know they're TOO uncomfortable when trying them on? Could I have possibly chosen boots that are very wrong for me?
I'm going to go out again Sunday after adjustments are made to make sure they work, but ideally, I want to catch any issues while in the shop. Anything I can be looking for will be super helpful
The reason I went looking for new boots is that my old ones were making my feet fall asleep after a couple of hours which was causing leg pain so I'd have to stop skiing. I am a wide calf lady so I thought that might be the issue and brought them into a shop to see if they could be saved. Turns out, my boots were two sizes too big (27.5 and I was measured at 25.5). We determined that my feet were falling asleep because they were moving around too much and that I was wearing too thick of ski socks. I tried on a few pairs of boots, picked out a pair of Fischers, molded them, and was on my merry way.
I finally just got out to ski this past weekend and it. was. awful. Within a half hour my feet fell asleep and was causing pain. It ended up being so bad that I couldn't even get down a green. I couldn't feel my feet and was in pain so every time the trail pitched, I couldn't turn. It was awful. I ended up just hanging out in the learner's area working on nitpicky technique work so that the lift ticket wasn't a waste. We also had tickets for yesterday so the plan was to warm up on the learner's area, then I would go in and wake up my feet/stretch it out while my husband skiied a few trails, and then we attempted another green. Got 1/3 of the way down the trail and was in serious pain. It ended up taking forever to get down the trail and it was embarrassing and the opposite of fun.
I'm going to go back to the shop this weekend to see what I can do to adjust my boots. Comparing these boots to the my old ones, they're taller and I know that's causing some pain on the calves and my toes feel kind of squished (yesterday I immediately noticed both big toes pushing on the sides and the tops). I have one slot left to move over the top latches which will hopefully give a little more room in the calves.
But now comes the big questions: how are ski boosts SUPPOSED to feel? I wasn't fitted for my first boots. They were a Christmas gift from my parents the winter after I learned how to ski in high school (hence why they were two sizes too big, I think they used my shoe size to determine ski boot size) and only realized they didn't work when my (now) husband told me my feet aren't supposed to be falling asleep.
When I was trying on boots, I did say that I could feel my toes at the end of the boots, but was assured that was normal. I know that ski boots aren't the most comfortable things in the world, but how do I know they're TOO uncomfortable when trying them on? Could I have possibly chosen boots that are very wrong for me?
I'm going to go out again Sunday after adjustments are made to make sure they work, but ideally, I want to catch any issues while in the shop. Anything I can be looking for will be super helpful