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What's with no socks?
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newboots
Angel Diva
When I played hockey, we wore super-thin hockey socks ($$), nylon knee-highs, or went barefoot in the skates. Anything bulky would cut down on your control, and the boots had to be tight, as @sk8ski said above. It does give you amazing control.
I somehow didn't realize that skiing would be the same, and my boots were fitted with "light" socks, not ultra-thin. My next pair will be with ultra-thin, or ultra-light, whatever they're called.
In ice hockey, sweating into your equipment is inevitable. It's not just the skates. I never noticed a big problem with my skates smelling. However, one is opening a reeking hockey bag in a tiny locker room with 15 other women, each of whom has her own reeking hockey bag. It's possible I never noticed. . .
I somehow didn't realize that skiing would be the same, and my boots were fitted with "light" socks, not ultra-thin. My next pair will be with ultra-thin, or ultra-light, whatever they're called.
In ice hockey, sweating into your equipment is inevitable. It's not just the skates. I never noticed a big problem with my skates smelling. However, one is opening a reeking hockey bag in a tiny locker room with 15 other women, each of whom has her own reeking hockey bag. It's possible I never noticed. . .
Luckily I'm so used to that super snug fit of figure skating boots, I got fitted for ski boots with the same tights-weight nylon trouser socks that I wear skating. I may be a very mellow skier, but my boots probably are closer to a racer's fit than someone who skis just a few times per season.
Interesting that in skating, barefoot is not mainstream, but is not totally unheard of - seems like in skiing it is very rare, perhaps due to environment.
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VickiK
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Re: new, never-washed socks, are you thinking someone has already tried them on? That really never occurred to me. I'd never try socks on, they always fit. I wash sheets before using, but not anything else unless there's a specific instruction.
Of course now that I'm thinking of it, I can't stop thinking about it.
Of course now that I'm thinking of it, I can't stop thinking about it.
Jenny
Angel Diva
Not that someone else has tried them on but of all the places they have been. Factory, shipping, warehouse, etc. I wash just about everything before wearing/using it.
I also won't use a hotel pillow. It's bad enough I have to sleep on the mattress!
I'm thinking more about the supply chain processes too -- the dyes, the chemicals, the filth. Socks are one of the few items of clothing that I assume people don't try on in stores.
I too wash almost everything before wearing or using them. Bought a new comforter a couple of weeks ago. First thing I did was wash and dry it according to directions. That ruined it, so it got returned.
I too wash almost everything before wearing or using them. Bought a new comforter a couple of weeks ago. First thing I did was wash and dry it according to directions. That ruined it, so it got returned.
Jenny
Angel Diva
We got the new comforter but put it into a cover, which I washed first. I wanted to do the comforter, too, but the hassle factor won out so I contented myself with the magical cover which will somehow be impermeable to anything that might fall off the comforter and yet also breathable, so I don't overheat.
