When is it you vs. your equipment?

[newbieM]

Ah butterfly pads. I’ve never heard of those. Have any links?

 

[elemmac]

Ah butterfly pads. I’ve never heard of those. Have any links?

I guess they’re just “ankle wraps” on some sites…https://www.tognar.com/amp/boot-fitting-foam-ankle-wrap-pads-1-8-pr/

All sorts of padding you can play with to try to tighten up a boot a bit:

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[floatingyardsale]

Check out Patriot Footbeds - they make a liner sleeve that can hold J Pads for the ankle that saved my season in too sloppy boots until I could find a deal.

 

[newboots]

Start small and subtle! It's amazing what a very skinny pad can do. Don't start with a fat one.

 

[elemmac]

Check out Patriot Footbeds - they make a liner sleeve that can hold J Pads for the ankle that saved my season in too sloppy boots until I could find a deal.

Just looked this up...that's pretty awesome, never seen that.

But, I was literally just contemplating buying a pair of neoprene socks (a couple sizes too large) to slide over my liners to take up a bit of space. My liners are VERY packed out, but I'm planning on new boots next year, so don't want to spend much to wrap up the season. I like the look of this.

 

[floatingyardsale]

They worked well for my needs, which was that I had packed out the liners in the midfoot and the boots were simply too wide/high volume for me. The sleeve makes the liner fit more tightly, and then one can tuck in the little J Pads as needed. I did both.

 

[NWSkiGirl]

I had an interesting weekend skiing, I had some moments that felt totally awesome, in control, decent form, having a blast and doing challenging terrain (for me) etc. Then I had hours that I just couldn't make it through a run without stopping, felt like the speed was scaring me, was getting bounced around by the choppy snow and just not having that much fun.

So, how do I know if it is my skill or if maybe I need better gear?

For example, I sometimes feel like I don't have enough control of my skis, like I am working too hard to make them turn instead of letting the ski do its job. I also felt like anything chunky (and there was plenty of it at powder mountain yesterday) was just bouncing me all over the place.

Any advice on how to best tackle this? Do I rent boots and see if it helps? Rent other types of skis?

I know a perfect skier, and he says if he wants to find something to work on he puts on an old pair of skis that he finds very hard to ski. Those ski bring out his worst traits.

I think there are hero skis, and there's also hero snow. I own two pairs of hero skis, and I wouldn't ski on anything else! lol