Mike wrote:
I just had 3 days skiing at Mt Hutt, NZ. I wasn't skiing as well as '05 and
am doing a post mortem on that.

Last year I had rental boots and I had 1 shin blister. It didn't even
really affect me. This year I am skiing with my mail order Langes and they
were so bad it really affected my performance. These Lange comp 120 fr
medium fit have some heat fitting process which I never got around to.

Was I not buckling the boots hard enough and hence slipping around? I've
skied for 35 years and only these last two times have seen this come up.
I've skied in raichlë and dolomites: no prob. I checked out a medical
manual, and it said that people with suntans are more likely to bruise,
which I have been doing pre trip both times.

So what gives? Is it all down hill from age 40 on?

Read what VTSkier and Moonman have said. The bottom line is that no one
can ski worth crap in poorly fitting boots. I certainly can't. (Now,
whether I can ski worth crap in properly fitting boots is beyond the
scope of this reply.) And you can't buy boots by mail and expect them
to fit well.

So, we've identified the problem, what to do? Well the best solution
would be a time machine to go back and correct the mistake of buying
boots via mail order. Got one of those? No? Then the second best
solution is to find a decent boot fitter and work with him/her on
getting a good fit for these boots. Now, it may not be possible to get
a good fit with these boots, or you might be lucky and find that they
can be adapted - it depends on how badly you screwed the pooch when you
picked that model/size.

//Walt