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heal lift help
Alrighty,
I have the worst time find a boot that fits because I have these skinny ankles with long, wide feet, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I finally found a boot that fits awesome on my left foot because it is slightly larger than my right. The problem is I have a bit of heel lift inside my right boot. I've been hearing about these things called "foot beds" that apparently help the verticle fit of the boot? Can someone help or clarify for me. I'm even tempted to stuff another think foamy piece under my heel or buy a thicker insert for the right boot |
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Ottawa wrote: Alrighty, I have the worst time find a boot that fits because I have these skinny ankles with long, wide feet, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I finally found a boot that fits awesome on my left foot because it is slightly larger than my right. The problem is I have a bit of heel lift inside my right boot. I've been hearing about these things called "foot beds" that apparently help the verticle fit of the boot? Can someone help or clarify for me. I'm even tempted to stuff another think foamy piece under my heel or buy a thicker insert for the right boot Thats exactly what a bed is. I had the hardest time finding a boot that fit (I wear an 11 but bought a 12 because of a lack of widths) now I have the same problem as you... I went to a local ski shop and had like 4 attendants running boots for me when I was shopping. They tried on a boot then put the bed in because heel lift was horrid to compensate size/width problems. The bed is a thick piece of rubber that goes uner the insole liner on the base of the boot liner (if that makes sense). They make different ramp heights I was only using larges. Its basically a soft rubber wedge under your heel. HTH -Sc00t |
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I'm assuming you are talking about snowboard boots. If you are,
seekout a DC Shoe dealer. DC Shoes sell one or two models of snowboard boots that have have liners integrated with an air bladder around the ankle area, that you can pump-up for custom fit like Nike Airs. They also have BOA lace system which uses what looks like piano wire instead of shoe laces. Instead of tugging on laces, you just twist a knob to lace the boot. Hope this helps. |
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Yeah, the problem is I just bought a boot. I got what I thought was the
best I could find. I love everything about teh boot except that my heal lifts a bit cuz of my dang skinny ankes/achilles heal area. I'll try the wedges unless there are other ideas out there wrote in message ups.com... I'm assuming you are talking about snowboard boots. If you are, seekout a DC Shoe dealer. DC Shoes sell one or two models of snowboard boots that have have liners integrated with an air bladder around the ankle area, that you can pump-up for custom fit like Nike Airs. They also have BOA lace system which uses what looks like piano wire instead of shoe laces. Instead of tugging on laces, you just twist a knob to lace the boot. Hope this helps. |
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Ottawa wrote: Yeah, the problem is I just bought a boot. I got what I thought was the best I could find. I love everything about teh boot except that my heal lifts a bit cuz of my dang skinny ankes/achilles heal area. I'll try the wedges unless there are other ideas out there wrote in message ups.com... I'm assuming you are talking about snowboard boots. If you are, seekout a DC Shoe dealer. DC Shoes sell one or two models of snowboard boots that have have liners integrated with an air bladder around the ankle area, that you can pump-up for custom fit like Nike Airs. They also have BOA lace system which uses what looks like piano wire instead of shoe laces. Instead of tugging on laces, you just twist a knob to lace the boot. Hope this helps. I have skinny ankles as well. I got a apir of DC Shoes, but they were still a little too big even with the air bladder. Two things might help, the first is a bit of foam padder directly behind the ankle bone. Try the ankle wrap... it seems to have cure a bit of the problem that I have http://www.tognar.com/boot_heater_wa...snowboard.html. The second thing is a lacing trick I was just taught... after crossing the last pair of hooks at the top of your boot, crisscross the alce down back to the first pair of lace hooks to further tighten the ankle region and process back up the lace hooks until you run out of lace - then just tie off as normal. --Arvin |
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Ottawa wrote:
Alrighty, I have the worst time find a boot that fits because I have these skinny ankles with long, wide feet, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I finally found a boot that fits awesome on my left foot because it is slightly larger than my right. Your feet sound like my feet. I had pain on the top of my heel. I tried a few "standard" solutions but none helped. One thing I had tried was taping a pad over the top of my heel. That made the problem worse. Then I attached a pad above my heel and that solved the problem. I used a packaged gauze pad and folded it, then placed it on the pad of an extra large bandage and attached it above my heel (back of ankle). This apparently fills a gap and makes the boot fit. The pain stopped. Dean |
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"Ottawa" wrote in message ... Alrighty, I have the worst time find a boot that fits because I have these skinny ankles with long, wide feet, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I finally found a boot that fits awesome on my left foot because it is slightly larger than my right. The problem is I have a bit of heel lift inside my right boot. I've been hearing about these things called "foot beds" that apparently help the verticle fit of the boot? Can someone help or clarify for me. I'm even tempted to stuff another think foamy piece under my heel or buy a thicker insert for the right boot You've already got a few responses to try, but I was thinking more along the lines of making your ankle fatter. A couple of ACE bandages wrapped around your ankles. I might try it myself. |
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I called up the board shop where I got it to see what they can do. They
told me to bring in the boots and they will stuff some "butterflies" in the ankle part between the inner and outer boot to ad more "padding". The said it's what they do to ski boots a lot and for those boarders with skinny ankles. Gonna go do it tomorrow and let you know how it turns out. Best part is they'll do it free. If that don't work they said they sell other stuff as well such as wedges etc... "John Richardson" wrote in message ... "Ottawa" wrote in message ... Alrighty, I have the worst time find a boot that fits because I have these skinny ankles with long, wide feet, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I finally found a boot that fits awesome on my left foot because it is slightly larger than my right. The problem is I have a bit of heel lift inside my right boot. I've been hearing about these things called "foot beds" that apparently help the verticle fit of the boot? Can someone help or clarify for me. I'm even tempted to stuff another think foamy piece under my heel or buy a thicker insert for the right boot You've already got a few responses to try, but I was thinking more along the lines of making your ankle fatter. A couple of ACE bandages wrapped around your ankles. I might try it myself. |
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Got the butterfly foam things put in and they are great. Hugs right above
the achilles just like I needed "Ottawa" wrote in message . .. I called up the board shop where I got it to see what they can do. They told me to bring in the boots and they will stuff some "butterflies" in the ankle part between the inner and outer boot to ad more "padding". The said it's what they do to ski boots a lot and for those boarders with skinny ankles. Gonna go do it tomorrow and let you know how it turns out. Best part is they'll do it free. If that don't work they said they sell other stuff as well such as wedges etc... "John Richardson" wrote in message ... "Ottawa" wrote in message ... Alrighty, I have the worst time find a boot that fits because I have these skinny ankles with long, wide feet, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I finally found a boot that fits awesome on my left foot because it is slightly larger than my right. The problem is I have a bit of heel lift inside my right boot. I've been hearing about these things called "foot beds" that apparently help the verticle fit of the boot? Can someone help or clarify for me. I'm even tempted to stuff another think foamy piece under my heel or buy a thicker insert for the right boot You've already got a few responses to try, but I was thinking more along the lines of making your ankle fatter. A couple of ACE bandages wrapped around your ankles. I might try it myself. |
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Ottawa wrote:
I called up the board shop where I got it to see what they can do. They told me to bring in the boots and they will stuff some "butterflies" in the ankle part between the inner and outer boot to ad more "padding". The said it's what they do to ski boots a lot and for those boarders with skinny ankles. Any followup report? I didn't see one. (Perhaps my r.s.s service missed a followup message.) Another possible factor to consider which I didn't consider until last week. I rode +21/+7 last year. In the spring I started to get heel pain. This year there was a little pain even though I used the method that I described in another message to solve the pain problem. I also noticed that my back foot wanted to move to a different orientation. At first I thought my body wanted a wider stance, but that was wrong. My brain finally got the message from my foot that it wanted to face the opposite direction. My bindings are now at +21/-5 and my foot (including heel) is happy. Dean |
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