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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
I blame my shoe (ice skate, ski boot, etc) troubles on my martial arts history. I have spent a *lot* of time barefoot. My understanding is that if you don't wear shoes, your feet will broaden. You can also pick up some considerable calluses. I've got some MA-derived calluses that I work on paring down -- on the inside edge of my big toe, for example. That callus gets bigger if I don't stay on it, and will cause problems with footwear. -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
In any case the topic is recreational skiers - IMO their boots should never hurt enough to require unbuckling - not even on extended breaks like lunch - you put them on in the morning, you take them off when you're done for the day - they stay on during the day. If unbuckling relieves pain, get back to the shop that sold them and demand adjustments. Hey, if you say so. Did you know the earth is flat? I just learned that today. -klaus |
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On 2004-12-16, lal_truckee penned:
In any case the topic is recreational skiers - IMO their boots should never hurt enough to require unbuckling - not even on extended breaks like lunch - you put them on in the morning, you take them off when you're done for the day - they stay on during the day. If unbuckling relieves pain, get back to the shop that sold them and demand adjustments. I've never had that experience. I agree that it would be wonderful. I do suspect that, when circulation issues are involved, any boot that's tight enough to direct a ski is tight enough to constrict circulation just a bit. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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On 2004-12-16, Mary Malmros penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: I blame my shoe (ice skate, ski boot, etc) troubles on my martial arts history. I have spent a *lot* of time barefoot. My understanding is that if you don't wear shoes, your feet will broaden. You can also pick up some considerable calluses. I've got some MA-derived calluses that I work on paring down -- on the inside edge of my big toe, for example. That callus gets bigger if I don't stay on it, and will cause problems with footwear. I haven't been very active in MA for a while, so my feet don't have the calluses they once did. I don't remember them causing trouble with footwear, even though at one point they were thick enough that a screw got stuck in my foot, and it didn't hurt. -- monique Longmont, CO |
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klaus wrote:
lal_truckee wrote: In any case the topic is recreational skiers - IMO their boots should never hurt enough to require unbuckling - not even on extended breaks like lunch - you put them on in the morning, you take them off when you're done for the day - they stay on during the day. If unbuckling relieves pain, get back to the shop that sold them and demand adjustments. Hey, if you say so. Did you know the earth is flat? I just learned that today. Dam. And now somebody will probably let the cat out of the bag about Santa Claus being real and ... oops - I withdraw that. No Santa Claus. Forget what I said. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
klaus wrote: lal_truckee wrote: In any case the topic is recreational skiers - IMO their boots should never hurt enough to require unbuckling - not even on extended breaks like lunch - you put them on in the morning, you take them off when you're done for the day - they stay on during the day. If unbuckling relieves pain, get back to the shop that sold them and demand adjustments. Hey, if you say so. Did you know the earth is flat? I just learned that today. That news will make my ski season less enjoyable. I guess that I will have to take up the flat-land-boarding after all. Dam. And now somebody will probably let the cat out of the bag about Santa Claus being real and ... oops - I withdraw that. No Santa Claus. Forget what I said. Does he ski Voelkls? Is it _THAT_ nonexistent conspiracy again? Dave M. |
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lal_truckee wrote in
: Monique Y. Mudama wrote: On 2004-12-16, DZN penned: .... The response issue also makes new boots feel awkward - you may feel as if you've forgotten how to ski. Be more aggressive - i.e. be as quick as your boots - they will respond to any twitch, so make the twitches deliberately, not accidentally. In short order you will be back on top of things and a better skier. I like this thinking. I remember moving to better skis that I could push them harder and they would react faster. Faster than I thought possible - each time you pushed them harder they would do things better and better - the sort of things that only "really good" skiers could do. I don't think boots will have quite the same amount of effect, but push them hard, try things you think you can't quite do, and see what happens. Good luck! dh |
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David Harris wrote:
lal_truckee wrote in : Monique Y. Mudama wrote: On 2004-12-16, DZN penned: .... The response issue also makes new boots feel awkward - you may feel as if you've forgotten how to ski. Be more aggressive - i.e. be as quick as your boots - they will respond to any twitch, so make the twitches deliberately, not accidentally. In short order you will be back on top of things and a better skier. I like this thinking. I remember moving to better skis that I could push them harder and they would react faster. Faster than I thought possible - each time you pushed them harder they would do things better and better - the sort of things that only "really good" skiers could do. I don't think boots will have quite the same amount of effect, but push them hard, try things you think you can't quite do, and see what happens. Oh, I think so. Try this. Go rent a pair of skis AND boots. Go skiing. Now the next day, bring your own boots in and get them adjusted to the rental skis you've been using. Go skiing. Observe the difference. VtSkier Good luck! dh |
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klaus wrote:
lal_truckee wrote: In any case the topic is recreational skiers - IMO their boots should never hurt enough to require unbuckling - not even on extended breaks like lunch - you put them on in the morning, you take them off when you're done for the day - they stay on during the day. If unbuckling relieves pain, get back to the shop that sold them and demand adjustments. Hey, if you say so. Did you know the earth is flat? I just learned that today. Oh, c'mon, klaus, the horse is dead. "Hurt enough to require unbuckling" depends on doing the talking. Your "hurt" probably isn't my "hurt"; let's just leave it at that, okay? -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
In any case the topic is recreational skiers - IMO their boots should never hurt enough to require unbuckling - not even on extended breaks like lunch - you put them on in the morning, you take them off when you're done for the day - they stay on during the day. If unbuckling relieves pain, get back to the shop that sold them and demand adjustments. Well, maybe you're comfortable walking around in ski boots that are completely buckeled up, but a lot of people (including me) are not. It has nothing to do with fit, pain, etc. I'm just not comfortable walking in ski boots or standing in line so I will unbuckle when I go inside and when I have to stand in a long lift line. I'm especially uncomfortable walking up/down stairs in buckled up ski boots - I feel like frankenstien... And in the east, most ski areas put the bathrooms downstairs! Janet |
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