 Poster: A snowHead
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Perhaps this could be a "Bizzare moments in skiing" thread.
So there we were in La Rosiere, perfect snow in the perfect resort. The first morning and I was slipping my ugly feet into my wonderful Nordica Speedmachine 8's. The chalet had boot warmers and I was expecting the usual all enveloping snugness of my free-range custom made footbeds and organic hand-reared liners. All of this warmth magnified by the blissful memory of SMALLZOOKEEPER with his head bowed before me, and the touch of those magic hands.
As expected the left foot slipped in perfectly, like that first coupling of Adam and Eve. The right foot however was different, more of a drunken 1am knee trembler up some rubbish strewn Middlesbrough back alley. After much stretching and pushing it went in, but I could not fasten the top clips. I thought things would improve as I made my way to the slopes. Well they didn't and I could only fasten the top clip as fastening clip 2 was like being clamped in a torture device (much like the original fitting  ). Even this top clip had to be undone one the lifts. Lunchtime saw me take the boot of, inspect everything. I could find nothing wrong and skied on.
The pain was that bad I even got someone to inspect my feet and ankles to make sure that the right one had not swollen dramtically. A few post ski beers and all was forgotten but the next morning I had the same problems. I had hired some fatter skis due to all the lovely fresh snow and was skiing quite well so was not too peturbed. The Tuesday morning was the best skiing I have ever experienced but when we stopped for lunch the relief at getting the boot off was huge. I thought to myself "something is wrong, lets take the footbed and the liner out."
I took out the footbed and then the liner, examined the footbed - All fine, examined the shell - all fine, looked in the liner 
A feckin' bottle of contact lense solution was staring me in the face!!!
Somehow in the cleaning process after my last holiday in early February, whilst taking out the footbeds and liners to clean and spray them, the bottle must have fallen in the liner and I had put the footbed back in on top of it, right under the heel.
The bliss of feeling the boot smother me as usual was just wondeful.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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CEM, 8 weeks skiing on from the bootfitting day, and I am still grateful every morning and evening (whilst skiing  ) for the wonderful job that you guys did at Lockwoods that day. The best money I have EVER spent (apart from the wedding ring of course).
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rob@rar, this is a family forum
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I didnt know SZK wears contact lenses
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I've no idea how you could have got your foot in the boot - never mind ski it!!
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You know it makes sense.
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IncogSkiSno, It was the clener rather than the rinser. About 6 cm x 10cm x.................. 2cm
Hard plastic, unopened.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Mosha Marc, 125kg
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Frosty the Snowman, I got a huge blister on the sole of my foot whilst skiing in March. When I checked out the liner, I had a hair bobble in my boot. I'd been wearing them for 2 days and hadn't felt it at all.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I got similar sympathy from my family and friends 
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If SZK reads this, he'll have you in shells half a size smaller next time, as there's obviously too much spare volume in your current pair.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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For everything else there is Mastercard ... but for Frosty the Snowman, ? - Priceless..
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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OMG that is such a great story. Worth an award?
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You know it makes sense.
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Mouth, yeah - he can buy the first round at the EoSB
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Hadn't you missed the bottle of contact lens solution at the time? That is a huge lump to have carried in you boot all that time - you deserved to be crippled. What a plonker 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, try wearing your lenses next time you sort out your boots!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Megamum wrote: |
| That is a huge lump to have carried in your boot all that time |
Yes and the contact lens bottle to
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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In the same vein, a long time ago I took a pair of ski boots to S&R in High St Ken to have a clip moved a bit. I picked them up, tried them on and started moaning about how they were hopelessly uncomfortable, they'd been really comfy when I took them in, what were they going to do about it, blah, blah, moan, moan. The fitter's reply was succint (and worse, Australian), "Mate, you've got 'em on the wrong feet.". Which I had.
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richmond, LMAO
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Frosty the Snowman, How on earth did you get them on? I can feel a fag paper under my foot, but then I do have sensitive feet, so CEM says anyway.
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| Spyderman wrote: |
| I can feel a fag paper under my foot |
so could I - if it were lit.
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Spyderman, Thats gay decorators for ya!!!!
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