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My son is four years old and will be skiing regularly almost every week next winter whilst we live in the Alps. I'm keen to buy him some ski boots but are there any boots to particularly look out for or indeed to avoid ?
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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, at that age other than getting them fitted in the resort I'd say just take advice from the bootfitter
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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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he could turn out to have quite strong opinions on the subject, and he might not have much clue as to what feels "right" when he first tries them on. It might be possible to negotiate with a local hire shop for him to try out a few with a view to buying when you've found the right one. That would limit you to the models that shop had available, but would reduce the chance of an expensive mistake. one of my nieces had miserably cold feet, even as a (very keen) 4 year old. If your son suffers from the same, and you will be ski-ing in all weathers, might be worth thinking of footwarmers, if they make them that tiny. Must be an exciting time planning everything. Bonne chance.
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pam w, D G Orf, Thanks for your help. I perhaps should have explained that I'd seen some "good value" boots on e-bay that looked tempting and was really fishing for names of boots to avoid but given your comments I'm now definately going to buy in resort now and not be so tight !
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Frosty, If you are going to be in one resort for the whole season you may find that one of the local shops will give you a very good rate on hiring boots for your son, given that by next season he will definately need bigger boots why buy if you can hire for say half the price
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Frosty,from my experience with my daughter(now 8 ) I would avoid buying if poss.You have little to no chance of your son 'explaining' if they fit,or not!The guide I still use with my daughter is whether she mentions her boots during the day,or not(as the case may be)Buy,and your committed;hire and you can change,and most proberbly will?This past winter my daughter 'jumped' sizes mid way.Boots that were fine in Jan,were too tight by April 
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You'll find for 4 year olds that some of the boots are soft (like the Nordica Nordy range). I'd avoid those if you're going to expect her to do more than mess about on nursery slopes - which is almost certainly the case if you're going to be there all season. Other than that, just try to find a shop which actually stocks more than one model of small children's boot (which probably excludes a lot of them) and get the bootfitters to suggest based on the actual shape of her feet.
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Okanagan, Just what I was aftersnowskisnow, Thanks also
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Frosty, I can con firm that my kids when younger would say that a boot fitted when the next day it obviously didnt. This can usually be traced to a desperation to build a snowman, eat tea, have a drink............anything really. I would rent at first.
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