 Poster: A snowHead
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| rayscoops wrote: |
currently limping around with a tweaked achilles/lower calf pull on my left leg which is really p$ssing me off because I go to Morzine on Saturday  |
not good at all...
looks more like this thread will turn into 'how i fixed my really uncomfortable snowboard boots' ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| rayscoops wrote: |
| Also I am currently limping around with a tweaked achilles/lower calf pull on my left leg which is really p$ssing me off because I go to Morzine on Saturday |
bummer, i hope it clears up enough before you go.
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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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rayscoops nooooo ! Once you see that powder you will forget all about a little bit of cramp 
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You're all wrong. Any size of boot will do. Just put your foot in and do them up, but leave enough room at the top for say 2 or 3 fingers. Then, pour in about half a cup of cement mixture followed by half a cup of water. Now, this is the easy part, just stand there, or sit, and do something less boaring instead (like chatting on an internet forum) for about 2 hours and hey presto, you'll have absolutely zero heel lift.
The one big bonus of this system is that it also lowers your centre of gravity (this is somethig i see a lot of snowharders having a problem with, as i see them sitting around in the middle of pistes all the time) and means you can board down the most difficult of terrain with not an iota of heel lift in sight.
One warning though; if you spend any time at the park or in the pipe, i'd recommend you go see a zookeeper as the extra weight of cement in your boots may inhibit your air time potential...
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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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shoogly, I've used that POV many times. 
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DebbiDoesSnow, it 'went' at about 3 pm on my last day (half day actually) on the weekend and it was enough for me to pack in for the day even though I had been on a bus for 2.5 hours and had to queue for 40 mins to get a ski pass before I could board. The bluddy achilles is not a good place for a snowboard injury !!
shoogly, surely you would recommend 'postcrete' instead, it sets in maybe 2 minutes and has a huge heat build-up too that would keep you toasty if perhaps a little burned 
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, you really should write for a magazine, when you aint taking the wee you're quite the narrator 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER very true !!!! Anyway you should be watching Chelsea stomping all over Olympiakos not posting in the SB section 
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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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DebbiDoesSnow, I is. The power of multi media.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Jumping Jack Flash wrote: |
| I need them for Verbier on 15th March ... |
for 'Verbs' beer proof and diamond encrusted are more important than heel lift surely?
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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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SMALLZOOKEEPER, you want some nuts to go with that beer ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
3snowboards, No problem my friend, you're post intimated that the solution to the problem, was "It's all about socks" which is not true. My Job, Bootfitter and has been for 12 yrs, Snowboard, Ski, Telemark and Randonnée, i'm quite happy to discuss Snowboard boots because they are problematic, we see around 4-5 pairs of them a day. Feel free to contribute, i'll pick at your post as i see fit given that the solution you offered was to change socks. I agreed, socks are important but only to fine tune fit not as a one stop answer to all Snowboard boot fitting issues. As i'm sure you may have only ever fitted your own boots i thought perhaps the advice of someone whom has fitted hundreds, maybe thousands might be of help. That's 'Socking it to ya.'  |
You forgot to expound on how much of the job involves online fittings? Do you use a laser?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I have fitted boots online, ask JT and Arno about how it went. Modern technology in the right hands can work real well. Now what's your beef my 6 footed friend?
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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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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| I have fitted boots online, ask JT and Arno about how it went. Modern technology in the right hands can work real well. Now what's your beef my 6 footed friend? |
I don't need a proctologist to tell me you're a butthole.
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