 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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| "If you're going to spend a few grand on a single ski trip, why not spend a little extra dough on the right gear to enjoy that vacation?" |
Or, if you don't have that kind of pressure, and can ski in your local hills, you could just choose a model that does what you need it to, making sure the shell size is cosy and get the fit right yourself in your own time.
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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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Notice he doesn't talk about the complete crapshoot that getting a good fitter in or near resort can be if you don't have solid intel and recommendations - even good shops can be let down by being too popular and leveraging demand to lesser staff.
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great article CH2O! And I agree Fatbob, if you want to buy boots in a resort it's worth getting the name of a fitter and not just a shop! I don't really understand the logic of buying at home though, if you have the opportunity to buy in the resort. Being able to drop in for adjustments as you wear the boots in is half the service! 
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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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| Humpfknick wrote: |
| I don't really understand the logic of buying at home though, if you have the opportunity to buy in the resort. Being able to drop in for adjustments as you wear the boots in is half the service! |
Depends on whether your issues are going to manifest in the first few days or later. Kinda nice not to have to commit all your ski trips to one resort by being able to go back to a home fitter too.
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Well that's true, but I can't imagine taking my boots out of the box hundreds of miles away from the fitter, and having to ski in them for a week before I get them adjusted! But then again, I'm so used to my skinny, awkward feet that I know for sure they're gonna need tweaking after just the first few days. And I am very committed to my boot fitter now- he has intimate knowledge of my arches lol 
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It gave me a lot of confidence in my last boot fitter when I had to wait for over a week before a slot came up, and his walls were covered in signed thank you posters from multiple top world cup racers from many countries  Only required one night of tweaks after a couple of days skiing and been perfect since then.
The previous boots from 6 years ago were from CH2O, and again, perfect for my feet and needed one set of minor shell adjustments after a day or two.
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It's the tweaks that make the difference!
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Think the article boils down find a good fitter and let them do their job, exactly the advice dozens of  s give in all the what boots should I buy threads!
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davkt, Yup, in both cases I simply told them what type of skiing I was doing, what any previous issues had been, and then let them go to work. It was a nice point that the last chap took a good look at my feet and then examined my old boots, he commented that they were a very good boot and that although he didn't stock that make he had a couple of models that were the same in flex and 98mm last that he thought would suit my feet.
And in both cases the tweak was a little blow or grind in the same place on one foot, I must just have a slightly large protrusion on the left outside prior to my little toe.
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