 Poster: A snowHead
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A mate of mine who spends a lot of time in ski boots finally gave up on "performance fit" 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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Will they rename this model the
"Head Ventilator" 
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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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yeah everyone was asking why he cut the inner as well and he said it hurt too much.. Final version
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I can hear CEM squealing from here!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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altis, everyone told him ti would mess up his binding release, so he tightened up his DIN's and said better not deck it then !
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Interesting logo now....
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that'd be "interesting" on a -20 day!
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He is pretty hard and I think skied around the first day with a bin liner over it and didnt think to tape the cut off bit back on 
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So why not go to a specialist boot fitter and get a boot that fits right ?
I don't see the point in having one of the stiffest race boots then cutting soo much away.
From the first pic it looks as though his foot is way to wide for the Raptor straight out of the box ( maybe a boot fitter could have widened it enough ) I have a 92mm foot and the Raptor 150 is snug on my foot, What width is his foot ? around 98mm maybe ? ( going off raptor if memory serves being a 95mm) going from the picture there are other race boots with a wider fit, that may have been a better option.
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Because he is bonkers  He had an appointment with the best boot fitter in Europe but couldn't wait and didn't care ..
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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You can't educate pork
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Looking at the top picture his boot is waaaayy too small.
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You know it makes sense.
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quite a narrow boot, relative to the foot. Who sold it to him?
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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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Frosty the Snowman, Welcome to ski racing... 
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Poster: A snowHead
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If the boot functions for racing with unlimited quantities of air round the forefoot the tight fit alternative is surely a waste of time?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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pam w, he wasnt racing on these only teaching but he does go reasonably rapid as a matter of course...
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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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Just checked the first post date to make sure it wasn't the 1st April 
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If he is not racing in the boots then the cutout taped up is not as big an issueas it looks, that is as long as the tape stays put. If it comes loose or comes off then he will have a completely different feel and it is then will he have time to correct for that. if he can't he will be over and if the bindings are cranked too high because there is now a slight torsional flex on his boot sole under high load the skis may not release and the potential for serious leg injury.
skimottaret
I hope you and others can convince him to go see that boot fitter before he potentially looses a season from injury.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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stevew, nope he really did it ! speed098, He is the same guy who during a ski school meeting when the big bosses asked everyone to wear a helmet when teaching he put his hand up and said that it is impossible to fall over going that slow so why bother, he really meant it 
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| skimottaret wrote: |
| pam w, he wasnt racing on these only teaching but he does go reasonably rapid as a matter of course... |
Unbelievable.
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Mike Pow, He is a great skier but genuinely crazy...
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Don't doubt both.
Just setting a very poor example for his students IMHO.
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Mike Pow, bit of duck tape cures all !
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bit of duck tape cures all
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Is he Canadian?
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Ski boot sandals for summer glacier skiing?
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Richard_Sideways,
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| skimottaret wrote: |
A mate of mine who spends a lot of time in ski boots finally gave up on "performance fit" boots
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I see his problem. He suffers from a rare condition podiatrists call 'toes'. The normal human foot is actually pointed as can be seen from the careful design of the ski boot shell and liner. Anyone with such a mutation should not attempt to put their foot inside a ski boot without having them removed.
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You know it makes sense.
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Anyone with such a mutation should not attempt to put their foot inside a ski boot without having them removed.
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I wouldn't worry too much. Once the cold gets to them I'd imagine they'll fall off by themselves.
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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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Your mate has been heard skimottaret
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Poster: A snowHead
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gryphea,
Scottish!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mike Pow, great picture, was that released on the 1st April?
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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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Yes 
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| Megamum wrote: |
| Mike Pow, great picture, was that released on the 1st April? |
Thank God for that (please tell me that this is all a joke???)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Not my mate but someone else had a similar idea
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Needs a booster strap and tech inserts
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...and a better grasp anatomy
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Who did the alignment? Cuff angle is way off.
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full set of toenails and none of them black = boots too big 
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Arno,
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