 Poster: A snowHead
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Biggest son (12 year old - 5ft 2" - 7st 10lb) has rapidly grown over the last month & needs new ski boots
We've been to 2 shops today - both said he needs a size 26.5
One said he should stick to a junior boot - junior last - 65 flex
The other said he should buy a mens boot - medium last - 70 flex
The mens seem heavy to me especially for a 12 year old - while the junior seems narrow
Anybody had the same problem?
I don't get much feedback from him so some advice please on the best way forward
(NB he's been skiing since he was 5 & can get around most of the mountain)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Has he always had his own boots? Most kids I know hire until their feet stop growing. CEM at Solutions4Feet will know the answer tho.
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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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My son had head raptor 70 boots last year in 26.5 and was 14. Spoke to head rep in ski show a few weeks after buying and said junior need junior boots to suit calf size and calf length. He's now had to have adult boots in 28.5. He really liked the head raptors and had used them a few weeks last year.
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| Waffle wrote: |
| Most kids I know hire until their feet stop growing. = |
That is a bit of a sweeping statement. My 7 year old has been skiing for 2 years and has had his own boots since just after his first lesson. He skis frequently at our local dry slope and also at Braehead. I've done quite well buying and selling on ebay. 
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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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@Gaza, Just the kids I know 
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I remember having that problem with my son. Having seen kids trying to make adult gear work, I'd stick to a kid's boot. Your son is still considerably smaller than a man, and won't have the mass or leg length of a man, so putting him in a man's boot is going to make life hard for him. By the time he's big enough for the kid's boot to be too soft his feet will have grown too, so they won't fit him any more anyway! And that'll probably be next year 
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As a backwards way of answering the question, CEM has recently fitted me with some "youth" boots. Suffice it to say that I do not fit the usual definition of youth
So I suppose that suitability must be around weight etc, not just what the manufacturers call the boot. They're much stiffer than 60 or 70 too; 110 if I remember correctly, so 60 is certainly not the stiffness limit for junior boots.
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Definitely go for junior boot as the adult boots are very likely to be heavier, harder to flex and not fit a junior foot/leg correctly. 'Too much boot' is the technical description...
You will get different fits for different makes - my son has Head boots and average width feet. My daughter has Lange which fit her narrower feet much better. Choose the fit, not the manufacturer.
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