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Board Boot Wear Habits

 Poster: A snowHead
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Merry Christmas everyone!

I have been boarding for 20 years now but I'm still struggling to get my boots to fit properly first time round ... I never fully tighten them until I'm up on the mountain (either in a bubble cabin or at the top of the first chair). I think I have a tendency to over-tighten (particularly the inner liner) which means that my feet are starting to complain after a couple of runs. I then have to stop and readjust ... and repeat this process 2-3 time during the day.

I own a pair of Northwave Legends at the moment - they have been professionally fitted and are only 3 years old. But have experienced similar issues with my Salomon Dialogues (3 different iterations / models) in the past. So I suspect it's down to how hard I tighten them (or not)?

Any advice welcome.

Thanks
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I would ask on snowboardingforum
There is a helpful boot fitter there.. Be prepared to post up your feet & measurements though!

What exactly is the discomfort you are getting? Boots dont need to be tight as long as you are not getting heal lift.
Also what about bindings (over tightening) & stance?
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I have Northwave Legends too and part of the problem is being able to do them up so tight so easily! I often have to loosen them off a bit after yanking them up tight at first.
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Mr.Egg wrote:
I would ask on snowboardingforum
There is a helpful boot fitter there.. Be prepared to post up your feet & measurements though!

What exactly is the discomfort you are getting? Boots dont need to be tight as long as you are not getting heal lift.
Also what about bindings (over tightening) & stance?


+1 he knows his boots, helped me out before
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Thanks all - I will ask at the forum ... yes, very tempting to tighten the liner as much as you can @leggyblonde!
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you could always try tightening up your boots when they're under tension rather than just 'slack'. Put some forward lean into the boot when you tighten them up first thing, as though you were in a riding stance rather than just standing up or sitting down unweighted - particularly if they don't have region specific upper and lower tightening zones. Thats what I used to do when tightening up my old Vans boa boots which only had the single tightening zone winder and could lead you to over tightening the upper part of the boot while the lower half was loose and you got heel lift.
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