 Poster: A snowHead
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Junior Bootfitters. Full and Part Time.
Experienced Bootfitters. Part Time.
Expert Bootfitters. Full Time.
Expert Ski Technicians. Full Time.
We welcome applications from all and any. Quick learners, self motivated people with an eye for detail will excel often above those experienced. Our winters are long and hard as our shop has a exceptionally high level of service.
Forward C.V.'s to me:
Steven DELETED, 
Footworks/Sport Alpins,
7 Place de Edmond Desailloud.
Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
74400.
Haute Savoie.
France.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 1-04-07 16:20; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Damn, but that's tempting 
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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, nothing for a mouthy smartarse? (can fix drains ... or is that fill them ... )
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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| Masque wrote: |
| (can fix drains ... or is that fill them ... ) |
A self forfilling prophecy? 
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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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After the week from hell, this is very tempting.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, is there a bootfitters course available? I ask 'cos no. 1 son is currently considering what to do with his gap year, and seems to think he can spend it bumming around and doing some skiing. I suggested he did something now that would get him a job too. He'd be thinking about 2007/2008 season though.
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Helen Beaumont, I think 'Natives' advertises one , but surely offering SZK or CEM some free assistance in return for some knowledge might crack the same egg ?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Im going on a course with Anything Technical on the 22nd of May (The One advertised on NAtives). Hoping on going ot Canada with BUNAC in October. Il post a report on here when I have been on the course. He may be able to still get a student visa if he is on a Gap year.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Edmundh009, he won't be doing the Gap year until 2007.
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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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Just bouncing the tread.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, into tyres now?
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You know it makes sense.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Is that your way of saying no Tyre Kickers!
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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,
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Just bouncing the tread.
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Hiking boots 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Could he afford me?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wear The Fox Hat, Could you understand him?
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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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boredsurfin, it's all about karma...
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Bouncing the thread. 
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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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B-O-I-N-G!!!!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, check your deodorant . . .
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| is there a bootfitters course available? |
Fit
Get people to buy the most expensive boots in the shop (or stuff you are trying to unload from last year's stock that none of the more knowledgable/fashion conscious clients want - tell them its next year's model and you only have a few on pre-order) The key is to make sure the boots are uncomfortable, especially after the punter has been on the snow for a bit.
The first thing to sell when they come back complaining that the boots are too small is a custom foodbed, fifty quid of easy money but the shell should still be too tight so next time they come back suggest blowing the shells out (see below). Complicated boots with lots of rivets, buckles etc are idea for shell blowing as the process weakens the shell and it is likely to split at a later date around one of the rivets making you an extra sale.
Suggest a replacement "memory" type liner, initially a thermofit liner should do but you may be able to sell an expensive foam injected model.
Patter
The key to boot fitting is to turn it into a black art. If the client comes in saying they have a street shoe size of 8 (UK) immediately start babbling away in Mondospeak with lots of references to how each boot manufacturer has a different idea of what a Mondo 27 length is and how every fool knoweth that you always go at least a couple of sizes smaller than your street size. Put the clients foot on a measure, if it says Mondo 27 suggest that they would be most comfortable in a Mondo 25... or even a 24.5 for extra control in the bumps and blacks.
The best way to sell a badly fitting boot is to tell the customer that the shells should be really tight coz that's how the racers wear them and that's how you get control. Did the client ever feel his heels lifting in his old boots? Well they were too big! Tell them it is "loose" fitting boots that really feel too tight because the client has to overcrank the buckles in order to get a good fit crushing the foot. No what they need is a shell that leaves just a fag paper's width around the foot because the "liner is bound to pack out with wear".
A "good fitting" boot is one where they wearer (or sufferer as they should really be known) has to undo the buckles at every possible opportunity in order to get a bit of blood circulating in his feet.
Alignment Clinic
Tell the client that they are not properly aligned. You can make loads of dosh by sticking white disks on their legs and videoing the punter in a dark room on a ski machine. Show them the video and sprinkly in a few words about pronation and supination and spastic knees, suggest expensive techno fixes such as shims, footbed grinding etc.
Shell Blowing
If you are blowing the shell make sure you go a bit overboard so that
i) the client has to come back to have padding fitted
ii) the shell splits a bit later in the cold
iii) blow out in the wrong place so they have to come back for more work
Surgery
Get a commission from the local medical center for the treatment of "black toe", bunions, toenail extraction, amputation that is bound to result from your boot fitting.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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davidof, The sour sound of a failed bootfitter.
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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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... or of a man whose bootfitter failed him?
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admin, You never had a badly cooked steak? Probably, but i bet you still eat steak. Unless you're a VEGI, in which case, GET WITH THE PROGRAMME, you're the top of the food chain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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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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So who wants a job?
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Poster: A snowHead
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How much?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You never had a badly cooked steak
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No such thing! simply not to your liking
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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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Boucning the thread. 
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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boing
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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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do you take aussies?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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little tiger, With a work permit, yes.
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little tiger,
Are you a paddy living in Oz
or an Auzzie livin in Paddy land?
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johnboy, she's a whinging con living in GOC.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Edmundh009, I did Anything Technical's course a few years ago - it was well-taught and quite comprehensive if you do all the sections of it.
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My friends tell me i do most things for a fiver
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