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To flex the boot, one must also flex all 3 joints of the hip, knee and ankle, this will absorb most of the shock, but i would be curious to find out which buckles collide and on what brand of boot.
When a boot is flexed in a modern ski boot, the distortion in the shell around the instep area would be massive for that to happen, and if it happens often then the skier is most likely in the wrong boots, and the DIN settings wrong, if the bindings didn't let them out on a regular basis.
You are up late, if in Europe.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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East Coast US: Glen Echo, Maryland.
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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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EDIT: Of course, short-legged folks need to flex further forward, too. |
I don't see why on a carve ski.
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[quote="easiski"]LARGEZOOKEEPER, - having been forced to change during the last few years I've now managed to source several pairs of shells (revolting yellow custard colour), and after 4 years of absolute agony, am now able to ski foot pain free (almost immediately). Now you deal with racers, who are prepared to put up with it - but us regular ski teachers really can't deal with maximum pain all day long! As you know, we're in our boots for 8 or more hours a day, pretty much every day for 5 months - fit is critical, and when your perfect boot is no longer made ..... 
One golden rule - If it's not broken, don't fix it 
It seems to be a common misunderstanding that racer's boots hurt! In reality nothing could be further from the truth. Racers need a tight, precise fit in order to maximise transmission and feeling to the ski which explains the need to loosen the buckles after every run. However, pain is natures way of telling you that something's wrong and as such may lead to injury and complications, some of you will remember Chemmy Alcott missing out on the best part of a season a couple of years back, this was in part due to neglecting (not her fault, I hasten to add) a problem on her 5th metatarsal head(sixth toe) which became seriously inflamed and entailed a complete break from skiing. Not an ideal situation as you can imagine. In a sport such as competitive skiing, it is of utmost importance that all concentration is used where needed, this is simply impossible when pain distracts from the main issue. On a typical training day a racer will put on their boots at 7,30am and keep them on for 4-5 hours, so they need to be confortable like anyone else.
A quick word on the following posts. I feel that the characteristics of the flexon are almost ideally matched to the needs of today's shaped skis, ie. lateral stiffness and softer, progressive flex. As to the problem of touching buckles, this does exist particularily in the smaller sizes. I have seen this many times especially with Lange boots where they are quite close together. It's not just a stiffness issue, more of a placement problem.
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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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As to the problem of touching buckles, this does exist particularily in the smaller sizes. I have seen this many times especially with Lange boots where they are quite close together. It's not just a stiffness issue, more of a placement problem.
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i have seen this dozens of times on Lange, tecnica, nordica and others especially in 22 /23 shells
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