 Poster: A snowHead
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What are your views/experiences in deliberately providing room in the boot for some foot (pronation) movement?
I'm referring to things such as a navicular punch, or some medial ankle room to allow the foot/ankle to roll to the inside, inside the ski boot.
I don't expect many of your recreational skiers have asked for this, but have you done this for any of your high performance clients?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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veeeight, A certain Mr BM once asked me to do just this as he likes to be able to roll his foot inwards at the start of the turn. If you can accurately judge the amount of movement required, I feel this to be a potentially beneficial solution
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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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I'm playing with this in my own boots at the moment, I'm just seriously in the next few days about to get a navicular punch, as I feel locked up in my ankles currently.
Good to know that it's been asked for before.
Oh. and have any of you guys got any info on the 07/08 Head Raptor? There are a few whispers around that say the shell is too thick to heat and punch, you should just grind?
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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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veeeight, With this kind of boot, Poly Ether W/C boots, i have the client ski it from the box. No footbed, liner moulding or grinds. I wan't the client to feel the progress, so as at any given time they may ask for more work at the right level/area. Next process is grinding and shaping the boot, allowing for the pronation(Navicular/1st Metz/ Medial Malioli), and any other worries. Now we mould the liner, if we can and finally, the footbed. This may seem backwards, but it helps me build a clearer image of what is needed and enables the client to understand what my hands are capable of. This has proved to me to be the most sucessful route. So to answer your question, yes i allow for it, no matter how strong the orthotic pronation will occur under such forces so grind it!
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I love the foreign language that is spoken on some of these threads
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Megamum, thats because it was a very specific query about a specific issue!
Thanks guys. Most helpful.
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Dear LZK, SZK and CEM
I have a very high opinion of myself and don't suppose anyone has ever asked this question - especially not the likes of megamum and those lesser skiers but have you ever considered doing a fairly basic stretch on a pair of boots before?
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dme, Morning ALFIE. 
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