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What's the current thinking on wearing socks with ski boots? I've always worn the wooly sort but I seem to remember a thread that said no socks is now the norm. (I can't find the thread 'cos "search" just did not work for me!) 
I've just "acquired" a new pair of Salomons and they fit OK but with socks they may feel a little tight. So is there a definitive "wear these"?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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WHAT?
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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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You are kidding right ? Once upon a time 2 pairs of socks were often worn, then one pair of thick socks, these days people use so called technical socks thin in some places thicker in others to provide padding only where required, not wearing socks will rapidly result in one thing, smelly ski boots 
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Michael B, I fink someone as been pullin your plonka 
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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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Ok! so socks are a must. So what type is best? I definitely saw a long thread discussing the merits of one type or another. I may need to get different ones to my current so if someone can find the thread at least I can look it up.
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Hmm. Rock climbers have climbed with no socks for years. A ski instructor told me he wore thin socks, and my present socks are much tininner than than in the past. Being fuddy, not to mention duddy, I can't imagine skiing without socks, though.
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Thin!
I use Thorolos.
(sorry,can't remember the spelling, and they are packed for Montana tomorrow)
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Crikey there'll be open toe ski boots next for spring skiing.
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ian bloomfield, now that would keep your ski boots smelling nice 
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I'm with Wear The Fox Hat in that I use thin Thorlos socks available from Ellis Brigham & they're execellent - not cheap, especially when you buy 6 pairs, but excellent.
They offer 3 different thicknesses, the idea being that the thinnest socks give better 'feel' of boot/ski.
With modern boots you don't need thick socks to keep you're feet warm providing you boots are dry when you put them on.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I too use thin socks - much better "feel" and the so called technical make-up that keeps you warm seems to to work fine for me.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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socks are there, as DG ORf roightly points out, for the smells. Sking without socks would be the best way to do it, since in effect the sock is just another layer which will compress and distort the action of your shin aginst the boot, meaning you don;t get the exact level of control...
yes, precisely. think socks are indeed better personally, I use Thorlos (although one of the guys bought a pair this holiday that he saidwere waaaaay better than his thorlos, I'll post more details when I've asked him). I used to wear thick socks until I realise thatit does make a slight difference - ok not a great deal, but enough...
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Thin socks are in!!!
The best ones are made of merino wool which will wick sweat away from your feet keeping them nice and dry, and as an added bonus they dont get as stinky as others - something about them being natural fibres or something.
The down side is that you pay more for them.
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You know it makes sense.
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I've never heard of anyone NOT wearing any socks with ski books (how would you get your feet in/out?) How thick the socks are depends on how cold your feet get. I wear regular and quite expensive ski socks in winter - feet still get cold - and thin ones from Quality Seconds in the spring /summer. (£0.99 for 3 pairs) excellent value.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thin socks, got a couple of pairs from M&S (£6.00 View From range), I thought that was good value,easiski, beats me into a long second.
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Poster: A snowHead
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If I wear anything other than thin, smooth socks, I get patterns embossed in my legs. Must be getting old, lack of collagen or something. It's quite difficult finding thin socks long enough for my boots. Luckily the boots are very comfortable.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks. That was the info I was looking for.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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despite the insulation in the boot surely your feet would get chilly on a cold day ? Anyone actually experienced no sock skiing ? I prefer thin (Salomon) socks to the thicker ones and was suprised that it made quite a bit of difference to the contact between boot and foot
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I think sock choice is vitally significant. Your feet are your steering and having the right socks gets you set up right. My favourites are the merino wool Saloman technical, but I also like the Nordica technicals (Race) and X-socks ski version. Thin technical socks are a big improvement. (on previous socks, not none.)
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Chris Bish, with some peoples' feet any socks are an improvement on none! 
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I get laughed at for my obsession with ski socks. Can't think why.... 
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COnformaebls, that's the one Mike bought - thanks Ise!
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I have the same as ise and also find them very good. I can't imagine skiing without socks. Buying boots for my daughter earlier this month, we were next to a top French racer who had socks with individual toes, like a glove. I'd never seen these before. Are they de rigueur for racers? What advantage do they confer, if any? I'm sure some snowHeads will know!
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dangly bits Ive just bought 3 pairs of Thick thermal socks!!
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glisser, your dangley bits will be fine, don't worry. Merino boxers?
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Is there a competition going on for reviving the oldest post?
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I was thinking of what I was going to say.
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You know it makes sense.
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glisser,
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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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when i got my current boots fitted at Blues two years ago the fitter told me he skied with no socks which i found totally strange. i am just back from Zell am See and had some dreadfully painful days in my boots and some where my feet felt great. I have always had my doubts about the size of my boots but now know what has caused the issues. the days i got really sore numb feet i was wearing very thick skiing socks. the days i had comfort i was wearing a thin sock which i was given for free when i bought my boots (they were 19.95 per pair and i can't remember what they are called) i will not be wearing thick socks ever again as the pain prior to my feet going numb was not nice at all.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I can only wear thin socks in my boots, but one time when I forgot to take any socks with me, going away for a day to Val Thorens, I skied in bare feet; wasn't a big drama.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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 have tried all sorts over the years, specially designed, Salomons, M&S special, donkeys years ago, all thick socks. The ones that were best for me was the M&S pair and I still use them today, normally last day of skiing, as the boot has loosened up a wee bit by the end of the week and these do the job fine. All others I have tried including expensive ones I was sold when I got my current set of boots just make my feet sweat, then cold. 
I have since discovered some really good socks, merino based wool at Decathlon, these are thinner but my feet seem warmer and do not sweat. I trialled a pair and thought they were just the job so I waited until end of season last year and got a few pairs half price in end of season sale. 
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I wear the old Falke jobs...nice and snug, but my son who is a ski instructor just pulls out the first pair of socks that are in the drawer i.e the sort you might wear to the office. He does have custom boots, so that might make a difference. Mind you they are a bit stinky (the boots....)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have Falke socks with L on one and R on the other, so that you can remember which boot to put on which foot. The problem is that you still have to remember which sock to put on which foot. I guess nothing is perfect.
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My favourite socks are the ones at the front of my sock drawer. Can't believe that people can worry about the choice of socks.
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I guess it depends on how much ya paid fer ya boots in the first place........
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Like Chris Bish, I also wear the nordicas, either that or smartwool. I also used to wear 2 pairs years ago, like everyone else I knew back then, to stop my feet from freezing up. But I reckon as insulation technology in boots has improved the need for extra warmth from socks has, thankfully, gone.
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Swissie, I ended up doing a learn to carve in a day session at Tamworth fridge in regular day to day socks as I forgot to pack my ski sock and EB hadn't got anything in stock that fitted me and wasn't ridiculously overpriced. I think I only got away with it because my boots are custom fitted with custom footbeds and while my toes were a bit colder than when wearing my merino tekos and I need to do the boots a bit tighter it was fine otherwise.
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Ive got expensive ski socks and I actually feel more comfortable and no less cold in my little black normal ankle socks - sorry, correction, I feel more comfortable in my little black ankle socks and not cold
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