 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello Everyone,
I am new to skiing and have had some lessons on the dry slopes and really enjoy it, I have mild cerebral palsy as i result i walk on the balls of my foot. I am looking into buying a pair of ski boots as I am heading out to Les Arces. I went into Snow and Rock and the boot fitter did some test where i should on glass plate and he could see why my pressure was. He should I would need a costume insoles due to the way I walk. He also mentioned that I would be better in an more advance boot due to the fact I don't have much movement in my ankle so there would be no point in being in a boot with flex around the ankle. The price the boots with the insole would be around 200 -300 pounds
Just wanted to know if that sounded right and if anybody else has dealt with Rock and Rock boot fitting service.
All the best and Happy skiing.
Pete
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sounds about right to me - but I would wait until one of our two tame (nearly) boot fitters (CEM or SMALLZOOKEEPER) heave into view. Welcome to the madness that is snowHeads.
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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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Price wise sounds reasonable for a boot and custom fit insoles, pretty much everyone benefits from custom insoles so they certainly weren't just trying to sell you something just because you walk differently. It sounds to me as though you may need boots tweaking rather more than normal to suit you so if you possibly can you may well be best off getting a specialist fitter to do the job for you, CEM mentioned above is one of the best in the business but a little closer to you I've heard good things about Rivligton Alpine near Bolton
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Do you have foot orthotics in your normal shoes? If so these could be transferred to your ski boots.
One of the issues you may face is that the standard conformable foot insole may not have enough scope to adequately support your foot. If your bone structure and ankle movement are restricted then tightening down a ski boot without adequate support under foot could be painful for you and also potentially damaging.
So my concern would be the degree to which you can flex your ankle and whether you would need a fully custom footbed vs the type they normally fit just by heating a standard conformable footbed. It is a very difficult area to answer via a web site!
Key issues are:
1. In YOUR normal stance can you get a footbed that supports your whole foot so that you are not forced into an abnornal stance with respect to your ankle when in a ski boot
2. The result is likely to be different for you in each foot - so you still want to ensure (withing the constraints you may have) that after fittng a footbed you still have the same leg length on each side. ie you may need to also compenste if you have a good/better side.
The advice re a more advanced boot makes some sense as a more advanced boot will typically be stiffer and so a stiffer boot may protect your angle more than an entry level boot. However, this depends on the range of movement you have. No boot has a huge range of movement and as long as the range available does not exceed what would be safe for your ankle then it is better not to have too stiff a boot such that it would prevent you achieving what ankle flew that you can.
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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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Pete, if you haven't bought the boots yet it might be worth considering, particularly with your more speccialist fitting needs, getting in contact with CEM (Colin @ Solutions4Feet) who is a specialist boot fitter and will be fully qualified to deal with your needs - see the website for information on his qualifications and what he can do. I suspect the fitters at S+R although they will mean well will not be as qualified and may not be able to cater as successfully for your needs. The only issue for you may be that Colin is in Bicester so it'll entail a bit of a trip but if you can get down there I think it will most likely be worth your while.
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ski100, welcome to the mad house 
there are a few issues which need to be addressed which have been raised, orthotics, ankle joint range of motion, and then there is the issue of equinus, the position in which the foot may sit with your condition.... this is the natural position that he foot may sit in and is caused by contracture of muscles and tendons, building up the heel below the orthotic will get you into the position where your foot is happy, and it will or certainly may as Tomichi pointed out be different left to right
the price quoted seems a little low to me if that is to include a custom insert and an advanced level boot... i would guesstimate closer to £350 but this depends on your foot shape and the flex you require, if you have orthotics then they MAY be transferable but often they are too bulky to fit well into a ski boot, impossible to say much more without seeing your feet.
one thing is what ever you do, do not let this condition put you off skiing, whilst there are fit issues with the boot which need to be overcome, these are minor things and in the right hands should be fairly easily dealt with.
good luck getting sorted
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