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Newbie Question - Do I have heel lift or not?
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Bought my first boots + board after renting for the last couple of holidays. I got them fitted in the shop and went for 32 lashed fasttrack boots. The boots were heat molded to my foot as well. In the shop they felt fine but when I was up at Glencoe this week I noticed that they were a little bit looser around the ankles when stationary.
When I stand on my toes (with boot sole still on the ground, I can lift my heels about 1/2 cm inside the boot. But if I lean forward and roll onto my toes then my heel grips the boot perfectly. I bought some of those stop heel lift now pads but they make the heel so tight that it is painful.
Not sure if I have heel lift or not, when I am on the snowboard I don't feel my heels moving about at all really, just when I am standing still and I can move my feet a tiny bit if I stand on my tiptoes.
Is this normal?!
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Take the liner out, put your foot inside, are your toes at the end with virtually no space? Put your foot in the boot shell - have you got less than 2 fingers space betwen heel and shell? If you can say yes then chances are your boots are the right size. In which case you're prob ok - its always possible to lift your heel a bit if you really try - but if you don't notice it when riding then s'no prob. Oh and do your boot liners and boots up reasonably tight - but not so your foot goes blue!
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And although it shouldn't be relied on, when you tighten your bindings it will inevitably tighten the shell which in turn will tighten the liner onto your foot. If your happy when your riding don't fret. Nice boot, heard some good reports on thirty two's!
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Thanks for the replies. Guess I dont have any heel lift (when riding) after all. Only one finger space with my foot in the boot without the liner.
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