 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey guys, I was wondering if you could give me advice on the best place to go for a ski boot fitting in the north east of england.
I am from newcastle. I usually go to LD Mountain Centre but dont want to go back anymore. I saw the ski shop at Xscape leeds and it looked awesome. Elis brigham? What are they like?
Any suggestions?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bicester
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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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Sainter, head west a bit, Rivington Alpine in chorley
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I had a really good experience at snow and rock Gateshead (I can check the receipt see if his name is on it) - I previously went all the way to London to Profeet to try and resolve my agony and ended up in just as much pain - happened to pop into snow and rock who were shocked not only at the state of the footbeds (which they kept as an example of how not to do it) and also the style of boot - they were Rossignol - not kidding absolute agony. I now have a pair of Atomic with the shell stretched and a custom footbed - skied on them last season - not a single problem, even do free adjustments is needed in the season if you try them and they need it.
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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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Eddie or Jules at Ellis Brigham Castleford, think Jules might have left now. Eddie really is very very good though. Worth calling before you go and making sure he is working / free as, as it is a big chain there are other less experience boot fitters around.
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migletski, they are a bit hit and miss though, I had mine foamed and they were perfect, my sons were agony and we bought some more in Chamonix.
They did however admit their mistake and give a full refund.
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I like Bicester even though RA are in the same advert.
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BAC in Elland (Near Halifax) a few mins of J24 M62... Family run business both me and my dad have had our boots fitted here...
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Sainter, as Chattonmill, says snow and rock are variable. My boots are from the gateshead shop and are a reasonable fit but i had to swap the originals for the next size down. I think the general approach for these shops is to go with the feel comfortable in the shop approach which becomes too big when you start using them. There are staff who are reasonable and if you have some knowledge yourself you can work with them to get the fit you want which is what I did. If I was buying boots again I would bite the bullet and try one of the specialist fitters recommended on here even though it will mean travelling.
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Are there no Snow and Rock in that area? (sorry should have read all the post)
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Tue 18-12-12 16:15; edited 1 time in total
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Backcountry UK in Ilkley did a fantastic job for me. I was there about 4 hours and I now have boots I can wear all day no problem.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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migletski, if u get a moment could you find the guys name who sold you the boots? You sound very pleased with their shop so i think thats where I shall go.
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Hi the name on the receipt is Matthew Allport - I cant remember if the same guy fitted the boots and took payment - he was tall and thin (not much help I know) - seemed to work Friday evenings as it was usually a Friday evening we went in.
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You know it makes sense.
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The guy who fitted my boots was strongly against the feels comfortable in the shop approach - several times I said I thought they might be half a size small but he persuaded me to try them - he was right - maybe I just got lucky with the person working on the day:lol:
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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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Go to Graham at Rivington Alpine.
Just had a fitting recently and they are great.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| ADubya wrote: |
| Eddie or Jules at Ellis Brigham Castleford, think Jules might have left now. Eddie really is very very good though. Worth calling before you go and making sure he is working / free as, as it is a big chain there are other less experience boot fitters around. |
+1 for Eddie @ Ellis Brigham Castleford. EB get a lot of stick on here but Eddie has now fitted 2 sets of boots for us and has done a stirling job each time. Takes ages though, mine took 4 hours and the girlfriends took about 3 hours.
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