severine
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Went to Alpine Haus in Wethersfield to try some boots. Figured what better way to pass a rainy, crappy day. 
I don't remember the gentleman's name who helped me, but he had longish dirty-blonde hair, younger guy. Apparently due to the shape of my feet and my skill level, he only had 2 boots he recommended me trying - Tecnica V2 4 and Nordica Olympia Beast 10. MUCH different than the Salomon Performa 4.0 that I got 4 years ago. (Especially since the Salomons were the wrong size at a 26.0! And those were purchased from a ski shop, too, not a big box store. :angry
It was a little difficult trying out the boots with my knee being the way it is, but I vowed that I was getting new boots this spring (thank you tax refund!) and there was no way I would be kept from it!!
I was hesitant to decide given my limited options. But when I thought about it, my foot shape and size limits my options regardless and who's to say that dragging the kids to another place at another time would have turned into a different pair of boots. So after meandering about, flexing, etc, I decided upon the Nordica Olympia Beast 10s. I also had custom footbeds made, even though I originally had planned upon using my old ones (which are semi-customs). Since I ended up 1 full mondo size smaller (25.0), and I forgot my footbeds to check them out ... and the shop is 1 hr away, blah, blah, blah ... I decided it was probably a good idea to invest in doing this the right way.
They'll be ready to pick up Wednesday. Something about how the footbeds are done that's causing the hold up and by the time we were done, it was nearly closing time.
Can't wait to get them! MUCH more snug than my old learning boots. They'll be a blast to use when I can finally ski again! And I definitely recommend Alpine Haus if anyone was wondering about whether or not to try them out. I will add this, though, from MR. evil's boot thread earlier....
Guess I didn't do a good job wheeling and dealing.....
I don't remember the gentleman's name who helped me, but he had longish dirty-blonde hair, younger guy. Apparently due to the shape of my feet and my skill level, he only had 2 boots he recommended me trying - Tecnica V2 4 and Nordica Olympia Beast 10. MUCH different than the Salomon Performa 4.0 that I got 4 years ago. (Especially since the Salomons were the wrong size at a 26.0! And those were purchased from a ski shop, too, not a big box store. :angry
It was a little difficult trying out the boots with my knee being the way it is, but I vowed that I was getting new boots this spring (thank you tax refund!) and there was no way I would be kept from it!!
I was hesitant to decide given my limited options. But when I thought about it, my foot shape and size limits my options regardless and who's to say that dragging the kids to another place at another time would have turned into a different pair of boots. So after meandering about, flexing, etc, I decided upon the Nordica Olympia Beast 10s. I also had custom footbeds made, even though I originally had planned upon using my old ones (which are semi-customs). Since I ended up 1 full mondo size smaller (25.0), and I forgot my footbeds to check them out ... and the shop is 1 hr away, blah, blah, blah ... I decided it was probably a good idea to invest in doing this the right way.
They'll be ready to pick up Wednesday. Something about how the footbeds are done that's causing the hold up and by the time we were done, it was nearly closing time.
Can't wait to get them! MUCH more snug than my old learning boots. They'll be a blast to use when I can finally ski again! And I definitely recommend Alpine Haus if anyone was wondering about whether or not to try them out. I will add this, though, from MR. evil's boot thread earlier....
I paid $150 for my custom footbeds from Alpine Haus. AND I bought my boots at the same time.
Guess I didn't do a good job wheeling and dealing.....
