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penguin
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Ok, where can I get custom footbeds, and how much will they cost?
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Most good shops can do them. They're about $80 - $100.penguin said:
ChileMass
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Folks - never got a response to my earlier question - if I have been skiing on a pair of boots for approx 3 seasons, is it too late to have them custom-fitted for my feet? Since they are pretty well broken in, are they already as molded to my feet as they are likely to get? Will $100 cover the cost?
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shortski
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ChileMass said:
It depends on how many days you skied them and how you ski. If the bladders are worn you may have to replqace the bladders, have custom beds put in and have them fitted. Lesss than $100, I rather doubt it.
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My big toe only hurts a bit if I've been skiing powder or slushy spring-type conditions because I am skiing w/ tips "up" but otherwise I honestly do not experience foot pain at the end of the day w/ these boots. I think you might need to be re-fitted. Good luck!
Sprite
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penguin said:
With the liners out of the shells and your toes touching the front of the shells, you should be able to get two fingers between your heel and the heel of the boot. If you can't, then the boots are probably too short.
I just took my boots in to have them stretched wider and higher in the toe box. The length seems to be okay. I'm hoping this works.
I keep my toe nails trimmed where normal weight ski socks. Also, I have tried wearing a Band-Aid (the thicker fabric type, not the plastic ones that are quite thin) with the pad over the toe nail. That seems to work for me a little because the bruising seems to be caused by my toe nail pressing against the top of the toe box.
Good luck with your mods.
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gamine224
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Ouch, My Toe is Blue Too
I bought a pair of boots late last spring and didn't ski on them much. The shop had very few (or no!) boots left in my size and they sold me a youth racing boot (I am a 52 year old petite lady). This year after my first day out my toes were very numb. I had the toe box widened, no help. I had the big toe blown out, no help. After 3 unhappy days at Copper Mountain with a trip to Surefoot each day, I insisted on new boots. My new boots are Ladies' boots, they feel great and I am finally happy. But what do I do about my toe? It's swollen, ugly and getting numb.
PS: I wear custom footbeds and LOVE them. And Surefoot gave me full credit for the first pair.
I bought a pair of boots late last spring and didn't ski on them much. The shop had very few (or no!) boots left in my size and they sold me a youth racing boot (I am a 52 year old petite lady). This year after my first day out my toes were very numb. I had the toe box widened, no help. I had the big toe blown out, no help. After 3 unhappy days at Copper Mountain with a trip to Surefoot each day, I insisted on new boots. My new boots are Ladies' boots, they feel great and I am finally happy. But what do I do about my toe? It's swollen, ugly and getting numb.
PS: I wear custom footbeds and LOVE them. And Surefoot gave me full credit for the first pair.
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oldhippie
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>>> (I am a 52 year old petite lady). <<<
...sounding pretty nice to me!!
>>> But what do I do about my toe? It's swollen, ugly and getting numb. <<<
I don't mind if you don't mind!
LOL!!! I'm sorry, I am usually a perfect gentleman, but I just couldn't help myself.
Seriously, hopefully it will heal and get back to normal within a few days. Good for you on insisting on good fitting boots!
...sounding pretty nice to me!!
>>> But what do I do about my toe? It's swollen, ugly and getting numb. <<<
I don't mind if you don't mind!
LOL!!! I'm sorry, I am usually a perfect gentleman, but I just couldn't help myself.
Seriously, hopefully it will heal and get back to normal within a few days. Good for you on insisting on good fitting boots!
Stretched Boots Help
Had my boots stretched wider and higher in the toe box and it helped quite a bit. My big toes still take a pounding in the rough stuff but nearly as bad as before. Might get the left one stretched a little bit more next season or at the end of this one.
Had my boots stretched wider and higher in the toe box and it helped quite a bit. My big toes still take a pounding in the rough stuff but nearly as bad as before. Might get the left one stretched a little bit more next season or at the end of this one.
bigbog
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re: boot problems...
Hi Penguin,
Always ski with your toes relaxed and lying flat, straight ahead...up a bit when needed, but NOT the curled, gripping atatus that tightens all your ligaments. Try your initial choice of inexpensive, carboard/rubber insoles, but believe me...as shortski noted, the durable plastic is what most people use..much more solid support for where your feet NEED it!....under:1) inside edge of heel; 2) arch; 3) inside edge- ball of foot.... although later on, when you know what's dialed in..cork is also a choice....and I'll tell you, it really is the tip of my footbed (at the very bottom)....that takes some of the brunt of hitting either the low end of the liner or that plus the inside of the shell. The many boot models differ essentially in the amount of volume(over instep & forefoot) and width of heel and/or forefoot toe box..but it is plastic and usually where there's a will, there's a way...stretching a shell isn't a problem for a skilled fitter!
What can often happen is that for some reason, your heel is either being pushed or is sliding forward, out of the heel pocket....and that can spell serious toe crunchtime!!!...so take a look there, if you have a thin heel and IF the heel pockets of the boots are big, you can have a bootfitter add padding onto the outside of the liner...to hold you Back! and the toe bang thing should cease...So take a look at the fit in the heel...that'll hint at what the problem might be...but if you hven't used a footbed, the chance is that your foot is rolling around a bit, as well as forward slightly....the footbed will help and should stabilize everything ....in whatever boot you get...
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Hi Penguin,
Always ski with your toes relaxed and lying flat, straight ahead...up a bit when needed, but NOT the curled, gripping atatus that tightens all your ligaments. Try your initial choice of inexpensive, carboard/rubber insoles, but believe me...as shortski noted, the durable plastic is what most people use..much more solid support for where your feet NEED it!....under:1) inside edge of heel; 2) arch; 3) inside edge- ball of foot.... although later on, when you know what's dialed in..cork is also a choice....and I'll tell you, it really is the tip of my footbed (at the very bottom)....that takes some of the brunt of hitting either the low end of the liner or that plus the inside of the shell. The many boot models differ essentially in the amount of volume(over instep & forefoot) and width of heel and/or forefoot toe box..but it is plastic and usually where there's a will, there's a way...stretching a shell isn't a problem for a skilled fitter!
What can often happen is that for some reason, your heel is either being pushed or is sliding forward, out of the heel pocket....and that can spell serious toe crunchtime!!!...so take a look there, if you have a thin heel and IF the heel pockets of the boots are big, you can have a bootfitter add padding onto the outside of the liner...to hold you Back! and the toe bang thing should cease...So take a look at the fit in the heel...that'll hint at what the problem might be...but if you hven't used a footbed, the chance is that your foot is rolling around a bit, as well as forward slightly....the footbed will help and should stabilize everything ....in whatever boot you get...
$.02
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