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Comfort is most important. Soft boots will be less painful after a hard day in the park, but will suck in chopped up snow or going fast on the groomers. That's all you need to know. Go to a good shop and try on as many as you can.

how do you tell your size again...i used to know but i forgot during the off season......

go into a shop and let them fit boots for you and ask lots of ????. then even if you dont buy them there, you will have some insite.

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I think some suitable boots for you would be the Rossignol Softboots, or the Rossignol Freeride XX.




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dont listen to anyone here except for the guy who said go to your shop and ask questions! boots arent like skis; they are much, much more important. any good skier can ski on 210 cm straight skis, but if you are in boots that dont fit, you're screwed. go try some on. its what ever fits you best

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^what he meant to say was listen to shawn and P-JO.




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i think he said to listen to me DUH! but yeah, shawn is right.


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bambam has the right idea, shops and Q's, thats all you need
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definately go to the shops, but a few things to know, you can quickly guess-timate your boot size by adding 18, so an 8.5 shoe would be a 26.5, and a 10 would be 28, and so on. The biggest thing to remember when getting boots fit is that your feet and legs shrink in the winter (as a result of the cold) so try fitting the boots without socks, and you should not be maxing out the buckles.

Also, another good thing to try is take the liner out of the boot, put your foot in there, and slide it forward. You should have like 2 fingers width of space between your heel and the back of the boot.

And footbeds can be your best friend. I definately believe in them, and they've helped me get a much better feel for whats going on in the boot and made me a little less dependant on the canting abilities of the boot.

As far as what the difference between boots is, mainly its little technological differences, shell volumes, and flex. Any good shop should be able to tell you about the little tech-ie advances, but as far as flex goes, the stiffer the boot, the more directly your movements translate through the ski to the snow, the stiffer they are the less comfortable you can expect them to be, however the tradeoff is better control and more accurate feedback from your feet.

Hopefully this helps, but like everyone said, the shops are gonna be your best bet, so try on everything that you can, and don't be pushed into something that doesn't feel right.

Yeah - definately get some new footbeds in your boots - they've helped me a lot.

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yeah just spend an entire day in a shop put on some boots and walk around chill look at the ski you can't afford and see how they feel if your foot goes numb or hurts ditch them and try another pair until you find some that feel right . we don't talk about boots that much on here cuz its a much more personal fit something thats differant for everyone. good luck
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just remember, if you get them fit now, wear either no socks, or very very thin ones, and make sure that the buckles are not maxed out for a tight fit (your body shrink in the winter). Also, a good thing to verify proper fit, is your toes should basically be at the end of the boot, and when you flex, you should feel your toes pull back (taking the pressure away).

Yeah, and remember that the liner packs out throughout the boot's lifetime, making the boot effectively bigger. So if you're stuck between sizes, go for the smaller one.

I didnt know that your body shrinks in the winter.

-Randy

as a reaction to the drop in temperature, your body pulls blood from the extremities (arms and legs) causing them to shrink. Most people do not notice this, but skiing, you will, ever try your boots on in the summer, then again when winter is in full force, there is a big difference.

Also, altitude can affect it as well, but not as severly

while talking about boots...i heard the only difference between the salomon 1080 boot size 9 and 9.5 is liner thickness?
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Yeah - that's how most companies do it I think. My Salomons are a 30.5 and it says inside the shell '30/30.5'.

its a matter of cost effectivness. Jsut for example, 12 shell molds are cheaper to produce than 24, obivously. And therefore the companies make more money.

actually manus you need to wear socks and have a tight fit when you try on your boots. the tightest they will ever fit your feet are in the shop because after you wear them for a while the liner gets broken in.


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No, if you wear no socks (or thin socks) when you buy them, and get them tight, then once they wear in and you wear your regular socks, they'll fit properly.