The Official: "What is wrong with my boots?" Thread

onenerdykidSo you are getting pressure above the heel when you really flex forward? If you already have footbeds and the heat mold done, then I would ski them for a few days and see how it goes. If you did not get footbeds, then it could be that your ankle is moving enough due to a lack of support and your foot is then moving into a weird spot. Getting footbeds should be a top priority then, as it will only get worse after skiing.

MbianchiYes, I only get a pressure point when i flex forward (on skis), if im just standing in my boot flexing them there is no pressure point. I need to go get some footbeds and see if that helps at all, thank you

JelleGot a pair of Sidas custom footbeds made for my Full Tilt Konflikt (which I got fitted at local shop) and recently went skiing in them in Hintertux. However my feet were killing me and once I took my boots of my feet ached with pain even making it difficult to walk in normal shoes.
The pain was on both sides of my feet, almost feeling squashed inside the boots. Is this common and is it just a break in period of the insoles? I had to take the soles out and it was much better for the rest of the week. The fitter told me if there was any problems, it would be a good idea to remold the intuition liner with footbeds in - could a lack of remolding be the cause of my foot pain?

Also another question. I feel like my right heel isn't properly supported and "in" the heel cup of the boot. It is kinda hard to explain, but the pain increases throughout the day. What can be done to make sure my heel stays in the heel cup?

JelleI wear footbeds in my sneakers, since my right foot is flat footed. But no I didn't wear the footbeds prior to skiing nor did my boot-fitter remold the liners with the new footbeds.

lucasskier4835Is there anything i could do toa too small boot or do i have to get new ones

BrawnTrendsI'm planning on getting new boots later in the season. I tried on the Atomic Hawx Ultra 110 a couple of weeks ago and they felt absolutely perfect on my feet. But in the mean time is there anything I can do to alleviate that shin problem?

BrawnTrendsPS: great job on the Hawx Ultra.

SKRockiesJust needing some guidance on what i should be doing with my current scenario. Currently i am riding in atomic hawx 110 heat molded once bought brand new from a boot fitter and i am 6'3 180-190lbs. I recently came to the conclusion that my boots may be too big (a few months ago) as last year when pressing or buttering the liner would slide in the boot, however, i have started keeping my boots strapped insanely tight when i am not using them and this issue seems to have dissapeared but other issues still remain. When hitting any size drop over 3ish feet (sometimes to flat but also sometimes to inclined landings) my foot slams forward in my boot and i get some pretty bad toebang. Ive tried fixing this by tightening the upper area of the boot but any tighter and i start loosing feeling in my leg (the only thing in the boot is my foot, my ski socks and my extremely thin full length underwear. Lastly the instep on my one boot seems to give me tremendous pain if i ski more than one day and it generally hurts most on the chairlift, not when im standing. I do not have custom footbeds but my liner was heatmolded once when i bought the boot about a year ago.

SKRockiesI do not have custom footbeds but my liner was heatmolded once when i bought the boot about a year ago.

Film.So last year I went into slopestyle and transitioned from a pair of 28.5 SPK's to 27.5 full tilt classics because one of the workers in slopestyle at breck was confident in downsizing was the smart thing to do. I literally destroyed my toes and thought maybe I just needed a footbed with mold. So I got the footbed done at a very reputable shop with a bootfitter who's been in the game for 25+ years. He told me the boot may be too small and asked me where I purchased the boots from. But he tried his best in making sure my toes weren't getting banged up. After the footbed my toe bang decreased slightly but it's still bad, these boots are clearly too small. I'm questioning on going into slopestyle and accusing them of selling me a size too small of ski boot. Is this a fair accusation I can make?

Profahoben_212SPK and a full tilt classic are completely different boots. One is a wider last...(102or104?) And the classic is rather skinny at 99...along with other differences....but idk who would think you would fit in a full tilt after feeling fine in an spk

Film.It has nothing to do with the width of the boot. The bootfitter actually told me my foot width was fine for the classic. But the length of my foot is what's getting to me. Any time I don't land perfectly on my palms of my feet my toes are slamming into the front of the boot. They are touching the front of the boot at all times. Downsizing me from the 28.5 to 27.5 was the problem.

onenerdykidNormally shops have some sort of "fit guarantee" and I'm sure Slopestyle has something along those lines. You should go back in and speak to either the fitter or the manager and CALMLY explain your situation. You won't get anywhere by demanding some kind of compensation or refund or exchange. But if you are nice and calm, the odds are greatly in your favor. They want you stoked on the store and spreading the good word about their shop and if you work with them on a solution, I'm sure it will work out for you.

DeebieSkeebiesmy buckles on my fairly new but heavily used RX130's are starting to fall apart on me. Nothings fallen off yet but you can definitely tell they're wonky. I have another set that is a size smaller (25.5) and was wondering it would be easy to take the buckles off of those ones and put them on my other ones, or have a shop tech do it.

tac0.slayerSo I have a pair of K2 Spyne 110's, overall they seem to fit fine, but I still keep getting pretty bad shin bang even when Im not landing backseat. I don't have custom insoles but i do have aftermarket surefeet ones that were a huge improvement from the stock ones.

So obviously a pair of custom insoles would help, but i was wondering if the cuff length of these boots could have anything to do with it? The spyne cuff is shorter then most boots I've ever looked at and I have pretty long legs. I have heard similar complaints as well about the cuff being short. Could this be the cause of shinbang?

onenerdykidI hate it when cuffs are too low- it can really cause some issues. In addition to the lack of a custom footbed, the cuff and liner tongue might simply be the wrong shape & height for your leg. If this is actually the case, then yes the very cuff/liner might be contributing to your shinbang.

Are you in a size bigger than 28?

yzzidMy feet are symmetrical and yes both boots are the same size but for some reason when I put on my boots the right one fits way tighter than the left, almost too tight...

No.QuarterDoes anyone else with Salomon Quest boots find it extremely hard to get into them?

I'm a pretty light dude, usually 135-140 lbs, and I'm skiing the 130s. They are fully fitted and a pretty race-y fit as well. I put them in walk mode and even then it feels like my foot is gonna fucking break trying to get my instep past the overlap. Even at room temp it's a hassle, and when they are cold it's like a 5 minute ordeal of yelling and jumping on one foot and flinging my leg around like a goon.

Trying to spread the shell is kinda tricky and the last pair I had I cracked the shell spreading them in the cold so i'm kinda scared of them in that way.

I'm gonna be in the town of my bootfitter in a couple weeks and was wondering if there would be anything he could do to modify the boot and make it easier but not affect the flex of the boot.

YourXXXLIsDumbI know you clearly stated that your feet are symmetrical, but have you or your fitter verified this (length, last, instep, arch, etc.)? Does it fit tighter immediately or after wearing them for a bit?

WPMattGot a new pair of boots, custom fitted, heat molded, the whole shebang for comp season last year, broke them in, and no matter what i do, heel lifts, remolding, etc. my arches burn to no end. I lift and work out every other day, so it isn't a weakness factor, I don't know what to do.

skiguy190I've been getting some really bad toe bang from my boots. I've been to a boot fitter who said the boots are the right size and I got some foot beds to stop and sliding of my foot. My toenails are kept relatively short, and the toe bang is just as bad as ever. Any advice??

Chubbs.Got some Dalbello Avanti's last year and am very happy with them except for one thing. They seem to put pressure somewhere that makes my pinkie toes numb. Obviously not a painful thing but very weird when wiggling your toes around. What sort of thing can I do to stop this? I also got inserts for them

Chubbs.Got some Dalbello Avanti's last year and am very happy with them except for one thing. They seem to put pressure somewhere that makes my pinkie toes numb. Obviously not a painful thing but very weird when wiggling your toes around. What sort of thing can I do to stop this? I also got inserts for them

HogisThis is not a "what is wrong my my boots" but It doesn't require a new thread either.

I've recently purchased a new pair of boots and been into the shop a few times to punch it out. In reality all they did were grind down the liner (which were good since I live close to the shop and rather fix a little more times than doing something drastic and perhaps ruin the boot). However I were there to pick them up after they were punched out, and now they wanted me to pay for it. After a bunch of argumentation I got my boots for only the price of me feeling like a dick.

I've bought from the same store before (in another country tho), and then we punched my last boot out like 3-4times, all included in the price of the boot. My feet looks like vulcanos and I ski a 100+ days every year so I guess I can be a pain in the ass for a bootfitter.

I'm guess it matters from shop to shop but what can a customer call for in terms of bootfitting (included in the price of the boot)? Am I in the wrong that It should be included in the purchase of the boot?

Thanks in advance.

WPMattGot a new pair of boots, custom fitted, heat molded, the whole shebang for comp season last year, broke them in, and no matter what i do, heel lifts, remolding, etc. my arches burn to no end. I lift and work out every other day, so it isn't a weakness factor, I don't know what to do.

BrawnTrendsUnfortunately I think I will have to take the custom footbeds out until I get new boots, because they make my feet sit slightly higher my current boots and I still get terrible shinbang after a day of hard skiing (even though I believe my liners have remolded to my feet's new position by now).
Something that never happened before when I didn't have the footbeds... I had issues with the boots but they never hurt. Now I have to wait a full week or I can't ski at all.

I'll just use them in my snowboarding boots in the time being, as they make them feel so much more comfortable.

YourXXXLIsDumbQuick question.. when you got your footbeds done, were you sitting?

BrawnTrendsOk so I bought the Atomic Hawx Ultra 110.
Amazing boots. Nothing to say about them design wise (except maybe that they're not the easiest to put on/take off).

I put my custom footbeds in the liners, but didn't heat mold them at the store. I did two full days on them so far, and at the end of the second day I started to have a slight pain on the exterior of my right ankle, where the screw is inside the shell. Nothing that made me want to stop skiing, but it was there.

Caps4saleHi all, so here is the sitch. I recently went into Evo and got fitted for new boots. We went through a lot of boots with thin lasts and the only boot that fit me were some FullTilt first chairs. They were a little expensive and out of my price range so I bought some 16' Tom Wallisch boots since they have the same Soul shell. The feet fit great length wise and width wise, the only problem I had was there was space above my foot. So I went in to Evo and they put in 2mm of these spacers in and they did the job. My problem I have that I'm asking you guys about is the heel fit and calf fit. I have the middle and top cables as tight as they can go and I have a good 5mm of up and down movement when trying to lift my heal in the boot. also in the upper portion of the boot I have the strap and the cable as tight as possible and I can fit about two pencil widths down in the boot.
Do you guys think I should buy smaller boots or buy shorter cables?
Also I know I gave a lot of info and this is a pretty noob question and I appreciate any help given.