Shin bang help

use the search bar. there's so many threads on this but my advice is don't land backseat

Are you skiing properly with good posture and technique? I rarely have shin bang anymore because I fixed my posture.

Yeah ive been searching for a while and found some helpful stuff but alot of the posts and comments contradict themselves. I was thinking it might be landing backseat but i spent a week in Val D before the park was open so no jumps or rails and still had shin bang by the end of the week.

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Of course you'll need fitting boots, try to never land backseat or anything like that (siting for speed). Make sure your boots are tight enough around your shins but not too tight. You want your leg and the cuff of your boot to move together.

When looking for boots dont be limited to trying on the swag park ones, all mountain can work too.... always remember when trying boots comfort > swag

Don't suck

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A.EmondOf course you'll need fitting boots, try to never land backseat or anything like that (siting for speed). Make sure your boots are tight enough around your shins but not too tight. You want your leg and the cuff of your boot to move together.

When looking for boots dont be limited to trying on the swag park ones, all mountain can work too.... always remember when trying boots comfort > swag

Pretty much this. I have a boot fitting article (the first of 5 actually) coming out on Wednesday which may really help So take a look at that.

I got shin bang bad a couple times this year and now it will start hurting when I do flips and stuff off things and I'm not even skiing...

Many years ago, Lange ski boots developed two interesting features on their boots. One was a small piston shock absorber fitted on the heel to the upper articulated section of the boot. The small shock helped control the fore and aft movement of an active skier who suffered from shin bang. You can't hardly find them anymore, but they work great for reducing strain on the shins.

Next they came out with the Rear Release System to reduce strain on the ACL, and the calf. It was not nearly as good as the small shock absorber but it did the job when the boot was loaded well aft of the normal leaning ski position.

If you can find a pair of Lange boots with that little silver shock in back mounted vertically buy them. It was a compromise of their world cup stiffness, with the ability to handle a lot of different lean profiles found in racing.

Of course, you should be weighted with the primary load on the ball pads of your feet. If you are loaded well behind the ball pads of your foot, you're doing it wrong. No boot in the world will help that.

Strap down your buckles hard, it may feel like you are crunching your feet but you are stopping the movement of your toe, shin, and heel so they don't get smashed when hitting features. You can always loosen the buckles at the end of the run. Also continually tighten your power strap at the top of the boot, if your are doing it properly there should be little to no movement near the upper shin area with the power strap engaged right.

Despite common belief, FT's don't eliminate shin bang, no boot does, I like to stick with traditional four buckle design, there is a reason we left behind the FT design boots back in the day, and that's because they didn't provide the proper stability, and support.

I have a Salomon,xpro 120 which has suited me well and I barely got any shin bang this season and I was shredding big mountain, park, and messing on the groomers. With proper riding posture, properly fitted boots, and those boots tightened properly you will feel much better at the end of a long day of skiing.

Try not to land backseat, that creates a lot of shin bang and toe bang.

Otherwise, good luck man and make sure you use icey hot, ice packs, and the LAAX hottubs to your advantage if you do get shin bang while on your trip.

gnarballsianmI have a Salomon,xpro 120 which has suited me well and I barely got any shin bang this season and I was shredding big mountain, park, and messing on the groomers. With proper riding posture, properly fitted boots, and those boots tightened properly you will feel much better at the end of a long day of skiing.

Try not to land backseat, that creates a lot of shin bang and toe bang.

Otherwise, good luck man and make sure you use icey hot, ice packs, and the LAAX hottubs to your advantage if you do get shin bang while on your trip.

Cheers for the advice ill check out the xpro 120's and ill be hitting LAAX hotubs haha

Do you think its better to have a 100 flex boot or 120/130 flex boot? Im looking at xpro 120's, dalbello rampages 100 and full tilt dropkicks.

BloviatorOf course, you should be weighted with the primary load on the ball pads of your feet. If you are loaded well behind the ball pads of your foot, you're doing it wrong. No boot in the world will help that.

I never conciosely ski with the weight over the balls of my feet I normally try to keep a pretty upright balanced stance. Ill make an effort to do this next time. Cheers

Buy the boot that the boot fitter puts you into. Get the flex that suits you. Some guys like softer boots, some of us heftier guys like stiffer boots.

Get proper fitting footbeds.

Don't land backseat. Don't ski backseat.

ChumberstoneCheers for the advice ill check out the xpro 120's and ill be hitting LAAX hotubs haha

Do you think its better to have a 100 flex boot or 120/130 flex boot? Im looking at xpro 120's, dalbello rampages 100 and full tilt dropkicks.

Depends on your weight, i am 185 and 6' so i like the stiffer boots. The xpro 120 is a good balance and makes you feel like you have the stability of a race boot which is really nice but has the buckle set up and flex for frreride and smooth movement. Dalbellos are nice, but my foot never fit well in them, and i am just not a huge fan of the FT's but i would go with the dropkicks with a stiffer tongue insert or the seth mo pro model because they are the stiffest and steongest.