Boot Problems

[GNARSHRALPER]

My left foot is a size smaller than my right foot. So when I got new boots this year they gave me a half size up from my left foot which was a half size down for my right foot. I got the dalbello voodoos and my friend got them but returned them right away because he had really bad shin bang. Now My shins have been hurting really bad and they hurt just when I walk in my boots and not because my shins are tender. It is also a lot worse on my right leg which is the side of my bigger foot. Now I am wondering if it's shin bang or just if the boots are to small.

 

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Full tilts.

 

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Full tilts.

Get em.

 

[freestyler540]

No, boots have very little to do with shin bang.

Shin bang is a term used in freeskiing to describe a burning feeling on the back of your leg when you wear your ski boots. Pain is localized to the top end of the boot and increases as you fall back on your heels.

Shin bang is caused by one (or several) landing to the backseat. The boot will act as a balance point of a teeter tooter, causing excessive pressure on the shin bone. Repetitive backseat skiing will only lead to acute pain and possible shin splints (bumps running up and down the shin bone).

Solution to shin bang is correct positioning. You should be center forward on your skis at all times and never go backseat. Take a lesson or tape yourself while skiing, this might improve technique. Applying constant pressure on the tongue of the boot will increase reaction time, better control, more stability and no possibility of shin bang.

i was a long sufferer of shin back in my teen years. My boots were not the right size, I was backseat in the moguls frequently and shinbang would end my days of training. My coach spent a few days correcting position and since that day, I have never had a bad case of shin bang.

Conclusion: ski better and searchbar this topic

 

[GNARSHRALPER]

No, boots have very little to do with shin bang.

Shin bang is a term used in freeskiing to describe a burning feeling on the back of your leg when you wear your ski boots. Pain is localized to the top end of the boot and increases as you fall back on your heels.

Shin bang is caused by one (or several) landing to the backseat. The boot will act as a balance point of a teeter tooter, causing excessive pressure on the shin bone. Repetitive backseat skiing will only lead to acute pain and possible shin splints (bumps running up and down the shin bone).

Solution to shin bang is correct positioning. You should be center forward on your skis at all times and never go backseat. Take a lesson or tape yourself while skiing, this might improve technique. Applying constant pressure on the tongue of the boot will increase reaction time, better control, more stability and no possibility of shin bang.

i was a long sufferer of shin back in my teen years. My boots were not the right size, I was backseat in the moguls frequently and shinbang would end my days of training. My coach spent a few days correcting position and since that day, I have never had a bad case of shin bang.

Conclusion: ski better and searchbar this topic

I have started not landing as backseat but it didn't help. it feels like my right boot is too low on my shin and it hurts when I try push my shins forwards when I'm trying to carve.

 

[freestyler540]

I have started not landing as backseat but it didn't help. it feels like my right boot is too low on my shin and it hurts when I try push my shins forwards when I'm trying to carve.

not as backseat does not mean forward. It still means you are backseat. Once shin bang starts, it hurts no matter what you do. You have to take a few days off and come back fresh. Shinbang still can develop by riding groomers backseat or simply take 100 small hits to the heels.

Since you have no video posted or any information about your riding, I cant tell if you think you are forward when really you are backseat or if your boot really has a defect.

Try this trick to know if you are backseat of not:

-lift the interior ski before entering the turn and hold it an inch over the snow. Depending which tip touches the snow during the turn indicates your mistake.

To feel the correct pressure on the tongue on the boot, ski backwards for an extended amount of time. The dis comfortable pressure on the tongue is the correct one. This time, go on a green run and try turning with that same pressure. At the end of your day, the lower front end of the shin should be hairless. Its caused by the hair rubbing on the sock and boot.