Re-fitting boots

fujarome

fujarome

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I own a pair of salomon foils (for what it's worth...the white/red/blue ones) which are probably...about 2 years old. As ridiculous as this may seem to some of you, i was only able to ski i think a total of 5 days over those 2 years. I know, it sucks. Various injuries and school kept me away from skiing.

But anyways, when i first bought those boots, they felt great. They fit perfectly, and i loved them. Then after probably 2 ski days (so about 4 months) they started feeling really tight. The arch of my foot was numb after a few runs, and my toes just didnt even feel as if they were there. In short, it was extremely painful. To the point where it hurt just to stand in a lift line with them on.

So basically, what my question to those of you who know more than I is...is there any way to salvage these boots? Like I said, they fit fine when i tried them, and when i first skied with them. I paid (as you'd assume) a fair bit for these boots, and i can't afford to buy new ones, plus I hate to waste money like that. Is there any way to re-fit them or something or...anything!

for the lazy----bought boots 2 years ago, only skied on them a few times, don't fit anymore. What can i do?
 
good, thats exactly what i need actually. Just a little more room. It's strange, my feet haven't grown or anything but for whatever reason, they just don't feel well
 
there is no way to tell without directly looking at your feet and the issues you have but a lot of the times it is a foot bed issue. without any sort of support in a sole of a boot your heel bone collapses inward (pronation) throwing off the entire structure and balance of your foot. when this happens the muscles in your arch have to cramp to keep your arch structured and often times cause a lot of pain not to mention blood flow constriction. get someone to build you a foot bed or get some sort of stock after market insole to start with (ie superfeet) and go from there. chances are you're not going to need your boot blown out anywhere, its more a matter of an alignment and support. go talk to a bootfitter or pm with any specific questions, i am a bootfitter haha,.
 
Most decent bootfitters wouldn't touch the shell/bootboard without firstly seeing the effect of customer footbeds (well they shouldn't anyway)
 
Yes if those are your only issues than the boot is most likely salvageable, but you will have to go to a bootfitter for a proper evaluation.
 
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