Shin bang with Full Tilts

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I got the Tom Wallisch Full Tilt Hotdoggers at the start of this season. At this point, I'm getting horrendous shin bang, and its been going on for the past month or so. I know that Full Tilts aren't miracle workers that will completely eliminate shinbang. The thing is that the jumps where I ski are very poorly made with pretty big lips that launch you up, but the landings are not angled enough. Add to that the fact that I overshoot the supposed "landing" most of the time because I'm afraid I'm not gonna clear it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to reduce this by tightening the boots differently (I'm not sure if they should be loose or tight) or any other way? I'm going to Vail, Colorado in a week and I'm gonna cool it with the jumps and focus on powder/tree skiing, and I don't want to be in pain the whole time. Any suggestions guys?
 
keep them as tight as possible. they are either too big or you dont do them up tight enough which will have your shin bouncing back and forth against the toungue thus you geting shin bang
 
booster straps, land switch more, lean forward on takeoff, dont land backseat, its that simple, i dont get shinbang and i have race boots!
 
I had a full tilt booter size 26.5 with awful shin bang and no toe bang.
went down to a 25.5 dalbelo rampage with no shin bang. but i had awful toe bang the first 4 times in them. Now they are great. I prefer a normal built tongue rather than the way intuition liners have the wrapped tongues
 
Since all of the full tilt says have been takin, I shall do the honors of honestly answering

I have the same boots, and I dont have shin bang

Dont land backseat, have boots that properly fit you. You get shin bang from your shins sliding into the tongue of your boot. My boots fit me right, therefore I do not have shin bang.
 
i have technica agent 80's--they gave me awful shinbang until i bought these thigs idk what you call them but they reduce the gap between the tongue of your boot and your shin so its a much tighter fit which = less shinbang. I bought them at my local ski store and you can get them molded to your shin. i think its called the shinbang eliminator? check it out
 
Chances are you have fake fulltilts my advice is go outside light them on fire run around in circles screaming Tom Wallisch then buy some real fulltilts and you will never get shinbang again.
 
Nah I don't ski back seat, but now that I think about it, when I overshoot the landings, I really gotta absorb that shit. So much so, that my knees get bent to the point where my ass almost hits the ground or my Look pivot bindings come close to sexually harassing me. If I drop down onto flats without doing that, I feel like I might be putting my legs in danger of serious injury. Again, any tips (less trolls please).
 
Solid advice. My liners in my old boots were packed out, and the mold was very roomy anyways. So I went and tried on some other boots and ended up getting a boot that was 2mm narrower in the forefoot and 2mm shorter bootsole. So far, no shinbang, no toes hitting the end of the box, and my skiing feels way more in control.

Right boots make a huge difference. You didn't just buy Todd Wallnutz FTs cuz dey so fly did u?
 
Im slightly confused on what youre saying... it appears that youre describing landing backseat

as for hitting shitty jumps and features.... I live in illinois. I have the same problem, with no shinbang
 
Um... Don't overshoot them? It really isn't hard to make one speed check when you know that you're going to overshoot the jump every time.
 
I'm saying that I don't ski backseat, but the fact that I'm landing in the flats may be forcing me to land backseat. And I'm not sure how you can land in the flats from high up and not get shinbang.
 
So do I,

As for the OP, just speed check more, go slower, land on the landing, no shinbang

end of my posting in this thread
 
your boots are probably too big. Take em to a boot shop and see what they can do. They can give you custom foot beds which might help keep your foot in place and will give you shin pads that go on the inside of the boot and stop your shin from moving around as much but really you need boots that fit.
 
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