Ski Boots Killing me...

bustinthejus

bustinthejus

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Gah I'm starting to regret not sitting in my boots for longer than about 10 minutes... In the shop it felt real good, but now after I've started taking it out to the slopes, I've noticed my boots don't fit as well as I thought... After a few hours of skiing, the outside side of my arch under my foot starts to cramp up and hurt. Any ideas why? I'm getting some pretty bad heel lift and also I'm flat footed... Think that's the problem? Any ideas on how I could make my boots fit better?

In case you're wondering, my boots are the Head Raptor 75 - they're a junior boot because I have small feet and it's a race boot, but since it's a junior boot, I get some pretty good flex out of it so I don't get shin bang unless I land backseat too much. Maybe the fact that I'm hitting jumps with a race boot might also contribute to the pain?

Thanks!
 
the fact that its a race boot has nothing to do with it. a typical race boot is just a stiffer boot that is made for more aggressive riders. youre problem is most likely just the footbed. superfeet are one of the "cheaper" options at about $40 or you can go to the shop and see if they can make a custom footbed which runs around $50+ and are made of rubber/hard rubber/plastic
 
I had the same prob cause i had reaallly flat feet. I got custom footbeds, never had another problem
 
From my experience, if your bootfitter did a good job, your boots will always be painful for the first few days of skiing on them. Then they will feel incredible. So give em a few days and then see how they feel.
 
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