I'd say those nails are just too long. I have to trim mine VERY close.
I lost toenails two years in a row while skiing a total of 14 days each season due to boots that were too short lasted and gave me zero room in the toebox.
I not only trim to the quick, I also avoid nail polish. Every mm counts!Same, ages ago. Not since then, but as others mentioned, I do trim my toenails close during the ski season.
The difficulties I've had in the past have been blistering and callouses on the tops of certain toes, apparently from rubbing on socks pressed against the boot shells. This could certainly result from excessive foot movement inside the boots due to the shells being too large, but that definitely hasn't been the case with my boots. The problem, always minor, seems to have reduced. My theory is that I'm doing a better job of staying dorsiflexed, so that my feet don't slide forward at all in the boots, something that could lead to rubbing. Anyway, I'm sticking with any theory implying that my skiing has improved, LOL.Got the dreaded black toe a few seasons ago skiing in boots where liners packed out. Toes would get smashed in the bumps.
So happens not only from boots being too small but also having too much room.... Skiing can be fussy
Haha.The difficulties I've had in the past have been blistering and callouses on the tops of certain toes, apparently from rubbing on socks pressed against the boot shells. This could certainly result from excessive foot movement inside the boots due to the shells being too large, but that definitely hasn't been the case with my boots. The problem, always minor, seems to have reduced. My theory is that I'm doing a better job of staying dorsiflexed, so that my feet don't slide forward at all in the boots, something that could lead to rubbing. Anyway, I'm sticking with any theory implying that my skiing has improved, LOL.
Those are the toe gels, but no way that's your foot, Jack. Looks a lot more like my foot instead.Yes, I had them after skiing spring bumps. Liners in my boots was packing out, I was jamming my big toe into the boot shell every time I absorbed the front side of the bumps. New liners just didn't feel right so I tried the Toe Gels shown below. Seems to work so far.