Since this seems to be the bootfitting thread... anybody know of good bootfitters near Cincinnati?
Another question- anybody with extremely high arches and a ‘high volume foot’ (tall foot?) have problems with the tops of your feet feeling pinched or your feet falling asleep? I’m assuming that once your foot feels like it’s falling asleep that means the boot is simply too tight.
Here’s the situation: My first ski boots were K2 Spyres, 80 flex with a custom footbed to fit my huge arch. I think they were the right boot for me when I started, nice and cushy for a beginner, but within about a year, I started feeling like the flex was too soft and the lining packed out really quickly (in maybe 20-30 ski days) which makes me think they were sized pretty generously to begin with. I started feeling like I was swimming in them by the second year, even when they were buckled/strapped as tight as possible. For my second boot, (and with a new bootfitter,) I decided to go with a higher flex and tighter fit- Atomic Hawx 110’s. The only problem is that I only got to ski on them once last year (vs the typical 25-30 days I have skied the last three years since I started,) and of course, they felt really tight and my feet fell asleep. Does this just mean I need to break them in longer, or do I need to see a bootfitter for heat molding, etc? I did sit and walk around in my apartment with them strapped on for a couple hours per day for about a week before skiing on them, which was the ‘homework’ my bootfitter assigned.
Any ideas?
Another question- anybody with extremely high arches and a ‘high volume foot’ (tall foot?) have problems with the tops of your feet feeling pinched or your feet falling asleep? I’m assuming that once your foot feels like it’s falling asleep that means the boot is simply too tight.
Here’s the situation: My first ski boots were K2 Spyres, 80 flex with a custom footbed to fit my huge arch. I think they were the right boot for me when I started, nice and cushy for a beginner, but within about a year, I started feeling like the flex was too soft and the lining packed out really quickly (in maybe 20-30 ski days) which makes me think they were sized pretty generously to begin with. I started feeling like I was swimming in them by the second year, even when they were buckled/strapped as tight as possible. For my second boot, (and with a new bootfitter,) I decided to go with a higher flex and tighter fit- Atomic Hawx 110’s. The only problem is that I only got to ski on them once last year (vs the typical 25-30 days I have skied the last three years since I started,) and of course, they felt really tight and my feet fell asleep. Does this just mean I need to break them in longer, or do I need to see a bootfitter for heat molding, etc? I did sit and walk around in my apartment with them strapped on for a couple hours per day for about a week before skiing on them, which was the ‘homework’ my bootfitter assigned.
Any ideas?