Ski Boot tweaks

I'm thinking my canting needs to be adjusted slightly as I find my feet wanting to roll very slightly outwards which means I often find myself naturally edging a little bit.
Should I adjust this myself or go to a foot specialist ski place?

Ian Wickham wrote:Once you understand your boots you will know how tight to clip them, I do them up first thing then don't touch them all day, Not even lunch time. :thumbup:

:shock: Wickers, it seems we are becoming more and more alike as time passes. I too do my boots up first thing, and usually they stay like that all day long. And I start with them pretty tight too.

Tony_H wrote:I'm thinking my canting needs to be adjusted slightly as I find my feet wanting to roll very slightly outwards which means I often find myself naturally edging a little bit.
Should I adjust this myself or go to a foot specialist ski place?

I have had a shop adjust my canting where I stand on a bench in a normal ski stance and he then adjusts the canting bolt till my boots sit flat ..... to answer your question you can do it yourself but it is easier to get the shop to adjust.

Wickers...where is the canting bolt?

Oooh that sounds like swearing :lol:

bandit wrote:Wickers...where is the canting bolt?

Oooh that sounds like swearing :lol:

On my previous boots it was under a cover at the back of the boot, I still have the boots so I can take a piccy if required.

This is getting too technical for me now :shock:

The boot technician at Profeet did something to the canting of my boots to correct the way I stand (turning my right foot out slightly) but I have no idea what he did or how he did it! However, as a result of all the things he did to the boots I can now turn equally well left or right, which I couldn't do before. And my ski-ing has definitely improved.

I wouldn't dream of trying to alter something like the canting myself, although I suppose other J2skiers might well manage it themselves.

Ally

AllyG wrote:This is getting too technical for me now :shock:

The boot technician at Profeet did something to the canting of my boots to correct the way I stand (turning my right foot out slightly) but I have no idea what he did or how he did it! However, as a result of all the things he did to the boots I can now turn equally well left or right, which I couldn't do before. And my ski-ing has definitely improved.

I wouldn't dream of trying to alter something like the canting myself, although I suppose other J2skiers might well manage it themselves.

Ally

Did it stop you falling over all the time?????? :wink:

I'm afraid not Tony :D

I still fall over quite a lot, but I don't think I can blame my boots.

I did two classics last holidays - one on an almost completely flat piece at the bottom of a blue run when I was following the instructor over a tiny jump (I have no idea what went wrong). And the second one was a face plant off-piste in the powder in another lesson when I temporarily lost concentration (must remember to bring paper tissues to wipe the snow off my glasses afterwards so I can still see!). Fortunately the guy ski-ing behind me was a real gentleman and stopped to dig out my ski which had come off and disappeared in the powder.

Ally