Ski boots - Pain?

I have had boots fitted by the guys at Ellis Brigham in Glasgow and I would not recommend them to anyone... got my money back.

How strange, I have had my boots for a couple of years now, they were custom fitted, shells blown out to accomodate the bulging parts of my wide feet andhave been out for 3 ski holidays without problem.

Today the outside part of my left foot is really aching after a day on the slopes, same yesterday and I have no idea why? what could be different?

It sounds like a common complaint!!

pressure under the ball of the foot and or on the outside edge of the foot can be caused by several things, the most commont being tightness in the calf muscles... come on guys remember we spend 50 ish weeks of the year in trainers and now you are putting boots on for a practice before the 1-2 weeks when you will wear them in anger.. calf stretches all round me thinks ) especially if all has been good for a while

as for how you can improve fit, then that comes down to how the basic fit is in the first place, the minimum improvment could be a footbed, but it may be that ou need the footbed, and loads of stretching/grinding of the shell to get the optimum fit... bare in mind that if they are too big it is all in vain... chaeck out posts on shell check ( placing foot in empty shell) if there is more than about 25 mm then they are really big... 10-25 mm is optimum for performance to the upper end of that if comfort is a concern .... 8-12 race fit 13-19 performance 20-25 comfort any more bucket

Do you have that post in a word document on your desktop ready to go? -)

Is this a record ?

Speaking to someone yesterday, who's daughter complained of foot pain at the end of last season. They got a rocketing from the bootfitter when they took her in to see what was wrong. Three shell sizes too big. She had skied five days a week for a whole season in those boots.

Trencher

Hi cem,
I have pair of Raichle 777, (or TTT depending how you read it!) Fairly ancient, but they fit really good, and they hold me close. Very good for bad knees.

The inner is showing it's age, although that is not a big problem, apart from they let the wet in occasionally.
Any thoughts? And how do I release the inner from the shell?

Got my boots Ellis Brigham, Milton Keynes - Not great experience really on 3rd pair of boots in 3 years.

First 2 fittings I had boots that were too big so now on pair of boots number 3 that are 1 size smaller than where I started.

After taking the first pair of boots back the guy who served me then said boots were wrong size, wrong shape and not suitable for me at all and when he looked who had served me it was one of the managers!!

The positive thing I can say is that they refitted and changed boots without any fuss or cost to me at all which when you are not 100% sure if the boots are correct until you are using them hard on the slopes, that is great but not whilst you are away and not getting on with the boots!

funny you should say that because mr-a and I both got our boots from that shop. I was first, had a fantastic experience with a guy who really seemed to know what he was talking about and I've never had a problem with them. A few months later my other half went on my recommendation. I was a little aware of what was going on and it didn't seem great compared to what I'd experienced, but what do I know?

In resort a few months later, mr-a had a lot of pain. He tried to get them fixed there but to no avail.

When we got back we went to the same shop and a lady who seemed to know her stuff spent about an hour and a half fixing his boots at no extra cost.

We left the shop very satisfied and he's not had a problem with them since.

Moral of the story - it depends who you get :roll: