Make 26.0 Ski Boots Fit 25.5

[charles martel]

Any suggestions to make a 26.0 boot fit a 25.5?

The boots are Tecnica Diablo Inferno 130s, 97mm last, the orange ones. Brand new and I don't need them, but a family friend, an aggressive skier, she could use them.

I've thought of putting a boot length lift under her footbeds.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

[iriponsnow]

Tognor makes shims that may help. However, I would do a shell fit first. Tecnica during those orange variants had a history of playing with the BSL. For a while the size breaks went 280/ 290/ 300/ 310mm then the went back to more traditional 285/ 295/ 305/ 315mm.

What's the BSL?
How is the shell fit?

You could shim or 'short liner' the boot but if ya really liked this person, I would get them boots that actually fit.

Report back & best!

[charles martel]

Tognor makes shims that may help. However, I would do a shell fit first. Tecnica during those orange variants had a history of playing with the BSL. For a while the size breaks went 280/ 290/ 300/ 310mm then the went back to more traditional 285/ 295/ 305/ 315mm.

What's the BSL?
How is the shell fit?

You could shim or 'short liner' the boot but if ya really liked this person, I would get them boots that actually fit.

Report back & best!

Thanks!

These are 305s, 7 1/2 on shell. Sticker on heel says 26.5.

[adrenalated]

There are a number of ways to pack extra material into a pair of boots that are too big, and all of them suck.
If they are really too big (ie from a shell fit) and brand new, I would sell them and use the cash towards a properly fitting boot.

[XXX-er]

I've cut/ ductaped pieces of that blue discharge hose into a boot shell to take up some space, its thin, flexible, doesnt pack out but the shell is the right size to begin with

a 25 and a 25.5 will be the same shell while a 26 will be the next shell size, so really if you are trying to make a 26 into a 25.5 you are trying to make up a whole boot shell size ... probably not a good idea

[Lord Thomas]

Kelly Timmons told me that one time he pulled a liner out of a plug boot from a D2 racer and the toe was jammed full of ketchup packets to take up volume. Necessity is truly the mother of invention

[SumJongGuy]

Two pairs of socks FTW!.. But put the extra sock over the liner and under the shell.

[fatnslow]

Just have your friend grow her toe nails extra 10 mm , problem solved.

[PeachesNCream]

I was inbetween 2 boot sizes and ended up going with the smaller shell with the larger liner. Probably not the correct way to do it, but it worked.

[mntlion]

poor idea

1) thicker socks
2) double socks
3) thicker or more footbeds
4) shitload of padding on the liner

overall wont really work

[charles martel]

Agree with you all.

Thanks.

[gregorys]

Best solution!
Buy these - take my temptation away.
(Not my sale - but been watching it for a while. It keeps going unsold.)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165145620406

[Cocximus]

Zipfits + lots of extra cork

[charles martel]

Best solution!
Buy these - take my temptation away.
(Not my sale - but been watching it for a while. It keeps going unsold.)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165145620406

Nice boots. I got the Tecnicas through a friend for well under $100.

[tenB]

Don’t know too many woman that can ski a 130 boot well, especially one that is too big. Also, the Diablo inferno liners packed out super fast making them quickly even roomier.