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Thread: is my bootfitter wack?
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12-01-2021, 04:13 PM #26Registered User
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Dang, curious to hear what boots those of you with 11-11.5 shoe size are wearing that you can fit your foot in a 26.5 shell… In fact, I’d like to see you get your foot in a pair of 27.5 Langes. I just don’t see it hap’nin.
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12-01-2021, 04:19 PM #27
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12-01-2021, 04:32 PM #28
I bought the wrong size boots and don't want to believe my bootfitter, plz halp
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12-01-2021, 04:41 PM #29Registered User
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Were you in a pool before the visit to the boot fitter?
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12-01-2021, 04:43 PM #30
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12-01-2021, 04:46 PM #31
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12-01-2021, 05:20 PM #32
What’s the width and volume of the shell fit like?
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12-01-2021, 05:21 PM #33Registered User
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He’s a boot fitter, of course he’s wack!
But if you’ve used him before, with good results and you trust his judgement, then go for it.
Worst case, you wear the boots and they pack out really fast and your swimming.
Maybe have to deal with a remount.
Jummo’s the boot whisperer.
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12-01-2021, 06:23 PM #34
It’s just standard TGR dick measuring…
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12-01-2021, 06:41 PM #35
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12-01-2021, 06:43 PM #36
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12-01-2021, 06:47 PM #37Registered User
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I'm a 10.5-11 and I'm in a 28 ZGPT. I couldn't even get my foot into a 26. 27 felt like my head was gonna explode. Guessing you can make that level of downsizing work with punches and a cooked liner, but I'm touring 100% and do not need that level of "performance".
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12-01-2021, 07:10 PM #38
easiest way to figure out (roughly) what size boots you need is to trace your foot on a piece of paper and measure it in CM.
Put the paper against the wall. put your heel against the wall, on top of the paper. Mark where your toes are, and measure how far they are to the edge of the paper.
Round down for a performance alpine fit.
Round up for a touring or comfort fit.
I am an 11.5 in most nike/adidas/salomon (running) shoes.
One foot measures 27.8cm and the other is 28.0
I ski in alpine 27.5 (nordica) and tour in a 28.5 (dynafit)
Also... ski boot liner lastings are very frequently 100% wack. ie they are short stitched and needlessly narrow aka don't match the lasting of the shell, so it is possible to miss a shell that matches your foot shape well due to a sub-standard liner.Last edited by Marshal Olson; 12-01-2021 at 07:50 PM.
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12-01-2021, 09:57 PM #39Registered User
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12.5/13 and ski a 28.5 Salomon or roxa all day with minimal or no boot work.
Pressure on instep doesn’t mean the shell is the right size/too small…may just mean not the right shell for your foot fwiw.
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12-02-2021, 10:06 AM #40
Haven't scanned my foot, but I've been a 11-11.5/44-45 for the last 20+ years. I have a relatively average to smaller volume foot, weird heel from Haglund's deformity and long/mashable toes. I have no formal ski or racing background but I've liked tight shoes since I was a kid. I ski/skied these boots with heat molding, no other work:
- 2017 Hawx Ultra 130s 26.5 - current alpine
- 2014 RX130 26.5 - old alpine
- 2014 Dynafit Mercury 27.0 - current touring
- 2010 Dynafit Titan 26.5 - old touring, was not long enough
- 2018 Nordica (Promachine?) 26.5 rented while travelling
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12-02-2021, 10:22 AM #41
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12-02-2021, 10:26 AM #42
Anyone who buys a ski boot based on street shoe size and/or a conversion chart is wack.
A digital scan is a decent place to start, both for length and other factors like width and instep height. Shell fit is hard to argue with if done correctly.
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12-02-2021, 10:28 AM #43
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12-02-2021, 10:40 AM #44Registered User
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That’s what I’m sayin!
I just went through the process of buying new boots and tried on a shit ton, all of them solely alpine for the resort.
I wear 10/10.5 street shoes. Right foot measured between 27.5-28cm, left between 28-28.5 when standing on one of those foot measuring thingys. Literally couldn’t get my foot into a 26.5 Lange RS. In other 26.5 boots across different makes my toes were crunched. Ended up in 27.5 LV RX that feels like it was made for my fucked up feet.
Agreed, this conversation is one of the weirder ones I’ve participated in here.
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12-02-2021, 10:44 AM #45
Street shoe is irrelevant.
measure the length of your foot in cm.
literally this is what the shell size means.
if you need and want to down size, great
if you need and want to round up, also great
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12-02-2021, 11:21 AM #46
I think a lot of guys on here are wearing bigger shoes than they need to. Maybe trying to impress the ladies at the club? Does wearing bigger boots on the hill have the same effect?
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12-02-2021, 11:40 AM #47
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12-02-2021, 11:43 AM #48
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12-02-2021, 11:51 AM #49Registered User
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