So... what I do has taken experimentation, ruined a few liners, and I get about 1/2 the life of the liner (the "hinge point" of the ankle will eventually fatigue the foam). But it works awesome - bends much more like a thin skimo liner, and skis like a stock alpine intuition liner.
1). I remove the webbing at the crease of the ankle, near the tongue. Unmodified liner on left and modified liner on the right. If you don't remove this, the webbing only stretches a little bit, pulls tight, and then prevents the liner for bending any further.
2). I cut the extra material in the diamond on the back of the liner. In most Intuition "tour" liners, these diamonds as still the same thickness and density foam, and again, it just folds a little ways, but bottoms on itself and won't bend smoothly.
TIPS IF YOU TRY THIS:
- When cutting the diamond, be sure to ONLY remove the outer spandex and the foam.
- DO NOT cut the inner lining, and try to expose as little of the lining as possible.
- Try to remove as much foam as possible inside the diamond.
- Avoid cutting the stitching around the diamond.
HERE IS A QUICK LINK SHOWING THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE LINERS
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