Continuing from this thread:
Summary: Australian 3rd year skier buying skis for the 1st time. Bought Volkl Deacon 84 V Werks, blindly (as in I haven't demo any skis at all ever), as first skis. Skitalkers suggested I need to upgrade my boots, which are Head Advant Edge 85 (same ones I've used since I started skiing 3 years ago), to take advantage of Deacons. Saw a bootfitter who hooked me up with Salomon S Pro HV 120's. Happy with the boot overall. Really tight on the heels, but not so keen on the break-in period for the forefoot to widen. The liners are really crushing the metatarsals of my wide feet.
Here's a picture of the HV 120's:
Picture of my foot and the liner. As you can see, my metatarsal widest point is way wider than the liner. (Shell width is fine.) Breaking in the boots in the last few days caused my morton's neuroma (stone-in-ball-of-foot-feeling variety) to come back. Fortunately it goes away after 1 day of spreading my toes.
The liner is way narrower than the shell. It's hard to capture it on camera. But trust me, it's narrow for the wide shell. I feel like somebody mixed up the normal S Pro liner for the S Pro HV liner.
Or realistically, just a case "it's the correct liner, but it just needs 50 days of skiing to break-in".
Well I'm not willing to wait 50 days. I normally just ski a week per year (2 weeks this season). Enter these earmuffs I found lying around the house
Cage Match Comparison - 2021 Völkl Deacon 84 vs 2021 Völkl V.Werks 84
Blanket fits and flexes... :nono::nono::nono:
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Summary: Australian 3rd year skier buying skis for the 1st time. Bought Volkl Deacon 84 V Werks, blindly (as in I haven't demo any skis at all ever), as first skis. Skitalkers suggested I need to upgrade my boots, which are Head Advant Edge 85 (same ones I've used since I started skiing 3 years ago), to take advantage of Deacons. Saw a bootfitter who hooked me up with Salomon S Pro HV 120's. Happy with the boot overall. Really tight on the heels, but not so keen on the break-in period for the forefoot to widen. The liners are really crushing the metatarsals of my wide feet.
Here's a picture of the HV 120's:
Picture of my foot and the liner. As you can see, my metatarsal widest point is way wider than the liner. (Shell width is fine.) Breaking in the boots in the last few days caused my morton's neuroma (stone-in-ball-of-foot-feeling variety) to come back. Fortunately it goes away after 1 day of spreading my toes.
The liner is way narrower than the shell. It's hard to capture it on camera. But trust me, it's narrow for the wide shell. I feel like somebody mixed up the normal S Pro liner for the S Pro HV liner.
Or realistically, just a case "it's the correct liner, but it just needs 50 days of skiing to break-in".
Well I'm not willing to wait 50 days. I normally just ski a week per year (2 weeks this season). Enter these earmuffs I found lying around the house
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