@pliny the elder. I think if you tell us what you know about this, we will believe you and benefit from your knowledge.
On an online forum there will always be people speaking up with differing amounts of experience and different perspectives. That doesn't mean that those in the know, like you, are not listened to and heard. It's not disrespect. It's just a different kind of audience.
Plus, you can't expect to be respected for who you are unless you actually say who your are. That was supposed to be part of what made this site better than some others. The in crowd games get old quickly for those of us who aren't part of the in crowd.
This had nothing to do with wanting respect or wanting be listened to or wanting attention.
Its actually quite the opposite.
It certainly had nothing to do Steve, who apparently spent a lot of money on boot service and still sucked, that'll happen sometimes.
I approached Tricia and Phil about participating on the forum but only under the cloak of anonymity. They were against it. My reason being, in my experience as an industry professional, there is nothing to be gained from posting on consumer boards, unless you are trying to create attention for your business.
I'm not. This is also why you don't see very many of my peers involved in online consumer forums. Whenever, the topic has come up the most common response is " Why would I want to do that? I'm already busy and have no interest in doing something for free online that I already do all day."
All the credit to Bud and "Otto" and Matt Manser and others for their valuable contributions to the site. You have several good sources of accurate information there.
The nom de Interweb, pliny the elder, did not come from the beer (which is quite good), but rather pliny being the first to create an encyclopedic collection of his science.
I will impart one last bit of wisdom into the conversation though.
You see the words pronation and supination tossed about a lot. Pronation in particular, seems to get demonized. It is probably worth pointing out that pronation and supination are normal desirable functions of the foot and ankle. They make walking possible.
It becomes an issue when you only do one of them and not the other.
They are also integral to skiing. That is assuming you believe that skiing starts in the feet.
If you start your turns by tipping your feet, this is what happens. Everytime. The inside foot is inverted (supination) and the outside foot everts (pronation) the legs rotate, the hips move across center and the skis somehow turn.
Feel free to discuss it amongst yourselves.
pliny the elder