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First let me start out by saying this isn’t your normal “is my boot too small” post. I know how boots are supposed to fit. I’ve been skiing for many years(albeit only 1 trip a year most of the time).
Back in 2018 I went to Jackson Hole and got fitted for boots by Matt Sheets based on tons of glowing reviews. He only had 1 boot in my size: A Lange RS 130. I loved the way it fit! Perfectly snug and cupping my heel and calf just right. I’m pretty small(5’3” 140lbs) and while in good shape; I only get to ski once per year, so I’m not in skiing shape. I was hesitant to get that boot because of the stiffness. Matt was nice enough to call the other shops and they only had one other boot in my size, a Nordica of some sort. I went and tried that on, but the fit of the Lange was just so much better I got that boot. He even knocked off $200! I like to ski challenging terrain, double blacks, bumps, glades, bowls, etc.. My ability exceeds my skiing-strength and I'm usually pretty rusty the first couple of days on a trip.
Fast forward to my trip to Big Sky this past March(2021) and I noticed my boots seemed a little harder to put on than normal. I was also losing feeling in the outside edges to about an inch inward of my feet, and they were getting cold more than normal. And I don’t mean falling asleep, I mean losing actual feeling. Ya know, how it feels if you go to touch a part of your body and the place you touch doesn’t register it? They weren’t overly tightened and the weather was pretty warm(20s to 40s). It took over 2 months for the feeling to come back to the outside edges of my feet after the trip. It affected my left foot more than my right foot, but both were still affected.
I can think of 2 causes:
1. The boot has a pressure point somewhere against a nerve or blood vessels that needs to be punched out.
2: My feet got bigger as a whole and the boot is now too small.
My toes are right at the very tip of the front of the boot and it did feel a little more cramped than it used to, but they didn’t hurt or get jammed. I was hoping to get some opinions on whether or not I need to get a new boot or just have some areas punched out. Over the past few years I've had shops take out more of the plastic to soften it, but it still feels overly-stiff. I honestly kind of want to get a new boot because the stiffness of that Lange does tire me out towards the end of the trip. I just LOVE the way that Lange liner fits my feet. Do All Lange’s fit that way? If I could get that Lange RS liner fit in a less stiff boot; that would be awesome!
Thanks for any input!
Craig
Back in 2018 I went to Jackson Hole and got fitted for boots by Matt Sheets based on tons of glowing reviews. He only had 1 boot in my size: A Lange RS 130. I loved the way it fit! Perfectly snug and cupping my heel and calf just right. I’m pretty small(5’3” 140lbs) and while in good shape; I only get to ski once per year, so I’m not in skiing shape. I was hesitant to get that boot because of the stiffness. Matt was nice enough to call the other shops and they only had one other boot in my size, a Nordica of some sort. I went and tried that on, but the fit of the Lange was just so much better I got that boot. He even knocked off $200! I like to ski challenging terrain, double blacks, bumps, glades, bowls, etc.. My ability exceeds my skiing-strength and I'm usually pretty rusty the first couple of days on a trip.
Fast forward to my trip to Big Sky this past March(2021) and I noticed my boots seemed a little harder to put on than normal. I was also losing feeling in the outside edges to about an inch inward of my feet, and they were getting cold more than normal. And I don’t mean falling asleep, I mean losing actual feeling. Ya know, how it feels if you go to touch a part of your body and the place you touch doesn’t register it? They weren’t overly tightened and the weather was pretty warm(20s to 40s). It took over 2 months for the feeling to come back to the outside edges of my feet after the trip. It affected my left foot more than my right foot, but both were still affected.
I can think of 2 causes:
1. The boot has a pressure point somewhere against a nerve or blood vessels that needs to be punched out.
2: My feet got bigger as a whole and the boot is now too small.
My toes are right at the very tip of the front of the boot and it did feel a little more cramped than it used to, but they didn’t hurt or get jammed. I was hoping to get some opinions on whether or not I need to get a new boot or just have some areas punched out. Over the past few years I've had shops take out more of the plastic to soften it, but it still feels overly-stiff. I honestly kind of want to get a new boot because the stiffness of that Lange does tire me out towards the end of the trip. I just LOVE the way that Lange liner fits my feet. Do All Lange’s fit that way? If I could get that Lange RS liner fit in a less stiff boot; that would be awesome!
Thanks for any input!
Craig