I don't see any evidence she needs custom footbeds - she was just saying he can rotate her feet inwards and outwards within a super loose boot. Even with the perfect footbed, you can move your feet like that in loose boots. Custom can't hurt, but might not be needed with the right trim-to-fit being OK. I'd suggest she may even know based on what she uses in her skates - that is how easy it was to have her skates feet the needs of her feet.
This is correct, especially with hockey skates, but the OP is into figure skating and skis don't have Toe Picks or what ever they are called.
I have custom skates. Most of the time, unless you have severe foot problems (for example, pronation that isn't a muscular issue), we don't need footbeds at all in customs in skating. Something about how the boots are designed. I'm no boot fitter so idk. I do pronate and am working on fixing that in physical therapy, so I think I will probably need them for ski boots.
We only use them for jumping and show tricks. The more important difference between figure skates and hockey skates (for general skating around, not the higher level stuff involved in the two sports) lies in the boot, not the blade. The blades are fairly similar.
That's what I thought. Because if the heel comes up you can't control it anymore. It's just doing what it wants at that point.
A sharp skate is hollow grind blade, a sharp ski has a slight beveled edges. But the movements are very similar.
). You need skis that respond to the energy you put into them, your weight, your speed, somewhat your height. Give us the make, model, and size of skis that you're on now. Give us your height and weight and whether you ski fast, medium, something in between. What type of terrain do you like to ski on? Powder7 is a shop where I've bought excellent used demo skis at a very fair price. You will probably find suitable skis locally as well.I got the bindings adjusted two years ago and they were fine. Has anything changed since? Is it possible to get new bindings? I'm willing to do that if need be.
Hockey blades have a radius, figure skates are near flat towards the rear of the blade. Think of the difference between race skis and park skis, each are dedicated to different applications.
Yes, each year the indemnified binding list changes. New bindings are added, and older models are dropped off the list. That doesn't necessarily mean the bindings are unsafe, just that reputable shops won't want to adjust them anymore.
For liability and ethical purposes, reputable shops cannot adjust them, test them, or do any other work on them.
Yeah I have noticed that. They do feel very different to me. It took forever for me to stop putting pressure on my heels, though. Because if you did that in figure skates you'd fall on your face and I was also kind of scared and leaning backward was kind of a false safety blanket. Funnily enough, the lean correction I get on skis is the same correction I get when I'm skating. Always wanting a bigger lean. I like my upright axis, thank you very muchYou *will* get to the point where the two sports diverge a noticeable bit, especially when it comes to upper body rotation, tip lead, and front to back pressure management. The answer to the first question really depends on how well you manage the divergence.
On the upside, you can pretty much ignore the Fitness forum
but I'll have to get off it at some point. Hopefully that some point can be the present.Oh god it is life changing. Unfortunately, I've found that in almost every sport I've tried, the stance that gives you the most control is also the scariest when faced with a new challenge until it becomes muscle memory. I get the pleasure of getting to see the looks on peoples faces when they find how to press into the front of their ankles without falling on ice.
