This past ski season I noticed I was getting quad pain while skiing that seemed to be concentrated on the outside of my quads. as far as I can tell it’s not IT band pain, and from looking up quad muscle diagrams, it seems that the likely affected muscle is the vastus lateralis muscle. In the past, it has seemed that I would get quad pain or soreness across the front side of my thighs. I did ski with new boots this year, Atomic Hawk Ultra 130 Professional boots and my prior boots were Solomon XMax 130s (The yellow and white ones preceding the SMax boots). I’m wondering if this can be attributed to stance issues or more of a technique issue. I do expect I’ll get my boot stance checked out at the beginning of next year. This summer I’m working on overall quad fitness, but also will probably get some ski lessons at the beginning of next year too. I’m wondering, if the folks here have any thought as to whether this is a technique issue that is putting excess strain on my outer thighs. And if I start next year with some lessons, is there anything I should bring to the attention of my instructor About this issue. I’m more of an advanced than intermediate skier, but would not categorize myself as a true expert. I do ski groomed blacks without difficulty other than speed control at times. I’m OK off piste, but am a mostly weekend skier in NH and don’t get off piste as much as I’d like to. Thanks in advance for any input and I might cross post over in the boot forum, to see if the bootfitters over there have any thoughts.