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"shin angels"
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 03-05-09 00:26"shin angels"
Anyone have any experience of using these "shin angels" or similar items for stopping shins getting so mashed when skiing?On my v first holiday I was in so much pain from my shins i could barely ski by the end and want to avoid that happening again!!...would this have been due to badly fitting boots?
Cheers, Fi
Shin Angels
Shin angels (in my experience) are rarely used or needed unless there is a boot problem. Decently fitted boots should not require these and if you feel you do need them then maybe it would be better to bite the bullet and get new boots.
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Yeah I have a feeling it was due to badly fitting boots as I wouldn't really expect much better from a shop dealing with a large ski group on a school holiday!(when I last went I was 15, although I'm 21 now!) If I have a problem with my boots this time I wouldn't hesitate to go back in and change them rather than just getting on with it.
Other question is though, how can you really tell when your boot fits badly and when it's true pain from just the skiing itself??
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It's a tough one FiFi and quite difficult when you only have a few moments to test hire gear. My advice comes in 2 forms.
(1) If you love skiing and intend to do it every year, then invest in your own boots. Poorly fitted boots can ruin your holiday, and take away all the fun that you have been looking forward to so much. Take time to choose, and go for the most comfortable ones, not the ones that just 'look good'.
(2) If you really want to continue hiring boots, then the moment you ...
(1) If you love skiing and intend to do it every year, then invest in your own boots. Poorly fitted boots can ruin your holiday, and take away all the fun that you have been looking forward to so much. Take time to choose, and go for the most comfortable ones, not the ones that just 'look good'.
(2) If you really want to continue hiring boots, then the moment you ...
It's a tough one FiFi and quite difficult when you only have a few moments to test hire gear. My advice comes in 2 forms.
(1) If you love skiing and intend to do it every year, then invest in your own boots. Poorly fitted boots can ruin your holiday, and take away all the fun that you have been looking forward to so much. Take time to choose, and go for the most comfortable ones, not the ones that just 'look good'.
(2) If you really want to continue hiring boots, then the moment you feel any pain or discomfort with them return immediately to the hire shop and insist on changing them.
Most hire shops will have no problem with this and you may just save youself the type of pain you experienced in the past.
(1) If you love skiing and intend to do it every year, then invest in your own boots. Poorly fitted boots can ruin your holiday, and take away all the fun that you have been looking forward to so much. Take time to choose, and go for the most comfortable ones, not the ones that just 'look good'.
(2) If you really want to continue hiring boots, then the moment you feel any pain or discomfort with them return immediately to the hire shop and insist on changing them.
Most hire shops will have no problem with this and you may just save youself the type of pain you experienced in the past.
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Fi, your only 21 take up snowboarding, we wander about all day and into the night in slippers
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Haha yeah too right! Ive tried on those boots and they're proper comfy!! I'm thinking of having a bash about on a snowboard on the last 1/2 day as wel before we have to leave as thought that might be quite cool (just to throw that in there!)
I'm still really just a beginner skiing as only been once before but loved it and tbh picked it up pretty quickly and with not much trouble. Hoping to be able to continue going regularly now Ive finished uni and have more funds and the bf is pretty ...
I'm still really just a beginner skiing as only been once before but loved it and tbh picked it up pretty quickly and with not much trouble. Hoping to be able to continue going regularly now Ive finished uni and have more funds and the bf is pretty ...
Haha yeah too right! Ive tried on those boots and they're proper comfy!! I'm thinking of having a bash about on a snowboard on the last 1/2 day as wel before we have to leave as thought that might be quite cool (just to throw that in there!)
I'm still really just a beginner skiing as only been once before but loved it and tbh picked it up pretty quickly and with not much trouble. Hoping to be able to continue going regularly now Ive finished uni and have more funds and the bf is pretty good so would be nice to go consistantly. Not sure if I'd get my own boots yet but I may come away from this holiday wanting some but we'll see
I'm still really just a beginner skiing as only been once before but loved it and tbh picked it up pretty quickly and with not much trouble. Hoping to be able to continue going regularly now Ive finished uni and have more funds and the bf is pretty good so would be nice to go consistantly. Not sure if I'd get my own boots yet but I may come away from this holiday wanting some but we'll see
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Hi
Good fitting ski boots once broken in are better than snow board boots, in my opinion! I've had my ski boots a good few years now and can happily run about in them. I have quite broad calves and have always found it difficult to get comfy rental boots that weren't making my legs go numb.
Haven't been on a ski holiday for about 5 years now, but got the old boots out last month when we had snow in London and they were as comfortable as ever. None of that great sighing with relief to ...
Good fitting ski boots once broken in are better than snow board boots, in my opinion! I've had my ski boots a good few years now and can happily run about in them. I have quite broad calves and have always found it difficult to get comfy rental boots that weren't making my legs go numb.
Haven't been on a ski holiday for about 5 years now, but got the old boots out last month when we had snow in London and they were as comfortable as ever. None of that great sighing with relief to ...
Hi
Good fitting ski boots once broken in are better than snow board boots, in my opinion! I've had my ski boots a good few years now and can happily run about in them. I have quite broad calves and have always found it difficult to get comfy rental boots that weren't making my legs go numb.
Haven't been on a ski holiday for about 5 years now, but got the old boots out last month when we had snow in London and they were as comfortable as ever. None of that great sighing with relief to get them off.
I've snowboarded once before and after many years of jealousy over the soft boots was surprised to discover the rental ones weren't as comfortable as my ski boots!
I got my boots at the ski show where there were plenty to choose from. Mine probably weren't the latest season's ones (certainly aren't now) but were a good investment.
Good fitting ski boots once broken in are better than snow board boots, in my opinion! I've had my ski boots a good few years now and can happily run about in them. I have quite broad calves and have always found it difficult to get comfy rental boots that weren't making my legs go numb.
Haven't been on a ski holiday for about 5 years now, but got the old boots out last month when we had snow in London and they were as comfortable as ever. None of that great sighing with relief to get them off.
I've snowboarded once before and after many years of jealousy over the soft boots was surprised to discover the rental ones weren't as comfortable as my ski boots!
I got my boots at the ski show where there were plenty to choose from. Mine probably weren't the latest season's ones (certainly aren't now) but were a good investment.
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Just done our fist hol with our own boots and made such a difference - we'd been wearing our boots in round the house before we went. Adjusted the micro settings on one boot one day as felt it was a bit tight, but none of the dragging heavy footed feeling we'd had with hire boots.re:
I bought some of these after a bad Boro boot experience, I also bought my own boots and tried to use the shin protectors once just because I had them. TBH I thought they were an uncomfortable waste of money and only made my nice comfey boots uncomfortable.onto ski socks...?
Moral of story seems to be invest in own boots!on same footwear topic, anyone have any idea where ski socks could be obtained fairly cheaply? They all seem to be sold singly or in packs of 2 which obviously then requires multiple purchases and which soon adds up! looked everywhere online and theres loads of really expensive branded ones but just want some basics or to buy some in the shops if poss?
