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WONTON
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So ive got last years salomon foil boots and they fit nice and comfy ALL EXCEPT for when i flex forward, ie. flexin onto the tips of my skis. There is a bump in the back of the shell of the boot that digs the hell into my achilles. Upon further examination, there is an indent that they make around the rivet in the shell, in that location, probably to make the rivet not protrude into the liner. The problem is, its the rounded edges around the indent that dig into my achilles, i feel it through the liner. My question is, can i just take a dremel tool and grind it down? or are there other ways to go about fixing this?
Oct 27 2007 9:10PM
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skinnylove
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Take it to your local ski shop, and see what they say first.
Oct 27 2007 9:11PM
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WONTON
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there are plenty of boot people on this site  

Oct 27 2007 9:12PM
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wils.
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pics would help
Oct 27 2007 9:13PM
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skidemon22
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Oct 27 2007 9:25PM
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WONTON
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Oct 27 2007 9:34PM
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WONTON
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thats lookin down into the back of the shell...the arrow is pointing to the bump below the rivet which digs in. Can this just be grinded down?  

Oct 27 2007 9:35PM
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WONTON
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?

Oct 27 2007 10:43PM
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WONTON
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??
Oct 28 2007 12:43AM
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titsLOL
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nike baby, just do it
Oct 28 2007 12:47AM
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Silence
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use a dremel tool, thats what a shop would do anyway - is the achilles/heel area of your boot liner worn? i'm just wondering why you are getting this pain now and not before - cos the back of the boot certainly hasn't changed - i think that protrusion is pretty standard
Oct 28 2007 1:26AM
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WONTON
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im not sure if other people with the foil boots feel it, somebody let me know if they experience the same thing. Liner is fine, i just feel it throught the liner  

Oct 28 2007 1:37AM
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Theodizzle89
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I'm rockin foils (28.5's), and I had to go pull them out to see if there was even a bump in there lol. Never felt anything at all, just comfortable as hell all last season. sorry bro.
Oct 28 2007 1:47AM
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Hoodbum
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i used my buddies 07 foil boots and felt the same thing on nose butters. super comfy boot except for that lil bump. i guess you could probably grind it down
Oct 28 2007 3:43AM
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LC.
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Grind it very slightly just to take the edge off. I'm sure it'll be there for a reason so don't just whip it all off. We don't have any old foils or X-Waves left in the shop so I can;'t check but I'll look at an Impact shell today to see if it's similar. You could maybe pad the area above that lip over the rivit too with like a wedge shaped bit of dense foam so that there's no edge to dig into you, if you know what I mean.
Oct 28 2007 5:46AM
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WONTON
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i know exactly what u mean, im debating what to do. Anybody else with this problem?  
Oct 28 2007 11:16AM
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[_KyLe_]
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yea i have the same problem with my foils, whenever you nose butter or anything you can feel that dig in, i think im gonna throw some padding in thereor something but idk what to do yet,  see what the shop says i guess.
Oct 28 2007 1:04PM
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WONTON
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just bumpin this thread because i took a dremel tool to it and now it makes a world of difference. Pain is instantly gone. as is my warranty probably
Nov 18 2007 11:21AM
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uni-corn
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pm lyndon about it. He had the same problem
Nov 18 2007 1:41PM
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