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Nose butters

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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11

when you do nose butters, do you keep your legs locked straight or do you bend them.  keeping them straight seems to work the best but it kills my heels

Dec 21 2007 10:26AM
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scientist
Posts: 6920 - Karma: 348
well then maybe you need some boots that fit properly.
Dec 21 2007 10:49AM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
yea im going boot hunting today, im hoping spks fit me well, maybe ski market has some old 1080 or foil boots
Dec 21 2007 10:52AM
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Klick_2_klaim
Posts: 3396 - Karma: 25
how come your heels hurt?
I dont get it. are you sure youre nose buttering?
haha.... but for real, SPK.
Dec 21 2007 4:55PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
Posts: 2715 - Karma: 355
bent then straightish i go from bent to more straight
Dec 21 2007 6:16PM
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chazz.
Posts: 2721 - Karma: 23
i bend my legs a little and force my shins into the front of my boots
Dec 21 2007 7:29PM
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shea.
Posts: 1606 - Karma: 193
Def bend those knees, it helps me get over the tips better. i had real short skis like 160 cause my sister never used them, then when i got my new 170 somethings from armada i thought i lost the abilty to nose butter but if you bend ur knees and force urself over the tips it helps you get higher, rather than having ur tails like an inch off the ground. and ur heels hurting prolem... no idea ur boots must b bad. i had hard as boots and they always used to kill me big toe when buttering but now i got softer ones and i never have a problem anymore.
Dec 21 2007 7:34PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
Just get whatever boots fit. Whatever boots fit the best, you will ski the best in.
Dec 21 2007 7:42PM
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Runnie_D
Posts: 743 - Karma: 31
Why would it hurt your heels if you're doing a nose butter?
Dec 21 2007 7:54PM
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SEskier
Posts: 570 - Karma: 115
If your boots don't lock your heels down properly they can move out of place when buttering, sometimes painfully.
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM
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theres_ghosts
Posts: 875 - Karma: 13

i keep them more bent and just lean

Dec 21 2007 9:45PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
straight legs for long butters, bent for shorter and hgher butters
Dec 21 2007 10:25PM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
sometimes my heel hurts with that too but i broke mine pretty bad like 3 years ago and now my bone kind of sticks out a little bit from my foot so when it moves just a little inside my boot it can hurt
Dec 21 2007 10:28PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
for long butters straight (like the kid abouve said), and then if you want to pop off of butters you want to bend your legs then go straight to pop..
Dec 21 2007 10:58PM
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_R3iD
Posts: 443 - Karma: 18
i unno i dont think bout that stuff i just do srry
Dec 22 2007 5:31PM
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-+Siver+-
Posts: 1902 - Karma: 12

for some reason i just find it so much easier to do nose butters than just regular butters

Dec 22 2007 10:50PM
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Jwalk
Posts: 4647 - Karma: 134
i find there easier with a bit of speed
Dec 22 2007 10:54PM
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bbtkd1
Posts: 113 - Karma: 15

nose butters are cool to watch

Dec 22 2007 10:55PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
i kinda bend, and flex to keep the skis stiff and from crossing
Dec 22 2007 10:58PM
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