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Boot help/ shin bang +KARMA

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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
i just bought a pair of the tecnica agent 95 s and i skied them for 3 days in a row
i got them fitted so size of the shell is not an issue
day 1 strapped them up super tight but circulation went dead and my feet went numb
day 2 strapped them up med and were fine skied nice
day 3 same thing but i started to get really bad shin bang
-my question is :
will loosening my boots all the way help stop this or give me more shin bang? should i go back to straping them up tight???

and how important is it to strap the power strap on top????
Dec 30 2008 8:54PM
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silex
Posts: 526 - Karma: 63
i have agents as well and i also have vicious shin bang
Dec 30 2008 9:07PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
fuck i told the guy at my shop i had really bad shin bang in my last boots and he suggested these how tight do u set your boots???
Dec 30 2008 9:10PM
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Style+eeze
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get booster straps and you'll be happy!
Dec 30 2008 9:16PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
get booster straps and you'll be happy!
Dec 30 2008 9:17PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
get booster straps and you'll be happy!
Dec 30 2008 9:17PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
get booster straps and you'll be happy! yippie!
Dec 30 2008 9:18PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
get booster straps and you'll be happy! yippie!
Dec 30 2008 9:18PM
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silex
Posts: 526 - Karma: 63
really tight. i cant ski at all unless they are like that. i thought about loosening because of this same problem but i never did. ive been skiing almost fulll days every day since the beggening of break accept for christmas and my shin bang has been getting a little better every day but it hasnt gone away yet so i think if you ski on them more your legs willl just get more acostomed to that kind of feel from the diffrent boots
Dec 30 2008 9:20PM
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Style+eeze
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get booster straps and you'll be happy! yippie!
Dec 30 2008 9:20PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
what?
Dec 30 2008 9:38PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
thanks so you think i should use the power strap and make sure everything is super tight then loosening everything up
and also what do you mostly ride park, bc, ????
Dec 30 2008 9:44PM
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silex
Posts: 526 - Karma: 63
on average prob about 50/50 but the last few days its been almost all park accept for a couple pow days
Dec 30 2008 10:18PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
bump......
Jan 3 2009 7:24PM
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Calb3rt
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if you do calf raises off the edge of steps as often as possible then it will strengthen your shins and calfs. thats what i do and it helps a ton with shinbang.
Jan 3 2009 7:31PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Land properly. No shinbang, even in the poorest fitting boots.
Jan 3 2009 7:34PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
thanks a lot dude good suggestion
Jan 3 2009 8:38PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
i havent hit any jumps this season cuz the park crew at snoqualmie is fucking lazy... pretty much have only hit rails and all mountain this year molguls kill my shins
Jan 3 2009 8:41PM
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