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My first day using my new boots was terrible! Help!

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steezyjibber
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Alright so here's the deal. I got my Full Tilt Booters fitted at Skirack in Burlington VT. The bootfitting was very legit. They definitely are the right size. However, I skied about 2 hours today and I was getting pain in the middle of my feet on the sides, especially the left foot. I kept unbuckling them all the time, and eventually kept them buckled because I'm assuming my feet are just adjusting to the boot and the boots are trying to pack out. So basically what I'm asking is, is it normal for the first day to really suck with new boots? It's been about 3 years since I last got new boots so I don't really remember.

Thanks.
Dec 4 2009 9:38PM
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Slinger1x1
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well i've heard good things about that place as far as boot fitting goes
do you have foot beds?
did you get the liners molded?
Dec 4 2009 9:51PM
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steezyjibber
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yes liners are molded and there are custom foot beds in them
Dec 4 2009 9:52PM
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Uncle_Remus
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yeah dude i dont care what happens new boots take a while to break in yours being fitted will take alot less time.
Dec 4 2009 9:58PM
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thegoat
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is that the place with the video of Wallisch getting his boots fit?

because that guy did not know jack shit about forming an intuition liner.
Dec 4 2009 9:59PM
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chazz.
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same situation with me. i have a high top-of-the-foot and have Konflicts, first 4 days were bad pain right on top/side of the foot because the way the shell folds over the top it puts too much pressure there. However after 5 days now of warming my liners a little under the car heater on the trip up and buckling tight on purpose they have packed/broken in a little more and no longer hurt. So keep with it, get at least 5 days on them before you resort to doing any shell work or anything..
Dec 4 2009 10:05PM
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steezyjibber
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good answers, thanks guys
Dec 4 2009 10:06PM
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DrZoidberg
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Wear your boots around the house to get them to fit better without skiing on them and getting hurt?
Dec 4 2009 10:07PM
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steezyjibber
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i would but i live in a dorm haha
Dec 4 2009 10:08PM
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ShrdGnar
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for me you can bet your beans the boots will hurt for the first little while. nothing wrong with that. if you switch between a few different pairs of boots pretty consistantly your feet start to get used to the changes and "toughen up" a bit i guess you could say. but since its been a while since youve migrated boots, a little pain shows the gain.  if that makes much sense to anyone
Dec 4 2009 10:39PM
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ShrdGnar
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i sat and did my homework in them a few times too if you cant do a whole lot of walking around. helps the foot get used to it too
Dec 4 2009 10:41PM
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onenerdykid
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If you've never worn footbeds in a new boot before, you definitely need to adjust to them.  Trust me, it will be worth it but you just can't hop on them and go.  You need to wear your boots around or at least put your footbeds in your shoes or something.  You can't go from wearing street shoes to custom footbeds with no break in period.  It will feel a lot better, you just need to take the time to adjust to it.
Dec 4 2009 10:57PM
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TGdude
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same thing happened to me with the same boots.  just dont try to unscrew the little piece on the side because i did and i lost it.  haha.  just keep on skiing them and they will break in.
Dec 4 2009 11:00PM
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K_FRANK
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that happened to me the first couple of days on my new full tilts to, my advice would be to give them some time and if they keep hurting i would either go back to the shop and explain what happened or look in to getting ur boots punched out.

Dec 4 2009 11:02PM
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Sklar
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This same thing happened to me, i skied 3 days on them and went on a big tour, and they hurt like a bitch.
Turns out the shop guy put my footbeds in the wrong boot when he was trimming them
Dec 4 2009 11:32PM
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jason...
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Boots are not supposed to be comfortable the first few days if they were fitted right. My boots were absolutely hell my first few days on them, now they feel incredible. Just give them a couple days to break in and they will feel like a dream... well as dreamy as ski boots can be.
Dec 4 2009 11:39PM
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BWalmer
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It does take a few days of riding to break in any boot, but FTs especially. The Liner basically just needs to pack out a little more even though they are custom fitted they fit your feet EXACTLY so after a few days they'll pack out just a little bit more and then they'll be perfect.
Dec 5 2009 12:02AM
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DBAKE
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Dont worry i have had the SAME EXACT problem as you with my full tilt hotdoggers, what i did is get some foot beds not customs, just regular $30 foot beds that fit your foots arch, my feet have very little arch so my footbeds fit pretty good or, you could if you really needed to, take some sand paper and rub away some of the intuition on the inside, i wouldn't recommend it, but thats what fixed my boots for me.
Dec 5 2009 12:20AM
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@skiinmitch
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technically you dont wanna put foot beds into fulltilts. and idealy you should get them heat moled to your foot twice for a supreme fit. also if they are super feet footbeads DONOT use them. even thought they sell them with almost every ski boot thats now wat they are ment for. take a look howe big they are compared to your normal foot bed. it cuts down about 1 size off the boot. unless they are the skiing specific super feet.
Dec 5 2009 12:37AM
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SHastatahoe
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You are fine. They always hurt for a while.
Dec 5 2009 12:39AM
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Brian.
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ummm this is exactly same as me!! hahaha
what seemed to be the problem is... FTs don't keep your heels down in the boots and what happens is that the footbed... the part that is curved up since the heel isn't in its right place it slide forward and your feet aren't in the right place you end up standing on the curve with the flat part of your foot i took the footbed out and they are soo comfortable... i dunno just let your feet break in...
what i did to find out this was i put them on at home for like 30 mins and took them off and looked where it was red see what the boots looked like at the places where it was too red
Dec 5 2009 4:54AM
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-james-
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i hated mine the first 3 days but they will sweeten up ..
Dec 5 2009 6:03AM
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steezyjibber
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+karma to everyone, great answers, thanks
Dec 5 2009 11:47AM
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LMPJibbin
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this
Dec 5 2009 12:10PM
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pigglywiggly
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will wearing them around the house help breaking them in?
Dec 5 2009 12:46PM
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onenerdykid
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most definitely.  Skiing is always the best way, but you can do a ton for your boots/footbeds by wearing them around the house before you go skiing.  part of it is just getting your foot used to being in a ski boot again, and part of it is working the liner.  Always a good idea to wear your boots inside the house/dorm  for a few days before you go skiing.
Dec 5 2009 1:01PM
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pigglywiggly
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okay sweet, ill do that. and just a comment, definatly go get your ft's molded if you haven't. i didnt for a while, and wasnt having any trouble with the fit, but i just got them fitted for the hell of it. they fit so better now its rediculous
Dec 5 2009 1:06PM
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T-Holt
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I had this problem when I got my custom footbeds. It was because my feet weren't used to the arch because my shoes had flat footbeds. It also started to mess with my ankles and knees because of the canting. I ended up switching to superfeet to make me feet hurt less. The thing is, if I wore that kind of thing everyday, I'd probably be better off.

This also happens a lot to me in the beginning of the season.
Dec 5 2009 4:00PM
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steezyjibber
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just found out at the end of skiing today i have been buckling the full tilts wrong, i've been putting the wire strap things in the wrong indentations on the front of the boots...epic fail.

i hope when i wear them right from now on it should help.
Dec 5 2009 9:05PM
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Slinger1x1
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no offense, but how in the world did you screw that up?
Dec 5 2009 9:21PM
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Meggadoomer
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my konflicts felt amazing the first day i used them and it was before i got them molded, compared to my old atomic b-tecks they were like fuzzy slippers
Dec 5 2009 9:22PM
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GKO
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when i got mine molded there they gave me a card that said wear these before use ect ect.
Dec 5 2009 9:38PM
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chazz.
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actually, its quite easy to do. ive messed up a few times but caught myself before skiing on them. the way the cable cover, well, covers the cables, sometimes you can't see real well what notch you are putting them in..
Dec 5 2009 9:59PM
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traylortrash
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this. I also have booters with molded intuitions and custom footbed, and they're still a bitch to break in. and then I got a new liner at the start of this season and it still took a good 3 or 4 days to break it in. just ski em for like 5 days, and then go into your bootfitter and start changing stuff around...
Dec 5 2009 10:14PM
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Twinjibber77
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And then SteezyJibber realized he has been wearing them with the buckle cords in the wrong slots. We'll ski on them next week and there should be a follow up post telling us how amazing they are. Thanks for the input though guys, +k all around.
Dec 6 2009 1:30AM
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Hamster.
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thanks im gettin booters.
Dec 6 2009 1:40AM
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Brian.
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hmmmm actually its not easy to do....
if you put them in the wrong place the boots are like impossible to do up ive done it couple of times. i just couldn't get the buckles to go back and i looked and they were in the wrong places
Dec 6 2009 1:41AM
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Abc567def
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but do not sleep in them.... i learned this the hard way
Dec 6 2009 7:19AM
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Brian.
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bahahahahahahaha what happened??? did you lose your feet?? >.<
Dec 6 2009 7:34AM
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Brian.
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o your sean! you prob don't remember me but you took pics for me one day +k
Dec 6 2009 7:37AM
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panojibber
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You're going to have to wear them for a while before they'll stop hurting. Wear them if you ever end up just chiliin' in your dorm room or something, thats a good way to break them in without making a day of skiing super painful.

When I'm skiing on new boots I try to buckle them up as tight as I normally would while actually skiing, and then as soon as I hit the lift I unbuckle them completely except for the power strap. Makes it much less painful, you still get them broken in, and you can still ski good.

Mine took about 2 weeks of 3 hour days. So thats 52 hours in the boots. It does take a while, but they will get broken in.

Dec 6 2009 11:35AM
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pigglywiggly
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what happened!
Dec 6 2009 12:35PM
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ShrdGnar
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yeah i wouldent mind knowing what happened too lol
Dec 6 2009 12:43PM
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Brognar
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^Just curious, what did he do wrong?
Dec 6 2009 5:25PM
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CANNON^
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had the same problem with my hot doggers yesterday with my right foot, but it was the first time wearing them so im assuming they were breaking in.
Dec 7 2009 11:45AM
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madsskaar
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New boots is suppose to be painfull.. After I got my fulltilt and used them for the first time, i had so much pain, and i stopped using them and got back to my old ones.. halv a year later, they are the best boots ever.. Dont worry, just use them a little longer, and you will find them perfect!
Dec 7 2009 11:47AM
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chazz.
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so actually, it is easy to do...
Dec 7 2009 1:48PM
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oskar.lipa
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So i have this exact problem (middle outer part of my foot hurts) but i got my full tilts molded and then i put ski footbeds into them (after they were molded).

Any suggestions on what to do? Ive skied in them for two days and its pretty painfull after a couple runs...

Dec 7 2009 5:50PM
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onenerdykid
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Part of the problem could be that you are in liners that were molded without a footbed, then you put a footbed in them.  Now your foot could be not sitting correctly in the mold.  Also, have your boot-fitter check to see if you need the shell expanded off the outside of your foot.  There's a natural little bone spur called the tuberosity of your 5th met that usually kills if it is even slightly compressed.  I have to stretch my FTs there too.
Dec 7 2009 7:25PM
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BC.
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still wear them, if no one understands fuck em
Dec 7 2009 7:29PM
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gnarmada
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maybe get them remolded if its that big of a problem
Dec 7 2009 7:46PM
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