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Yes another shinbang thread.

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Fischer-Addicted
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I tend to land backseat occasionally not to much landing spins anymore but when I come off a little to early on rails. I know my boots are a bit to big and I get some horrible shin bang. I bought BOOSTER STRAPS with no success and I'm 100% sure I've put them on right. My shin pain has gotten so bad that even just landing slightly backseat is enough to flair up my shin(the right one especially).Landing backseat makes your shins hurt because your shin bone flexes and essentially gives you a really shin splint. How will the right sized/fitted boot stop me from getting shin bang if my shin pain comes from the flexing of the actual shin bone itself?
Feb 20 2010 6:27PM
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huckitunder
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i have the same problem. i bought boosters too. the only thing ive heard is full tilts.
Feb 20 2010 6:31PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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Well the question I'd have is then why full tilts? How can a properly fitted boot stop your bone from flexing as a result of backseat skiing. Also, I'm 6' 3 and my foot is EE width. Much to wide for any current FT model.
Feb 20 2010 6:33PM
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huckitunder
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i dont know mannggg thats just what the worlds been telling me to do.
Feb 20 2010 6:35PM
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Style+eeze
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DO NOT BUY FULLTILTS BECAUSE THEY REDUCE SHINBANG

you are going to have an equal amount of more pain/suffering/problems if you aren't fitted for fulltilts

go to your local shop and asked to be properly fitted, if you are fitted for fulltilts, buy 'em! if not, buy whatever boot you are fitted for and have them heat mold/do whatever else you need done to them to make them perfect

my brother was fitted for spks, so he bought them and went skiing on them 3 times. after each of those 3 times he had a problem with them. he took them back to evo and had them do bootfitting work for him. now, he loves them and has no problems.

don't just buy fulltilts because they're cool and wammy tallnutz uses them, get legit boots that you will like, and not look cool in.
Feb 20 2010 6:38PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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this isnt what this threads about. im trying to figure out if buying new boots is really practical for me. i would like to know why fitted boots stop this kind of shinbang not why you shouldnt buy full tilts.
Feb 20 2010 6:41PM
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Style+eeze
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just for reference i quoted the other guy who posted, and was ranting at him...

but, you should take your current boots to a bootfitter and ask them what to do, because i have no idea what your foot is like, or what boots you ride, etc...
Feb 20 2010 6:49PM
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armada1652
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Shin bang comes from your boot being too big sometimes. Like everyone else is saying in here your local boot fitter is best to size you up. It happens b/c your top cuff is either too lose or you have too much room up front in your boots. When you land back seat and you have too much room in your toe area of your boot, your foot slides forward and hits the front of the boot. Then with your toes up front starts to create a lever and forces the transition of your foot up and hurts your shin on the transition of the boot or higher, it hits randomly depending on how big your boot is.

Just go get fitted and tell them you have problems with it. There are boots with gel tongues and shit like that to help the bang out but fit is the most important thing.
Feb 20 2010 8:48PM
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ndye
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Throw a beer cozy in there it will help with the pain but may affect your skiing a bit and drink lots of water that helps the pain go away faster
Feb 20 2010 8:59PM
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Jimmy.
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I've heard this actually works pretty well
Feb 20 2010 9:05PM
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No_Dub
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my boots are too small and my feet dont have any room to move in them therefore i dont get shinbang. that would explain why i dont get it.
Feb 20 2010 9:10PM
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dylansiggers
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DONT
Feb 20 2010 9:23PM
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dylansiggers
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LAND
Feb 20 2010 9:23PM
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dylansiggers
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BACKSEAT
Feb 20 2010 9:24PM
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stickerman
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I just fixed my shinbang problem today. I tend to land back seat when spinning especially of the bigger jumps. What I did was I took a heat gun to the tongue of my boots. Then I waitedfor them to heat up. When they were hot enough, I stuck my foot inside the boot and pressed my shin up against the tongue, to mold the tongue in the shape of my shin. Down the street I have like a scuba diving shop and decided to buy some wet suit material. I bought like 1 sq ft of it and cut it acording to the size of tongues in my boot. Stuck some Velcro on them and stuck them to the tongue of my boot. Absolutely no back seating today!! Give it a try to cure shinbang Sorry if my grammer is bad, I'm typing on my iPod and my hands are HUGE
Feb 20 2010 10:01PM
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Malcolm
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i did this until i lost one of them. it actually worked pretty well
Feb 20 2010 10:09PM
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JRullo
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your simply wrong, at the start of this season i wanted fulltilts, but i decided that the nordica ace of spades would be better. so i got them and had the fitted, but i still had horrible shin bang. So i traded them for some fulltilts and i now have very little to no shin bang, there is obviously somthing to it.

FACT - FULLTILTS WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE YOUR SHINBANG!!!
Feb 20 2010 10:10PM
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leahey
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I had the same problem earlier this year, I was thinking about new boots, then I took them to my ski shop, and like someone has already said, got them heat molded/fitted. Worked like a charm. And as much as I hate to say it, you should probably not ski for like 2 weeks. IDK though, whatever you find works.
Feb 20 2010 10:27PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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how will a beer cozy possibly stop shinbang. the only thing that stops is your shin from killing you when you put forward pressure into the boot. not the flexing of your shin from landing backseat
Feb 20 2010 11:06PM
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304NordMan
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i have never ever had shinbang. but it sounds like if your boot is too big then find something really nice and soft to put into your boot infront of youe shins
Feb 20 2010 11:11PM
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deleted5
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put drinks costers in your boots
Feb 20 2010 11:45PM
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.jesus.
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werd get fitted
Feb 20 2010 11:50PM
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steezilicious
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put your power strap around the liners (inside of the cuff plastic, instead of the outside) this will give you more support. that worked for me
Feb 21 2010 12:25AM
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quebecfreestyler
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Full tilt!!!!!!!



lol



anyway bootfitting is an art, it's all about how you land and having your boot tightened enought while fitting your feet.
Feb 21 2010 12:48AM
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icon1234
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make your boots as tight as possible. dont land back seat. Buy full tilts.


or you can take a nail and run it down your shin repeatedly until you kill all the nerves there.
Feb 21 2010 12:56AM
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stickerman
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What it does is it fills the gap in between the tongue of your boot and your shin. If your boots have hard liners like my salomons do then they will provide extra padding for your shins.
Feb 21 2010 10:36AM
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