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SPKs or Full Tilts?

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FightClub27
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My boots are ancient and its time I buy some new ones for next year so I was just wondering which ones do people like better? or are there any other ones you would recommend looking at
Apr 10 2012 4:40PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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searchbar. read any thread about boot recommendations and you see that the best boot is the one that fits you.
Apr 10 2012 4:42PM
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jibmeisterflex
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Get fulltilts just because they are the best for everyone. That's why Tammy wamstick wears them. But just get feet fitted whichever is more comfy
Apr 10 2012 4:44PM
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midwestpowhunter
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spk are heavy but comfy. i never get bang in em but i have the pro's which have this little soft spot on the toe and with two buckles they flex alot which i love. I have a friend that has tilts and gets bang all the time but hes a park rat and im not so ya. Buy whatever is more comfy. also look at dabello kryptons some ppl have good success with em. check out gear talk bc im sure there are 1000000000000 threads about this
Apr 10 2012 4:55PM
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drumbumocdp
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order full tilts online. Dont try them on first ether. They fit everyone
Apr 10 2012 4:59PM
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Karma_Police
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Also get a size bigger as they are more comfortable that way.

Apr 10 2012 5:09PM
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270on420out
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full-tilts ftw


this is a repost
Apr 10 2012 5:50PM
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207
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spk's.

full tilts are shit and break so easily
Apr 10 2012 5:54PM
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riddsicle
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gear talk.

but anyway you should cop the new spk-full tilt collabo model..they fit everyone and there's only one size that fits all
Apr 10 2012 5:55PM
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Crispy.
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Last year I had a pair of SPK Kreations which I ordered online without trying on first. Very high quality but had shin bang like no other. This year I got a pair of FT Classics and tried them on before I bought them. Hardly any shin bang whatsoever, but at the end of the season almost all of my buckles were broken, either they wouldn't budge or they would slide to the loosest notch. Also in my FTs from time to time I got this really sharp pain, like a poking, just to the right of my shin on my right leg. This year I'm hoping to go to a shop to try on some more SPKs and hopefully fit well into a pair.


Sparknotes: Go to a bootfitter, or at least somewhere that you can try them on and hope the SPKs fit you better than full tilts because they're durability is off the scale compared to FT.
Apr 10 2012 6:05PM
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pastysmasher
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some good advice, so you don't go out and waste money. dont be set on only 2 pairs. theres a chance that neither of these boots will fit you. go to a boot fitters, let them fit you up and get the boot that fits you best! otherwise your boots will suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Apr 10 2012 6:13PM
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hot.pocket
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Buy Full Tilts online, preferably a size bigger than your last pair of boots.

Then go to a foot fitter and get your foot fitted so it fits the boot correctly.
Apr 10 2012 6:16PM
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Justyle
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This
Apr 10 2012 6:34PM
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eheath
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Probably neither, go to a ski shop, get fitted for a boot.
Apr 10 2012 6:36PM
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CoachJabroni
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spk's are great but if u have a narrow ankle like i do u will probibly need the third buckle sucking your heel in.
Apr 10 2012 7:16PM
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Mr_pretzel
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Shinbang does not define if a boots fit. If full tilts fit you this year, then there is no way that spks will ever fit your foot.


Also a guy selling boots at a store is not a bootfitter.

Go somewhere with a real bootfitter and get exactly what he tells you.
Apr 10 2012 7:24PM
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Crispy.
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Yes I know that Shinbang doesn't determine whether a boot fits or not. Unfortunately living in the middle of Wisconsin I don't have access to a bootfittter.
Apr 10 2012 7:58PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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such different boots i can barely explain
Apr 10 2012 7:59PM
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GreenStezz
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Yerp................................
Apr 10 2012 8:01PM
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Mr_pretzel
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Gotta be someone there. Ask on ns. Ask on tgr.

Drive somewhere.
Apr 10 2012 8:11PM
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B-runge
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i've been skiing in self bought unfitted boots since the start

i cant wait until i get a pair that fits, skiing will be so much better
Apr 10 2012 8:19PM
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.ZT.
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Apr 10 2012 8:43PM
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Billek
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They're basically the same thing.  I say get one of each boot.
Apr 10 2012 8:54PM
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danderson.
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Same here.
Apr 10 2012 8:58PM
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Tsands
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this
but seriously. Just go try them on and get which ever feels best.
Apr 10 2012 9:03PM
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zzzzzzzzzzzz
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dalbello?
Apr 10 2012 10:02PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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you get new boots every year?
Apr 10 2012 10:08PM
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eheath
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apparently his foot changes shapes too, because spks are WIDE and FTs are narrow as fuck.
Apr 10 2012 10:10PM
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baaangthat
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guys we've been non-future spinning so much apparently its 2008 again...shouild i get 189 hellbents or 165 suspects?????
Apr 10 2012 10:15PM
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BaileyB
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except for the booters. But yeah get full tilts for sure i love my classics, but i do have a narrow foot so if ur foot is really wide idk u might want to get spks or just get the booters
Apr 11 2012 1:11AM
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Doggerr
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I'm going to kick you right square in the ballsack
Apr 11 2012 1:21AM
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GypsyLovin
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This^
Apr 11 2012 1:26AM
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FightClub27
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Alright thanks for all the suggestions but I have no idea where to find a boot fitter. im from the middle of Minnesota and all we have is a cross county ski shop! its awesome but anyone from MN know where one would be? Duluth maybe?
Apr 11 2012 2:42AM
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FightClub27
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And yeah my bad after i posted it i saw i wasn't in gear talk
Apr 11 2012 2:43AM
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poofartpee
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i only go with leather boots
Apr 11 2012 3:01AM
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razors-chaz
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Them boots with the fur?
Apr 11 2012 3:32AM
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DaveJ
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spks i love mine
Apr 11 2012 9:25AM
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ajax
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Haha classic. Poles or no poles?
Apr 11 2012 10:09AM
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Crispy.
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As I am only 14, haters gon hate, my feet have grown a lot in the past 2 years. I've gone from a size 9 to a 11.5. So yes in this point of my life I have been. To Heath, I said in my first post that I ordered the SPKs without trying them on and they fit my foot horribly. The full tilts did fit.
Apr 11 2012 4:30PM
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*spike*
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I love my Full Tilt Hot Doggers!
Apr 11 2012 5:48PM
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SKI.ING
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NS Mantra: Member asks for boot advice. People that ride SPKs, Fulltilts, and Dalbellos tell OP to not buy SPKs, Fulltilts, and Dalbellos.
Apr 11 2012 6:35PM
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NotGhood
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this, whatever fits you better there really isnt that much of a difference.
Apr 11 2012 7:35PM
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--ski--
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this. Don't buy because of what brand they are.
Apr 11 2012 7:44PM
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