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DietCoke
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Why are ski boots still all flat at the bottom so you walk all stupid? Snowboarding boots have progressed to being real shoes, with treds and everything, but ski boots insist on being retarted looking. I understand that ski boots need to have the clips for the toe and heel binding lock, but i dont understand why you can just design the boots and bindings so that you can have a normal working shoe. I love skiing, the only thing i have against it are the dumbfucking boots.
Nov 29 2004 11:24AM
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saucerboy84
Posts: 1361 - Karma: 10
ski boots arent made for walking. they are designed to work best when skiing. sounds like you need to get some uggs and a fur coat and sit in the lodge with a mochachino while your boyfriend rides his mondoboard. stop complaining and ski.
Nov 29 2004 12:54PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
would you like a broken ankle?
the reason they are stiff is for support. skiers dont click in the same as a snowboarder. also a snowboard is all 1 piece and skies are separate.

ever tried skiing with a boot 2 sizes too big?

yeah lets just say its not fun nor comfertable



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Nov 29 2004 12:56PM
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DietCoke
Posts: 1317 - Karma: 7
I know they have to be stiff for the support, but i dont understand why they cant just curve the bottoms of the boots like how shoes are. Like how running shoes are curled with a heel and an arch and stuff, like that

Nov 29 2004 12:58PM
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CaderTots
Posts: 488 - Karma: 34
If it had a round bottom then it wouldn't fit right in the binding. Think a bit man.

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Nov 29 2004 1:00PM
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DietCoke
Posts: 1317 - Karma: 7
I am thinking. If it had a rounder, walk-friendly bottom, then those notches would just have to be placed further up (up being like when your standing up kind of up) this just means that the bindings would have to have those notches a little higher off the top of the ski. I dont see how it would really affect performance that much other than having a little heavier binding.
Nov 29 2004 1:04PM
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KeegLove
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become a snowboarder if your so against the boots then
SKI FOR LIFE!



If it was easy it would be called snowboarding.

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Nov 29 2004 1:09PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
ever skied with risers? cuz thats what would have to be done and risers fucking suck a cock



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D-Loc AKA Shaky Bones... Original, Unique, and One of a Kind.

land of the free???@#! haha right... free to the power of the people in uniform

skiin', smokin', snackin', sexin', sleepin'... all anyone needs in life
Nov 29 2004 1:09PM
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DietCoke
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How would u need risers? the bottom of your boot could still touch the ski, its just that the binding would attach slightly higher up
Nov 29 2004 1:10PM
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karma185
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you must be like 8 because everybody know the farther you move the contact points away from eavh other the high the torque. so when you move the heel up you put a lot more torque on the point where the binding attaches to the ski. most skis are not built to handle that kinda of stress. also if you rail the heel of the boot the lug goes up also which means there would have to be 2 different binding standards. Your little inconvience would screw the entire ski indtudty and not be cehap doing it.

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Nov 29 2004 1:12PM
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DietCoke
Posts: 1317 - Karma: 7
I'm gonna find a way to make it work

Nov 29 2004 1:13PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
^^binding attached slightly higher up? wtf are you talking about man, they are called risers. what are you talking about if its not risers? up where, towards the tip? up off the ski? what man what?



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D-Loc AKA Shaky Bones... Original, Unique, and One of a Kind.

land of the free???@#! haha right... free to the power of the people in uniform

skiin', smokin', snackin', sexin', sleepin'... all anyone needs in life
Nov 29 2004 1:13PM
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JackBach
Posts: 4155 - Karma: -5
The boot you're decribing would destroy performance. You think you're the first one to think of this? Believe me, if the ski companies thought they could make money off this, they would have already done it--and people would buy them, especially dumbfuck Texan-tuckers. 'Gee, Billybob, this boot sure is comfortable. Don't ski worth a damn but who cares.'

Only problem is the engery transfer would be fucked, the bindings would have to be made way stronger, and they would be way harder to manufacture than the current style of boots.

My biggest question for you is why the fuck do you think they need to flex? There is no purpose. Even if you can arch your foot, it won't matter: YOU HAVE A FUCKING BOARD STRAPPED UNDERNEATH YOUR FOOT.

Ski boots are functional. They're not designed for walking. They're designed for skiing.
Nov 29 2004 1:16PM
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d-loc
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^so he can walk around man. he doesnt ski he just puts boots on and walks around the resorts for fun.

DUH!!! haha



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D-Loc AKA Shaky Bones... Original, Unique, and One of a Kind.

land of the free???@#! haha right... free to the power of the people in uniform

skiin', smokin', snackin', sexin', sleepin'... all anyone needs in life
Nov 29 2004 1:20PM
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undercover_skier
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 160
so go back to snowboarding then, it just won't happen, a ski boot will always be a ski boot.
Nov 29 2004 2:15PM
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(Jonesy)
Posts: 2594 - Karma: 20
a fucking round boot? you must be an idiot. that would be ten times harder to walk in. it would be like two rocking chairs on your feet. you'd fall all over the place. and if you can't walk normally in ski boots, you're handicapped you schmuck.

I like pie.
Nov 29 2004 2:24PM
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LeBlanc
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haha yeah dumbass
did you ever hear about boots that have a walking mode dumbass?






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Nov 29 2004 2:30PM
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Huckasorass
Posts: 1737 - Karma: 80
Instead of walking, you should take the lifts, there a little more $, but it's worth it, they go up the mt- you must have seen them







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Nov 29 2004 2:34PM
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teamdummy
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Nov 29 2004 2:39PM
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vv1zard
Posts: 257 - Karma: 10
mondoboard....hahahahahahaha
Nov 29 2004 2:50PM
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LPT_311
Posts: 2239 - Karma: 12
super gay idea
kill youself








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Nov 29 2004 3:59PM
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saucerboy84
Posts: 1361 - Karma: 10
'kill yourself' i love it when people say that.
Nov 29 2004 4:05PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
^ Yeah dude, you can thank my older brother and his little group of friends for starting that one up 3 years ago. Spreaded throughout our school like wild fire and then to other schools. Soon enough I saw it being used on NS by some kid in Canada. Man he couldn't believe what him and his friends started.







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Nov 29 2004 4:12PM
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Ski-hobo
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you obviously havnt skied much, becuase if you have you would be completeley use to ski boots.


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Nov 29 2004 4:13PM
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hendrik.
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GWA.
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Nov 29 2004 4:16PM
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Dallan!
Posts: 3668 - Karma: 11
get some snowshoes, skiboarder.





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Nov 29 2004 4:17PM
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pat-rickdaigle
Posts: 8556 - Karma: 1,020
perhaps you can attach a thick plate to the bottom of your easy striders and snap in, go really fast and get tangled in your laces. what a horrible idea, good for doctors tho, there'd be a lot of ankle injuries and shit like that.

MAINE, THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE.
Nov 29 2004 4:25PM
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weenox
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 19
im also thinking that a curved bottom would do absolutely nothing...its the stiffness that makes them akward





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Nov 29 2004 4:27PM
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CTD
Posts: 6301 - Karma: 349
yeah, it aint hard. my walk is fucked up from walking so much in ski boots.
opps, that was free advertising.
Nov 29 2004 4:31PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
This has already been invented dude, in every boot made right now actually. Here's what you do, you take those bindings on your boot and undo them. Ever think of trying that buddy?







----2ond in Command of DANSA-----



To Huck. v. The act of throwing oneself off of a cornice, cliff, rock, or any other thing that results in an attempt to fly.



If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Nov 29 2004 4:34PM
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rocktheLPs
Posts: 2095 - Karma: 14
i think salomon made a rental boot that had rubber sole (hehe) but only the toe and heel were rubber, and you walk all funny because the sole doesnt flex
Nov 29 2004 4:45PM
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estaked
Posts: 7388 - Karma: 79
all i gotta say is stop being a little biotch.., grow up er go snowboard u pansy
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' -christie-luv2ski



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Nov 29 2004 4:51PM
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winterkid33
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besides a round bottom wouldn't help when you walk you touch your heel down first not the center of your foot and then your foot bends at your toes so to make it easier to walk in you would have to make boots flex crazy amounts in the middle of the boot think about things before you post and embarrass yourself
Nov 29 2004 5:03PM
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