Shin pain HELP

xonskier78Hey there I have shin pain most days when I ski in park. I currently ride Full Tilt Drop Kicks. They have a 90 Flex is it too hard or too soft for me? I think some women boots would fit me better. Anyone knows if they are tighter and lower than male boots? Any tips against shin pain?

Don't ride backseat

Thanks for nothing ;)

Make sure that your boots are tight enough. They shouldn't be so tight that they cut off circulation or hurt, but they should be basically as tight as you can go before it hurts. If you cant get them tight enough, you might need a smaller pair of boots.

Yeah thx well the issue is that i cant make it any tighter at my shin but the length of the boot is too small. I reach the front of my boot with my toes.

Its probably not what you want to hear but I think youre gonna need a new pair of boots. I would recommend going to a boot fitter, or at least trying on the boots in a store before you buy them to make sure you wont run into any problems like this again

Yeah thanks anyway. Has anyone some women Full Tilts? Are they tighter and lower than males?

buy f- wait nvm

xonskier78Yeah thanks anyway. Has anyone some women Full Tilts? Are they tighter and lower than males?

The cuff height is lower. If your boots are not tight enough you can move the top cable back a few positions. There are 3 slots the cable can sit in in the cuff you might have to take it apart to move it. Or you can order smaller cables from Full Tilt.

CatdickBojanglesThe cuff height is lower. If your boots are not tight enough you can move the top cable back a few positions. There are 3 slots the cable can sit in in the cuff you might have to take it apart to move it. Or you can order smaller cables from Full Tilt.

Thanks. Yeah the cable I already moved back. I think im going to try out some women Full Tilts.

xonskier78Thanks. Yeah the cable I already moved back. I think im going to try out some women Full Tilts.

I would see a boot fitter before dumping more money into boots that might or might not work for you.

xonskier78Yeah thx well the issue is that i cant make it any tighter at my shin but the length of the boot is too small. I reach the front of my boot with my toes.

Shove a beer coozie or a sponge in the front of the tounge. fills up space and reduces shinbang

Your boots might be too big or too soft! Sounds counterintuitive, but get a performance fit boot and lean more forward. Backseat skiing / landings lead to shin bang. Let your shins heal before you keep goin, or else it only gets worse. Hope that helps!

You could also just go to a fitter and see how much better new boots can fit, you don't have to buy them. Get a good idea of how they should feel before deciding.

You should be able to find boots that fit without going to the other gender. If your toes are touching the front of your boot that is a good thing!

Get Boostah Strap

whatsamonadYou could also just go to a fitter and see how much better new boots can fit, you don't have to buy them. Get a good idea of how they should feel before deciding.

Yeah would be nice. Cause of corona all shops without daily products are closed...

My experiences with shin bang and what I have learned as a 6'4 person who's calf sits over the boot:

There are 3 types of shin bang I have come to notice and experience. You can consider some of this broscience if you want, but this is what I have found in terms of shin bang through my experience:

1. Shin bang caused by overuse of the dorsiflexor muscles from backseat skiing
2. Shin bang caused by being too tall for your boots and having a skinnier lower leg. This leaves space in between your liner and your shin, putting a good amount of force on your shin whenever it slams forward into the boot.
3. Shin bang right on the bone of your shin from being in a liner that does not cushion your shin enough.

When I first came out to Utah, I legitimately thought skiing backseat was the way since I watched steezy park videos from the mid-late 2000s. I quickly developed shin bang type 1, and learned to ski properly instead, but my boots were way too big for my feet. I got boots that I thought fit more properly, but they were still too big after I packed out the liners, and I developed type 3 and type 2 shin bang again. I fixed this by wearing a booster strap under the shell and over the liner, and that worked for awhile, but because the liner was still packed out, I developed type 3 shin bang again after a bit.

This year, I thought to myself, if taking up enough space in my boot is the issue, why not slap an intuition power wrap in there for max space taking uppage. What I discovered was that the cork in an intuition liner is very tough and it didn't quite fit the shape of my foot the way that I wanted it too. That cork beat the crap out of my shins. I developed Type 3 and Type 2 shin bang again very quickly, probably the worst I've ever had it. I had a day this year where I legitimately had to stop skiing which had never really happened before.

The fix:
Swapped out my intuition liners for the stock liner, got a pair of those eliminators for shin cushioning, an put a booster strap on my boot, and wore the normal power strap under the shell to keep the liner tight to my shin. I think that this will be my setup for the rest of the year, and possibly my life, or until I pony up and get a zip fit liner which is much softer. I don't have a hook up on those, so that will be in my middle age. Thus far, it has worked very well. I was coming off of some godawful shin bang and only gave my shins 3 days rest, before going back to skiing. I skied 2 days on, took 1 day off, another 2 days on, and I didn't have a lot of shin pain at the end of the last 2 day stretch.

With shin bang, if you have it, you have to give it time to heal and try something different with your boot. What worked for me may not work for you, but there's no harm in trying. A lot of dealing with boot issues is just experimentation in my experience. The steps seem to be:

1. Don't ski backseat/land backseat
2. Make sure your shin is sufficiently cushioned
3. Make sure the liner of your boot is tight to your shin so your shin is not slamming forward consistently in the boot.

Update: I have packed out my stock liner and just sprung for zipfits, so we'll see if that helps too.

Good luck fellow people with shin bang. There is a cure, and you will find it.

Could be boot is too big. Could be you keep landing backseat, pinching your calves and stretching your knees which results in pain in front of shins.

BigPurpleSkiSuitMy experiences with shin bang and what I have learned as a 6'4 person who's calf sits over the boot:

There are 3 types of shin bang I have come to notice and experience. You can consider some of this broscience if you want, but this is what I have found in terms of shin bang through my experience:

1. Shin bang caused by overuse of the dorsiflexor muscles from backseat skiing
2. Shin bang caused by being too tall for your boots and having a skinnier lower leg. This leaves space in between your liner and your shin, putting a good amount of force on your shin whenever it slams forward into the boot.
3. Shin bang right on the bone of your shin from being in a liner that does not cushion your shin enough.

When I first came out to Utah, I legitimately thought skiing backseat was the way since I watched steezy park videos from the mid-late 2000s. I quickly developed shin bang type 1, and learned to ski properly instead, but my boots were way too big for my feet. I got boots that I thought fit more properly, but they were still too big after I packed out the liners, and I developed type 3 and type 2 shin bang again. I fixed this by wearing a booster strap under the shell and over the liner, and that worked for awhile, but because the liner was still packed out, I developed type 3 shin bang again after a bit.

This year, I thought to myself, if taking up enough space in my boot is the issue, why not slap an intuition power wrap in there for max space taking uppage. What I discovered was that the cork in an intuition liner is very tough and it didn't quite fit the shape of my foot the way that I wanted it too. That cork beat the crap out of my shins. I developed Type 3 and Type 2 shin bang again very quickly, probably the worst I've ever had it. I had a day this year where I legitimately had to stop skiing which had never really happened before.

The fix:
Swapped out my intuition liners for the stock liner, got a pair of those eliminators for shin cushioning, an put a booster strap on my boot, and wore the normal power strap under the shell to keep the liner tight to my shin. I think that this will be my setup for the rest of the year, and possibly my life, or until I pony up and get a zip fit liner which is much softer. I don't have a hook up on those, so that will be in my middle age. Thus far, it has worked very well. I was coming off of some godawful shin bang and only gave my shins 3 days rest, before going back to skiing. I skied 2 days on, took 1 day off, another 2 days on, and I didn't have a lot of shin pain at the end of the last 2 day stretch.

With shin bang, if you have it, you have to give it time to heal and try something different with your boot. What worked for me may not work for you, but there's no harm in trying. A lot of dealing with boot issues is just experimentation in my experience. The steps seem to be:

1. Don't ski backseat/land backseat
2. Make sure your shin is sufficiently cushioned
3. Make sure the liner of your boot is tight to your shin so your shin is not slamming forward consistently in the boot.

Update: I have packed out my stock liner and just sprung for zipfits, so we'll see if that helps too.

Good luck fellow people with shin bang. There is a cure, and you will find it.

I've also seen a decent amount of people who don't know what they are doing (not saying this is you OP just in general tho) get shin bang because they shove various pants related things into their boots (double/triple socks, base layers, fleece pants, sweatpants, even the fuckin snow pant itself). Boots are designed to hold onto your leg, you want as little material in between the boot and the leg as possible to prevent movement.

**This post was edited on Feb 11th 2021 at 3:11:51pm

BigPurpleSkiSuitMy experiences with shin bang and what I have learned as a 6'4 person who's calf sits over the boot:

There are 3 types of shin bang I have come to notice and experience. You can consider some of this broscience if you want, but this is what I have found in terms of shin bang through my experience:

1. Shin bang caused by overuse of the dorsiflexor muscles from backseat skiing
2. Shin bang caused by being too tall for your boots and having a skinnier lower leg. This leaves space in between your liner and your shin, putting a good amount of force on your shin whenever it slams forward into the boot.
3. Shin bang right on the bone of your shin from being in a liner that does not cushion your shin enough.

When I first came out to Utah, I legitimately thought skiing backseat was the way since I watched steezy park videos from the mid-late 2000s. I quickly developed shin bang type 1, and learned to ski properly instead, but my boots were way too big for my feet. I got boots that I thought fit more properly, but they were still too big after I packed out the liners, and I developed type 3 and type 2 shin bang again. I fixed this by wearing a booster strap under the shell and over the liner, and that worked for awhile, but because the liner was still packed out, I developed type 3 shin bang again after a bit.

This year, I thought to myself, if taking up enough space in my boot is the issue, why not slap an intuition power wrap in there for max space taking uppage. What I discovered was that the cork in an intuition liner is very tough and it didn't quite fit the shape of my foot the way that I wanted it too. That cork beat the crap out of my shins. I developed Type 3 and Type 2 shin bang again very quickly, probably the worst I've ever had it. I had a day this year where I legitimately had to stop skiing which had never really happened before.

The fix:
Swapped out my intuition liners for the stock liner, got a pair of those eliminators for shin cushioning, an put a booster strap on my boot, and wore the normal power strap under the shell to keep the liner tight to my shin. I think that this will be my setup for the rest of the year, and possibly my life, or until I pony up and get a zip fit liner which is much softer. I don't have a hook up on those, so that will be in my middle age. Thus far, it has worked very well. I was coming off of some godawful shin bang and only gave my shins 3 days rest, before going back to skiing. I skied 2 days on, took 1 day off, another 2 days on, and I didn't have a lot of shin pain at the end of the last 2 day stretch.

With shin bang, if you have it, you have to give it time to heal and try something different with your boot. What worked for me may not work for you, but there's no harm in trying. A lot of dealing with boot issues is just experimentation in my experience. The steps seem to be:

1. Don't ski backseat/land backseat
2. Make sure your shin is sufficiently cushioned
3. Make sure the liner of your boot is tight to your shin so your shin is not slamming forward consistently in the boot.

Update: I have packed out my stock liner and just sprung for zipfits, so we'll see if that helps too.

Good luck fellow people with shin bang. There is a cure, and you will find it.

Wooow thanks man :)