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IlsPlauns64Its holiday season and I‘ve been trying to get some new tricks down. After about 1-2 days of intense skiing I get horrible shinbang. I‘m riding the ft drop kicks and got them custom fitted in a ski rental, I‘ve installed boosterstraps on them and I‘ve tried gel pads and different ski socks while skiing. The pain just won‘t go away and I feel like I‘ve tried almost every single thing possible. I might just try some other boots, but I‘m not really a fan of that Idea since the boots were super expensive. Any other advice?
bananaman123431have you been going backseat a lot?
bananaman123431have you been going backseat a lot?
IlsPlauns64I don‘t feel like I ski backseat a lot. Only when I knuckle a jump or mess up a rail real bad.
freestyler540Your shins have to be applying pressure on the tongue of the boot at all times.
ajbskidont agree with that.
initiating the turn you have to push your noses down the hill, youll feel shin pressure there.
mid turn you should be centred in the boot.
ending the turn you have to lift your noses up/across the hill, youll be back seat there.
you should be modulating your fore and aft balance basically all the time.
i think shin bang doesnt necessarily come from riding backseat (but it can if youre getting really deep into turns on variable snow), but more taking impacts back seat. like going deep into a landing or off a high rail entirely on your tails.
i havent heard of people using booster straps on FTs, not sure how they would help with shinbang. i put mine under the cuff to take out some of the volume.
eheathBut your shins should always been pushed againsts your boots
ajbskibut i would go as far as instructing to apply pressure.
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ajbskidont agree with that.
initiating the turn you have to push your noses down the hill, youll feel shin pressure there.
mid turn you should be centred in the boot.
ending the turn you have to lift your noses up/across the hill, youll be back seat there.
you should be modulating your fore and aft balance basically all the time.
i think shin bang doesnt necessarily come from riding backseat (but it can if youre getting really deep into turns on variable snow), but more taking impacts back seat. like going deep into a landing or off a high rail entirely on your tails.
i havent heard of people using booster straps on FTs, not sure how they would help with shinbang. i put mine under the cuff to take out some of the volume.
ajbskiI think we are saying the same thing....
one of the most basic training drill we would do with kids when I was coach is skiing with the top buckles undone. Solely to stop them from “applying shin pressure”.
you stop relying on your ankles for fore and aft balance and it’s done more with your knees and hips. Good training for finding the centre of the ski too.
contact yes, but it’s really hard to make the back of your ski to do any work if you’re focusing on applying shin pressure.
it’s out of the scope of the thread tho.
yes as a rule of thumb, if you’re taking off back seat, you’re landing backseat
skierman_jackUsually as you progress you get better technique and in turn you get less shin bang as you learn how to use your body to ski.
if it persists, make sure your boots are snug and buckled down well. Really well.
I also like to compliment my skis and boots. I was on icelantics for a while and so I had softer boots to compliment the softer ski. Now I’m on some stiffer ON3Ps and I have stiffer boots so the ski and boot flex linearly. It sounds silly but it makes a huge difference
