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Trust your gear instincts!

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Pikachu.
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I’ve got 125+ days on my boots and towards the end of this season I really started to notice how packed out the liners were. Still had good heel lock but I could feel a lot of play around my ankle bone/upper foot and it caused some pain while skiing, especially on my right ankle. I decided it was time to go buy some new boots on spring sale, which I did, but due to logistical problems I couldn’t get my bindings adjusted before this weekend. I decided one more day on the old boots couldn’t hurt, so took them out yesterday with 12” of fresh snow at Mary Jane.

Well I ended up crashing super hard and hurting my right knee and ankle. Potentially an MCL injury, but also a very badly sprained/potentially broken ankle. The knee injury likely would have happened no matter what boots I was wearing, but I’m convinced the ankle injury wouldn’t have happened if I was wearing my new boots. My doctor said it’s pretty rare to get ankle injuries in ski boots because the boots essentially act like a cast - although THall’s legendary chad’s gap crash came to mind while he was saying this… I didn’t crash quite that hard though :)

Long story short is TRUST YOUR GEAR INTUITION. I knew these boots were on their way out and causing pain, so I shouldn’t have taken them out. Or at least I shouldn’t have been skiing so hard on them. Learn from my mistakes!

Also if anyone was riding MJ yesterday and saw someone crash really hard right under pole 3 of Super Gauge, that was me. Or maybe you saw patrol come help since I was sitting under the lift for a good 30 mins.
Apr 23 2023 3:13PM
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SchizoSkier
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Holy fuck I am not reading all that
Apr 23 2023 3:32PM
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Pikachu.
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SchizoSkierHoly fuck I am not reading all that

Never learned to read?
Apr 23 2023 3:39PM
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Icant_kfed
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I trusted my guy and was told by shop people that I needed new boots years ago when I went to get footbeds
Apr 23 2023 4:12PM
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Dr_Richard_Hertz
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Pikachu.I’ve got 125+ days on my boots and towards the end of this season I really started to notice how packed out the liners were. Still had good heel lock but I could feel a lot of play around my ankle bone/upper foot and it caused some pain while skiing, especially on my right ankle. I decided it was time to go buy some new boots on spring sale, which I did, but due to logistical problems I couldn’t get my bindings adjusted before this weekend. I decided one more day on the old boots couldn’t hurt, so took them out yesterday with 12” of fresh snow at Mary Jane.

Well I ended up crashing super hard and hurting my right knee and ankle. Potentially an MCL injury, but also a very badly sprained/potentially broken ankle. The knee injury likely would have happened no matter what boots I was wearing, but I’m convinced the ankle injury wouldn’t have happened if I was wearing my new boots. My doctor said it’s pretty rare to get ankle injuries in ski boots because the boots essentially act like a cast - although THall’s legendary chad’s gap crash came to mind while he was saying this… I didn’t crash quite that hard though :)

Long story short is TRUST YOUR GEAR INTUITION. I knew these boots were on their way out and causing pain, so I shouldn’t have taken them out. Or at least I shouldn’t have been skiing so hard on them. Learn from my mistakes!

Also if anyone was riding MJ yesterday and saw someone crash really hard right under pole 3 of Super Gauge, that was me. Or maybe you saw patrol come help since I was sitting under the lift for a good 30 mins.


I feel this so much. Turned my dins down a notch this season on a warm day when I was tryna learn a new trick. Knew they were a little too low, but forgot to turn them back up and didn't think too much about it. Was skiing a normal groomer the next weekend and my right ski released out of nowhere after going over a small lip. Went down and slid off the trail into a tree and obliterated my hand.

Gear ain't something to fuck around with
Apr 23 2023 5:39PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I was there yesterday. What time of day did you crash?
Apr 23 2023 9:38PM
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EggMann
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Pikachu.I’ve got 125+ days on my boots and towards the end of this season I really started to notice how packed out the liners were. Still had good heel lock but I could feel a lot of play around my ankle bone/upper foot and it caused some pain while skiing, especially on my right ankle. I decided it was time to go buy some new boots on spring sale, which I did, but due to logistical problems I couldn’t get my bindings adjusted before this weekend. I decided one more day on the old boots couldn’t hurt, so took them out yesterday with 12” of fresh snow at Mary Jane.

Well I ended up crashing super hard and hurting my right knee and ankle. Potentially an MCL injury, but also a very badly sprained/potentially broken ankle. The knee injury likely would have happened no matter what boots I was wearing, but I’m convinced the ankle injury wouldn’t have happened if I was wearing my new boots. My doctor said it’s pretty rare to get ankle injuries in ski boots because the boots essentially act like a cast - although THall’s legendary chad’s gap crash came to mind while he was saying this… I didn’t crash quite that hard though :)

Long story short is TRUST YOUR GEAR INTUITION. I knew these boots were on their way out and causing pain, so I shouldn’t have taken them out. Or at least I shouldn’t have been skiing so hard on them. Learn from my mistakes!

Also if anyone was riding MJ yesterday and saw someone crash really hard right under pole 3 of Super Gauge, that was me. Or maybe you saw patrol come help since I was sitting under the lift for a good 30 mins.


Just go with jets and pivots
Apr 23 2023 10:05PM
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Vish-shoe
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Possible skill issue???
Apr 23 2023 10:05PM
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Pikachu.
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Around 11 - 11:30
BradFiAusNzCoCaI was there yesterday. What time of day did you crash?
Apr 23 2023 10:25PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I got there a little later. Didn’t see you. Was a good day but the snow was so dry that it was almost dust on crust in some places. Skiing the stuff underneath
Pikachu.Around 11 - 11:30
Apr 23 2023 11:39PM
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muffMan.
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Most impressive thing is 125 days on stock liners
Apr 23 2023 11:46PM
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tominiemenmaa
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Welcome to the post-discussion era! Here life is all about hunting viral videos and using face swap apps, no need to put effort in cumbersome dialogue!
SchizoSkierHoly fuck I am not reading all that
Apr 24 2023 12:13AM
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weastcoat
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Agreed 100%. I know some homies who will ride their skis knowing some of the screws in the heel piece are stripped out and the binding is only being held down by 2 screws. The moment I discover I have a stripped binding hole I heli coil it, and any other ones that are remotely close to imperfect, I’ll heli coil those too.


It would drive me absolutely insane riding on gear that’s just bound to explode / break at any moment. Would really fucking suck to endure an injury where the condition of ur gear is to blame.

heal up OP positive vibes.
Apr 24 2023 1:09AM
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skrtfest
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weatcoastAgreed 100%. I know some homies who will ride their skis knowing some of the screws in the heel piece are stripped out and the binding is only being held down by 2 screws. The moment I discover I have a stripped binding hole I heli coil it, and any other ones that are remotely close to imperfect, I’ll heli coil those too.


It would drive me absolutely insane riding on gear that’s just bound to explode / break at any moment. Would really fucking suck to endure an injury where the condition of ur gear is to blame.

heal up OP positive vibes.


voyten ive seen you on the most fucked skis goofball
Apr 24 2023 12:55PM
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bustedpivot
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Pikachu.I’ve got 125+ days on my boots and towards the end of this season I really started to notice how packed out the liners were. Still had good heel lock but I could feel a lot of play around my ankle bone/upper foot and it caused some pain while skiing, especially on my right ankle. I decided it was time to go buy some new boots on spring sale, which I did, but due to logistical problems I couldn’t get my bindings adjusted before this weekend. I decided one more day on the old boots couldn’t hurt, so took them out yesterday with 12” of fresh snow at Mary Jane.

Well I ended up crashing super hard and hurting my right knee and ankle. Potentially an MCL injury, but also a very badly sprained/potentially broken ankle. The knee injury likely would have happened no matter what boots I was wearing, but I’m convinced the ankle injury wouldn’t have happened if I was wearing my new boots. My doctor said it’s pretty rare to get ankle injuries in ski boots because the boots essentially act like a cast - although THall’s legendary chad’s gap crash came to mind while he was saying this… I didn’t crash quite that hard though :)

Long story short is TRUST YOUR GEAR INTUITION. I knew these boots were on their way out and causing pain, so I shouldn’t have taken them out. Or at least I shouldn’t have been skiing so hard on them. Learn from my mistakes!

Also if anyone was riding MJ yesterday and saw someone crash really hard right under pole 3 of Super Gauge, that was me. Or maybe you saw patrol come help since I was sitting under the lift for a good 30 mins.


Damn dude that sucks. I tore my MCL at MJ in December. Luckily it was pretty low grade and I got back pretty fast. Hopefully yours is too. On the bright side, if you're gonna get an MCL injury, now is a good time for it.
Apr 24 2023 1:03PM
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weastcoat
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skrtfestvoyten ive seen you on the most fucked skis goofball


Lol. I always make sure they’re still in good riding condition. I.e. they’re not going to snap or the wood is still holding onto the binding screws good enough. Once I can tell that shit is going to snap tho I’ll take bindings off and use another ski.
Apr 24 2023 1:26PM
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Pikachu.
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Definitely agree. I’m also thankful it’s MCL and not ACL since MCLs don’t usually require surgery.
bustedpivotDamn dude that sucks. I tore my MCL at MJ in December. Luckily it was pretty low grade and I got back pretty fast. Hopefully yours is too. On the bright side, if you're gonna get an MCL injury, now is a good time for it.
Apr 24 2023 2:06PM
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EvanMeyer
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muffMan.Most impressive thing is 125 days on stock liners


The boots I replaced this season were a 10 year old pair of Lange rx 130s that had probably 500 days on the stock liners. There was no padding left in them it was horrible last season.



also heal up OP I just took myself out as well with a tib/fib fracture

**This post was edited on Apr 25th 2023 at 4:03:40pm
Apr 25 2023 4:02PM
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tawmi
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Pikachu.I’ve got 125+ days on my boots and towards the end of this season I really started to notice how packed out the liners were.

Do you need new boots, or just liners? Cuz new liners are much easier and cheaper to sort out
Good luck recovering!
Apr 27 2023 4:04AM
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