Boot Alignment - Fix your stance!
Having your ski boots aligned so that your legs match the angle of your ski boots upper cuff will make for a much more relaxed ski experience, enabling your skis to be run flat against the snow. If you have Bow legs or Knock knees you may find your skiing frustrating as your continually fighting against your edges.
Leann booked a Premium Bootfitting appointment with us to replace her old boots. This includes selecting her new boot to match her foot shape and skiing ability, sidas custom insoles and full alignment check. She decided the new Tecnica mach1 105w fitted her foot the best, we made her new custom insole then set about checking her alignment as she presented with very knock knees that was holding her skiing back.
You can see from this photo that Leann's right leg is pushing against the inside of the medial (inside cuff) side of the cuff. He left leg is not as bad, but still requires some adjustment. We adjusted the cuffs using the inside and outside cant adjusters that come on this boot, but she still required more to get her centered. |
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We fitted an Align+2 on the boots base board which moved her right leg across to a much more centred stance. We fitted an Align+1 to the left boot. You can see in the photo that her legs are sitting in the middle of the cuffs now. Her knees were almost touching before but now had a much more noticable gap between them. |
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Upon checking the centre of her knee we noticed more was required and we fitted a set of Tecnica 1 degree cant wedge between the replacable soles of her right boot only. With the builders square both knees now present 2 mm inside the boot centre which we find is an ideal stance on snow. |