What is the best type of ski footbed for you?
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- What is the best type of footbed for your ski boot? We think it depends on many things. There are a variety of ideas out there on what is the best setup. So to help in figuring this out and allowing for all of us individuals to find what works best for us, Brent Amsbury joins Tom Gellie to discuss creating what Brent calls a “test bed”.
The information in this video is not gospel and is shared to help you the skier go through a process of testing and feeling what works for you. It’s best to do this in conjunction with a ski boot fitter as the best result will come from a collaboration as opposed to being one sided. You also do so at your own risk. We take no responsibility for the outcomes so please be careful and listen to Brent’s advice on “a little goes a long way”.
We hope you enjoy the information shared and it leads to a better skiing experience and also a better collaboration with your ski boot fitter.
THANKS - Brent & Tom - Canting the shell? _ I feel more knowledgeable to engage with my next boot fitter, as I need to replace my 14 yr old heavies- going for new Hybrid. My wife has her boots fitted by Park City Ski Boots, 5-6 yrs ago, with great help from Brent, with continued comfort and progressive improvement for a novice. Thanks . I have the same Gorsuch footbeds made by Brent's team, which have gone into my Zipfit liner (4-yrs) which has helped massively with control and comfort. Now the inside ankle is a big pain at end of the day. I have canting adjustment on the current boot shell, maxed out for pronation My question is, should this be addressed inside the boot, or is a symptom of hip posture over the feet. Yes I still fall back a bit. So is canting the shell old school and the wrong direction. Thanks
How about high arches?
Fantastic useable information! For those of us who don’t have a hill close by, how can we refine a prototype foot bed? … knee tracking, balance, walking/running feel? What are your ideas?
Where would one find the same minimalist flat and rigid footbeds as you?
I'm using the stock flimsy ones and tried some more shaped Sidas drop-in ones. Can i use the Barr carbon fiber overlay on the stock insoles?
Yep sure can
How do you approach the footbed for someone that has a completely flat foot.? My foot has been flat since birth. Not collapsed. No arch at all, I've been told I have a negative arch, if that's possible. Usually any support under the arch causes great discomfort. How do you usually approach approach a foot like this?..
My perspective would be leave it alone. I have found with foot types like yours the best thing is to find a shell that allows a low arch like yours to not be pressed into by the shell. You will find it will feel good to get some space ground or stretched on the side of the shell where your arch is lower and wider than others.
If the heel is pretty neutral and it’s just a low arch then above is what I’d suggest.
@@Bigpictureskiing You hit it right on the head. I've been skiing for 30 years. I just went to a great bootfitter in Lake Tahoe. (Shout out to eli at Olympic boot fitters)
That's exactly what he did. Every other boot fitter tried to to do too much.. Most were insisting I needed arch support, definitely not the case. I have no arch!
He gave me an extremely low rise off the shelf merino footbed (similar to a stock footbed) and a little stretch atound the arch area. Done!
I think it would Be helpful for some to get this information out there. I had to do quite a bit of reading online, and go through several boots and fitters before this conclusion was reached. I spent many dollars and a lot of days in pain...
@@carterfan80 yep it’s great you found your boot fitter. Very pleased to hear this. Respecting your foot and that it functioned just fine without needing to look like a text book image of a foot.
You have a rigid flat foot, which is a very small percentile of the human population. Your foot type does not need 'support', if anything just making it comfortable with added cushioning in key areas is enough.
@@bba101865 That's basically what I ended up with. A comfortable merino wool footbed that's flat, provides warmth and just a little bit of cushioning. The rest was eliminating pressure points getting pressure points by stretching the liner, And breaking in the boot. Technica mach 1 130 flex, in 100 mm last worked for me.