5000 miles away from me here, in Dumont, Colorado, is the place I want to go to get my boots and my alignment sorted out. Until I can get there, I'm needing to muddle on by myself, trying to find kludges which provide some help. I have a couple of questions relating to boots and my anatomy.
I'm of rather slender build - I'm 5'11" and weigh 142lb. I have skinny legs (although reasonably 'wiry', as I do a lot of running), and I have narrow feet. There are two issues with this, as I see it.
Firstly, I imagine the skinniness of my legs has some bearing on the uprightness or otherwise of my stance in my ski boots, but I'm not sure quite how this works. Presumably the same boots are going to result in slightly different forward lean characteristics depending on the thickness of the calves of the wearer? I feel I may need to play around with this, with either some extra forward lean or a reduction, depending on which direction the skinny calf issue takes me in.
Secondly, narrow feet are presumably a bit of a liability in terms of tipping action, as they will inevitably have less lateral leverage inside the boot? Is there any way to compensate for this? My boots are Head S8, which are supposed to be reasonably good for narrow feet. The liners are probably pretty packed out now, which must exacerbate the issue. I've often wondered about the injunction against wearing thick socks inside your ski boots - the softness of the extra thickness detracts from your control. But surely it's no softer than the foam on the inside of the boot liner? Once this is packed out, would I not in effect be replacing it by wearing thick socks?
Anyone's thoughts on these issues would be most appreciated. Thanks!