Obrules15 wrote:Nkster wrote:
What would you guys suggest as a boot?
My understanding is that the Lange ZB is a very good boot, so PDS might be able to work with those to prevent you having to buy a new boot.
+1 Diana and Walter had no trouble making my Lange RX130s work well. New footbeds and cants were all they needed.
obrules15 wrote:What crops up as a theme over and over again is how many people regret delaying getting a proper boot fitted at a PMTS shop. It could be a huge thread on it's own "Whoa is me, I can't believe how much I screwed myself up by thinking I knew best about my boots"
There are occasional disagreements on this forum about a lot of things, but never a dissent on PMTS shop fit boots! So as much as it hurts (I had to chuck newish stuff), it's so worth it.
+1 × 1,000
Depending on a skier's individual anatomy, it may be true that ANY money spent on ski gear or ski lessons is wasted money, if a PMTS fitting and alignment isn't done first. I skied for 30 years with poor alignment and fighting an old knee injury, which caused all sorts of adaptive movements that i now struggle to unlearn. PMTS alignment fixed everything... EXCEPT the bad movements. If id done it 30 years earlier, I'd be a far better skier.
A young skier can avoid all this.
Don't worry about the cost of going to PDS. Any other approach will almost certainly cost you more in the long run. If they can make the Fischers work for you, they will. If they can't, they'll say so and you'll have learned a valuable if costly lesson.