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- Feb 5, 2004
Sorry i know this comes up all the time and i am being lazy rather than reading through reems and reems of threads.
I know that at some point i've read that a particualr manufacturer of boots is better for wide feet. Can anyone tell me which one?
I need to change my boots because my current boots are breaking/have broken down. I have been skating In Risport Lasers (my first pair of skates) and finally, after three years, suggested to my coach that now that i can actually skate to a reasonable adult recreational level, maybe i am allowed to start blaming my tools! I've noticed that hitting an outside edge on the right foot has always been a problem for me - its always been my weaker side (despite being my landing leg). I've had little success with my backspin and my loop has been left behind as the weakest jump i "have", often losing it for months.
Yesterday my coach thought i was getting too much toe on the landing of all of my jumps, when we carefully inspected the tracings they revealed that actually i land on an inside edge every time and gradually bend down to an outside edge, not sure why i finally ventured that maybe the blade positioning was wrong but since they were my first pair of skates i've never known any different. When we looked at the sole there is actually no room to move the blade at all - the plate is the exact same shape as the front of the boot and could not possibly be moved at all.
So all a long winded way of asking which boots are wider so that i can actually move the blade a little to hopefully a better position.
I have been feeling more than a little demotivated by skating for the last year and part of it has been this constant struggle with right outside edges...i'm hoping new boots will sort the porblem out (and least partly) and bring me more motivation for my skating.
Ant
I know that at some point i've read that a particualr manufacturer of boots is better for wide feet. Can anyone tell me which one?
I need to change my boots because my current boots are breaking/have broken down. I have been skating In Risport Lasers (my first pair of skates) and finally, after three years, suggested to my coach that now that i can actually skate to a reasonable adult recreational level, maybe i am allowed to start blaming my tools! I've noticed that hitting an outside edge on the right foot has always been a problem for me - its always been my weaker side (despite being my landing leg). I've had little success with my backspin and my loop has been left behind as the weakest jump i "have", often losing it for months.
Yesterday my coach thought i was getting too much toe on the landing of all of my jumps, when we carefully inspected the tracings they revealed that actually i land on an inside edge every time and gradually bend down to an outside edge, not sure why i finally ventured that maybe the blade positioning was wrong but since they were my first pair of skates i've never known any different. When we looked at the sole there is actually no room to move the blade at all - the plate is the exact same shape as the front of the boot and could not possibly be moved at all.
So all a long winded way of asking which boots are wider so that i can actually move the blade a little to hopefully a better position.
I have been feeling more than a little demotivated by skating for the last year and part of it has been this constant struggle with right outside edges...i'm hoping new boots will sort the porblem out (and least partly) and bring me more motivation for my skating.
Ant