I didn’t include some back history in my case that may or may not be similar to others reading this thread.
Growing up in what I would consider a “normal” household, we would enjoy activities that we could afford at the time. Both parents worked and I delivered papers that allowed me some play money. My parents had the philosophy of “if it’s important to you, then you will figure out a way”. There was nothing wrong with that but where I am going with all of this, is that I simply used/had what I could afford. I hit the affordable slopes and stayed away from the expensive areas in the “Sierra Cement”. I had no idea of the science of ski boots and simply strapped on a pair of boots and went.
I will now be researching into proper boot fit at the very least. My jacked up feet could easily justify a custom pair of boots but I can’t mentally see the logic investing $800-1200. Yes I have no arch(flat feet), pronate and have a nice 2” steel pin in my left ankle. I am sure we have Podiatrist on this forum that would argue differently as to the importance of custom supportive boots. If you are one, please educate us on this point. I am sure many of us would benefit. Here in Sacramento, there is only one true seasonal ski equipment shop left. I experienced sticker shock and it’s the end of the season.
Here is another short boot fitting video I found. It make sense to me.
https://youtu.be/eAy5WPHDB34
All of my old gear pre dates the 90’s and I gave skiing up when the boys joined the HS snowboard team. I too have several boards and wasn’t too shabby at shredding it up. Up until our last outing about 5 years ago when I took an epic header. I am sure it was spectacular to see. I remember lying there looking up into the sky and thinking.......................”ouch!” My whole left side was numb and it took three days for my left hand to stop tingling. So I will assume one more of those and I will end up with some form of Orthoscopic surgery.
So here I am in 2018, looking at getting back into skiing.
Cheers
I figured I would provide everyone with a good laugh for the day. Enjoy!
We are planning one last team building ski day for some at work this week. We were at the local Snowline Hospice dropping things off when I decided to pop in for giggles. Low and behold I found a set of usable “rock” skis for a whopping $5.00. The bottoms were in great shape and the edges were clean. They tuned up nicely. A caveat to this is that these things are at least 30 years newer than my last pair. LOL
Although I am researching new modern skis
I also dug out my dad’s old ski suit. I was told I didn’t have a single hair if I didn’t wear it in our ski day. It will be my tribute to the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine”, yes I did graduate in “86”.[emoji848]
“Great White Buffalo.....................
......................”Great White Buffalo”
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