Im looking for a comfortable good ski boot for a narrow foot???

Question

I have a narrow size 11 foot and Im looking for a boot to hug my foot and not feel like its swimming around inside the boot. Any suggestions. I also dont want to pay full price so Id like to find a pair on Ebay or craigs. Thanks

Answer 1

technica

Answer 2

Lange World Cup 120 flex.  Narrow and stiff.  I just bought a pair on ebay for 220.  They are one of the best boots on the market.

Answer 3

Salomon Boots run the most narrow.  My dad and I both have narrow feet and we both wear Salomons.  Lange boots aren't narrow.  They are wide in th heel.  I tried on a pair of Langes and they were way too wide.  That same day, I tried on the Salomon scarlet, and I loved it and I bought it, but I am a girl.  The mens version of the Scarlet is the Gun.

My dad has the Salomon X-wave 9 and he loves them.  Regardless of what level you are, you need a low-volume boot.  Your foot will move around too much in a high volume boot.  Low volume boots are usually a higher level and stiffer, and thus are more expensive.  If you have a hard foot to fit, i recommend buying new.  Even if you aren't a very high level, if you have a narrow foot, you should get a better boot.  Go to a boot fitter to get them adjusted to your foot.  There isn't that much they can do to a make a boot smaller, but they can make it bigger.  The salomon scarlet and the gun have two screws on the back of them that say "lock" on them.  If you remove them, it will make the boot 10% less stiff.

I haven;t tried it because i like the stiffness.  I don't know if the X-waves have it.  

Salomon says that the scarlet is an expert level boot, and i am not an expert.  I'm an advanced.  probably level 7.  I am a better skier than my dad.

They don't make the X-waves anymore, but you might be able to find a new boot that is a few years old at a ski shop.  

Try on a lot of boots before you buy them.  I tried on over 15 pairs of boots before I found one that fit my foot.  

There are a lot of sales going on right now, so now is the best time to buy.

Your boots are your most important part of your equipment. It is very important that they fit right.  If they don't, you risk injury and have less control.

I was skiing in the Nordica beast 10 before i got my salomons.  My feet were moving inside of them.  i didnt have the control i wanted and i can tell that i might hurt myself.  Then i got my Salomons.  I noticed the difference on my first run.  I got them last month and so far, i have used them 5 or 6 times.  I open the buckles on the lift so my feet don't go numb, as i am still breaking them in.  My dad never opens the buckles on his X-Wave 9 and he has used them three times so far.  He got them for $250 this year at Ski Barn and they originally retailed for about $700 (they are brand new, but from 2006 and he is a size 31 (14-15 sneaker))  I see a lot if people wit X-Waves

My recommendation: Try the X-Waves.  The higher the number, the more narrow it is likely to be.

Theres a store, Charlie's ski shop in windham, NY, near windham mountian that was lots of X-waves

Salomon runs narrow.  I was told this by people who ski in salomon, the people in the ski shop that helped me with my boots, and my very own feet.

A lot of people think that Lange runs narrow, but they don't.

Technica runs medium to wide and they also have a model for extremely feet.  I tried on a lot of different technica boots this season, including their pro model which they say is the narrowest (98mm last and they say it fits A-C widths), and they all felt very wide, even when they were too short.

Nordica boots are the widest

Just about all boots have microadjustable buckles.

Answer 4

Go to the ski shops in your area and try different models, brands and sizes. Never buy a boot without having them on your feet for at least 3-4 hours. A ski boot is too stiff to have one that does not fit correctly. If you are in them for 5-8 hours, you do not want a bad fit.  You must have a good tight fit but not painful, also get foot beds and be checked for cants.

Answer 5

try a boot with a micro adjustable buckle, that should help and try to go to a ski shop at the end or beginning of the season[so they are on sale], or try the used gear sales at the ski shops

Answer 6

My feet are size 12 and narrow. I did alot of reserch in my quest to find boots that fit. I found that some manufacturers boots are more narrow than the others. All my research indicated that Langes were the brand to buy for narrow feet. I bought a set of Lange Banshee 9's. I still had to tighten them all the way down for them to be snug, and they were the best fitting off the rack boots I found! I needed a better fit so I continued my reaserch and found that there are very few expert boot fitters out there. Most ski shop employees knew very little about boot fit, never mind custom fitting. I soon discovered surefit boots. Their website said they custom mold the inner boot liner to your foot. I went to the killington store. They fitted me with a pair of Langes with a custom footbed and a form fitted inner liner. They fit perfectly and my skiing improved immediately. My advise is don't cheap out with used boots. Save up and buy boots that you know will work.

Answer 7

try Lange

stay away from nordica