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my feet are 26.7cm and relatively narrow 93mm 951 shell A + palau 25.5 very tight fit; not recommending; but shell B is too large for me PS used to have UPZ 279 shell

I do weight training all year round; 3-5 workouts a week )) I find it the most effective; BTW @mtracz asked about bodyweight training

squats core pedaling a bike

you have to ask @b.free he has a collection of Viruses; so maybe there is something for sale

you have to try

I cannot go narrower that 20cm, I just lose feedback from the snow, it becomes too smooth for me. I have lots of legacy from softboot riding, so it maybe one of inherited things BTW, I'm not riding wider that 20; kind of sweet spot for me

I like blue ones along Sunshine Express lift Note: 1. They are not steep 2. Depending on a day it can be crowded there... You have to run there an be there first in this case you'll have your fun on another part of the mountain there is Buddy's Run ... And yes, it's perfect when you are first there Ps Some short connectors are fun too

yeah, to remove extra room you can try foam injected liners

planning on 31st; I'll be with my kid [lost all her skills, trying to regain] so I'll stick with green terrain [maybe blue along timberline; it depends] I assume someone will be riding along Super Bee or Alpine lifts check this one

shell A + Palau liners 25.5 (heatmolded) + custom insoles PS very tight; not advising to anyone; on cold day (0F...20F) I have to unbuckle all 4 buckles

yeah))

@Alexey even published his story with shell A; as I remember his feet 26.7 and 27 or 27.2... he had to pinch only for larger one... reading that story was a decision maker Shell test shows 7-8mm ... I was ready to pinch, but it worked without plastic work it seems to me that custom insoles reduce feet footprint

You are on opposite side of the spectrum)) Don't take any advises from me... I always have too much room... You, I believe, too little I can only say if you need more room you can pinch and get it, but if you have to much room it's hard to make less of it. I believe you chose right size and you are on a right way to boot fit perfection))

because A is my perfect fit))) my feet are 95mm wide, and my size boots are always TOO wide for me; so I always go size down; my shell size is supposed to be B (26.5) so I downsized -1 shell size which is A PS so stop complaining "boots are not wide enough" they are huge PPS I'm not advising anyone to do the same... it is very tight fit; I'm just telling it is possible.

26.5 sounds like good fit for you (widthwise) I assume you didn't heat mold liners yet; so first remove liner from boot and check if you have enough room for your feet inside plastic shell; also there are some set of insoles that come (or used to) with 26.5, if you remove extra one boot will feel wider heatmold liners first, then try boots on a slope and only then make a decision if you need to pinch plastic PS also my feet are 26.7 and I'm in Shell A... no plastic pinched... just heatmolded liners + custom insoles

my knees feel better when I shave 10 lbs off my +-200; when I gain up to 210; knees say please stop

good choice... you do not need entry level board, I assume you know how to ride and want to progress toward softboot carving. in this case you'd like to chose a board which is good in it. you will pump your carving skill; start cautiously and you'll get there.

...if you looking down from the top. if you looking from base to the mountain, start from right to left

warm up on left side and move to center then to right side get on a first chair so you will have 40 minutes to 1 hour of empty terrain I try to avoid going up there between Christmas and NY... if I go I do not have any hope... as soon as it's getting crowded, I just call it a day

looks like catkoala doesn't know what monosky is))))

I was not aware we are talking exclusively about racing in this thread [taking into account a video from first post] )) my point was there is a way to ride hardboot equipment and not a single word needed to explain the technique

or this one))

no words needed https://youtu.be/SqY2dSXY_lM

there is a chance that @b.free and @yamifumi will be there on Sat; maybe someone else as well PS I hope me too