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  3. Slightly too tight liners

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    1 hour ago, Beckmann AG said:

    ^Cut gill slits on the outside of the liner. Outer layer of fabric only, as the internal layer is compliant.

    Start at the heel if your heel has more definition/shape than the liner. Usually a few slits to either side of the seam that runs up the back.

    Be mindful not to slash the flo pacs in the ankle area.

    Okay, that clears up where I can / need to cut. Is this something I do before I start heat-molding the flo liners?

  4. Slightly too tight liners

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    3 hours ago, Beckmann AG said:

    As in: Your foot is foot-shaped, and the liner is more of a rectangle of approximate foot length

    This is indeed what I notice right now, in the Flow liner, my toes are against the front fabric so I guess the 'give' might come at the heel, to give my toes more room lenght-wise?

    3 hours ago, Beckmann AG said:

    To gain a little more room, install your foot to the liner, look for and mark the spots that look 'tight' (often at the heel, and at the first and /or fifth metatarsal head), and make a few careful slits with a razor knife/box cutter, or one of those cats with laser beam eyes.

    So let's say I'm not using the cat, but the box cutter.. do I actually cut slits on the inside of my liner? I'm a little confuzzled, won't I be wrecking the material? Should I be doing this before, after, or instead of molding?

    So many new questions 🙂

  6. Slightly too tight liners

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    I've never heat molded myself.. that's why I'm checking if it's a viable option before trying. From the interwebz I understand that I have to:

    1. Heat up rice in big socks with the microwave

    2. Put these in the boots with liners and let them heat up

    3. Put toecaps or 2 toe parts of old socks on my feet and put on socks over these 

    4. Take the rice socks out of the boots and put in my feet

    5. Rest in standing position and let the liners mold around my feet

     

    I do know I need toecaps or something similar to create enough room for my toes but will have to experiment 🙂

    How often can liners be molded?

  7. Slightly too tight liners

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    Hi guys!

    Last question I had boots that were too big. I managed to get my hands on the "right" shells, but the Flo liners inside are a little too tight length wise. It's the 299mm UPZ shell with size 8 liners. I'm a mondo 27.5 and barefoot in the shell I have a good 1.5fingers left.

    Is there anything quick and easy to do to slightly increase the length of the sole? Would thermo molding work for that?

    Thanks!

  8. ISO BIG cheap beginner board.

    in Want to Buy

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    Hi there!

    Why are you looking for length in a beginner board? My personal experience is that taller boards generally result in larger turns and therefore higher speeds (unless you know how to bend them to your will, literally). Idk what your background is but when I started out I got more out of a shorter board, like 160 or 170, than anything over that.

  12. Working with boots that are slightly too large

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    Hi guys,

    So I get to ride only a week a year in real snow when we go on holiday to Austria or Italy. I bought a pair of UPZ's second hand 3 years ago and have been riding them with pleasure. However they are slightly too large in terms of mondo size. I think they're the mondo 28 model but my feet are more of a 27.5. Due to the fact that I don't get to board much (I do indoors sometimes here in the netherlands), I couldnt afford to get brand new ones in exactly my size.

    As I already explained, I have been riding with pleasure, no sore spots or sore legs with these boots. But I feel that I could maybe get more control if I were able to have my boots a little tighter in certain places. Any creative ideas? It's mostly in the mondo size (slightly), and on the buckles on my shins/calfs (I have rather thin lower legs and around my ankles).

    I know the obvious answer is to get new boots and have them fitted but that's a €600ish option where I live. I'm hoping to just get that little bit more out of the boots I currently ride for a lot less. If its impossible then that's an answer too, just hoping y'all can think about this with me.

    Thanks!

  20. Sold - Coiler Nirvana 174 w/ SkiMD tune

    in For Sale

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    4 hours ago, David Kirk said:

    I don't know Bruce's numbering system.....can you tell me the sidecut radius of this board?

    dave

    I researched the numbering system on here before, and from what I understood, the sidecut is not part of it..

    T 174 NFC VC 016AC - 6.5+9

    T for Titanal |174 cm length | NFC Nirvana FreeCarve | VC Varial Camber | 016AC built in 2016 + customer initials | 6.5 flex | +9 decamber

    Correct me if I'm wrong ?

    EDIT: Got my info from @arneburner in this topic

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