I know there have been a lot of threads about this, but they all seem to expect some base level of knowledge about the subject, and am hoping someone is willing to point me in the right direction. I have been riding with a pair of raichle 223's since about 1998 and as the liners have been gettin packed out blisters have become more and more frequent. This year i decided to get a new pair that actually fit. After looking at this message board and talking to some ski shops i learned to measure my feet and found that my mondo size was 26.1 for my left and 26.6 for my right, but are pretty wide feet. So i bought a pair of old but not used Raichle 225's size 26 with the thermofit liners. I could barely get into the boots on before the liners were molded. I took the boots to a shop to get the liners molded (the store only sells telemark equipment so this may be a problem), and after that my left foot (the small one) feels great, like the boot was made just for my foot. My right foot is another story, i completely lost feeling by the time i got to the top of the run. In other threads i have heard poeple write about getting boots punched out and was wondering that this entails. is this actually changing the shape of the shell or is it still manipulating the liner. I can find a store that specalizes in ski racing, or even the Starting Gate in VT isn't too far, but i don't know what to ask for when i get there. Basicly if anyone is willing to give me a 101 on the language of boot fitting it would be much apprecieated.
jeff