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Outstanding explanation, thank you. Once again, outstanding...like in the snow.

I've also found that it's important that after one or two times down the hill, some of the buckles May loosen . I have found that checking and tightening my Buckles at the top of a hill, when needed, throughout the day, has been essential for better stability!

This was so helpful, thank you! ⛷️

Thank you!!!

I like to ski an easy green warm up with the boots a little loose, maybe one notch on each buckle from where I know I end up. After that run, I then tighten them the rest of the way like in your video.

Best Shortest Video to understand how Carving. Thank you!

I love CZcams so much for its comment section. I come here to give my appreciation for this awesome video and all you commenters have said already everything I was thinking. ❤

I always seen the micro asjustment written on shoes but I thought its just the latches, my facewaslike this whe. you showed what the rotation is for 😮

I don’t know if anybody else does this, but I like to latch to a medium to low tightness because everything is cold rigid and uncomfortable. I walk with it from parking lot to the base and everything gets warm and comfortable then I’m able to tighten down even more than if I did it initially when it was cold.

Why do so many people call skidding, sliding? Get a clue folks, its not that difficult.

Top tip. Always wear a pair of good-quality ski socks. Make sure they are not too thick.

ATTN NEW SKIERS: Your Lower leg is made up of 2 bones. You do not want to compress those bones unnaturally with two tight top buckles & straps! .

Excellent video, many people take ten times as long to say less.

This applies to so many people that it is not funny. I even have informed newbies on the skating rink that they need to tighten their boots and they see immediate improvement.

Excellent video, one more tip as a boot fitter . Do not tighten your boots when warm or indoor room temperature. You will stretch the plastic and over set on the stretched part when cold .. Make sure the boots are cold then you tighten them to a firm hold around the foot and anckle !

Now you forgot to give us instructions for our 1980s rear-entry boots :-)

I commend an explanation of why and not just how

The only proper way to put on a ski boot is to throw them away and buy snowboarding boots.

My first ski boots were leather!

Thank you so much to teach the fundamental basic. I recent start learn ski and no one teach me that. I have ankle pain every time after ski. Your lesson solve my problem and make ski more enjoyable

If u are sliding your skis in turn it’s more technique not just your equipment

I always find if i take my time warming into my boots each ski day, then it feels great by the time youre warmed up making runs. Start off with the top two on the loosest setting. Tighten them a notch or two when you get on the first gondola/chair. Then tighten them enough to ski safely for your warmup run. By the time you are ready to slay diamonds and carve, your boots will be comfy enough to tighten them to the preferred strength

My kind of teacher!

The fit of the liner is also a big issue. I have lace ups so my boot up is a deeper process with putting on the liners then the shell. Many more ways to go wrong. The most important buckle is not a buckle but the power strap. I close all buckles to my performance level, rung 1 on the ladder, cinch the power strap giving it a good extra tug then release the buckles to walk out to the snow. I often ski with boots unbuckled especially when demonstrating basic maneuvers to increase the observable range of motion in the ankle. Getting a close fit require modifications to the shell and liner. Boot fitters are often reluctant to make the extreme adjustments I need so I've learned to adjust my own fit. I basically ruin the shell and liner before I ever ski it.

This video offers some good information to to the newbie skier, and in some cases those who have skied for many years. But I take exception to this notion of kicking your heel to the back of the boot, that does not work. “Kicking the heel“ to the back of the boot, only serves to bounce the heel out of the heel pocket. I found the most effective way to ensure that my heel is nestled back in the boot, as far as it can go is simple. Start by recognizing, sliding your feet into ski boots, will be very foreign to your feet. If you’re skiing every day, putting your feet in your ski boots is no big deal. Give your feet a moment to become a custom to the ski boot, let your feet spread out and acclimatize. I suggest closing the lower cuff buckle, but not super tight one foot at a time, flex the foot forward at the ankle using the lower cuff buckle to leverage you foot back into the ankle pocket. Thanks for the video.

I was told the top of foot, especially the toe, buckles are really juat there to secure it to keep snow out and not to be securing your foot into the boot. The security is from the top buckles.

You should buckle the ankle strap first

Great advice thanks -- one question -- should the pressure be away - or down on the outside ski please

They should make a video on how to carry skis so they aren’t almost hitting everyone in the head or taking up the walking paths Little common sense goes a long way

How to properly buckle up your ski boots: Buy a snowboard and snowboard boots 👍🏿

"remember sliding is slow and out of control" No. Skidding is not out of control. Learn to do it.

sliding is slow carving is fast

Rarely good video of the theme, all was top noch, but the heel kicking: -that is doing exactly nothing.

I HAVE BEEN SKIING FOR 48 YEARS NOW , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE NUMBER 1 REASON YOUR FEET GET COLD WHEN SKIING ??? IT IS BECAUSE YOUR FEET ‘’SWEAT’’ SWEAT IS MOISTURE . WHEN YOUR FEET SWEAT THE SOCKS YOU ARE WEARING BECOME DAMP. DAMP SOCKS WILL ATTRACT COLD AND THIS IN TERN CAUSES YOUR FEET TO BECOME COLD WHILE ON THE SLOPES. I LEARNED THIS OLD SKI TRICK FROM A BOOT FITTER IN ZERMATT SWITZERLAND BACK IN 1972 . YOU BUY AN AEROSOL CAN OF ANTI PERSPIRANT SAY RIGHT GUARD AXE OR DOVE AND SPRAY ‘’YOUR BARE FEET ‘’BEFORE ‘’YOU PUT ON YOUR SKI SOCKS, THEN PUT ON SOCKS AFTER THE ANTI PERSPIRANT IS ON BOTH FEET. THIS WILL STOP YOUR FEET FROM SWEATING FOR 7-8 HOURS. IF YOU SPRAY YOUR UNDER ARMS WITH ANTI PERSPIRANT TO STOP YOUR ARM PITS FROM SWEATING WHY NOT YOUR BARE FEET ???? I BET 98% OF ALL SKIERS NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS OLD SKI TRICK. YOU ARE WELCOME .

Great video , concise and informative!

Hi! What is on the liner's tongue at 2:26?

I always find if i take my time warming into my boots each ski day, then it feels great by the time youre warmed up making runs. Start off with the top two on the loosest setting. Tighten them a notch or two when you get on the first gondola/chair. Then tighten them enough to ski safely for your warmup run. By the time you are ready to slay diamonds and carve, your boots will be comfy enough to tighten them to the preferred strength

Excellent video. I’m a ski pro in France and no one teaches skiers how to do their boots up, it’s surprising. This tutorial is bang on the button !

Great advice. I do do something a little different that feels very solid to me. I find that banging the heal in has some bounce and doesn’t leave me feeling like my heel is well seated to the rear. Instead I do up the arch buckle, the second buckle from the toe, first. I then rock my knee forward which solidly sets my heal back in its pocket. I then do up the most important buckles to keep the heal in place. Try it. You may like it too.

Super video! Been skiing since 1994 and never knew about how to put on my ski boots properly 😅 Now I do thanks to this video 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I have noticed most world cup racers first put on the inner boot/liner then step into the shell. Is this due to the minimalist style liner racers use?

Socks should not be too thick. As base layer I only use 3/4 pants, so I do not have to worry about either extra material in the shoe or an abundance of material rolled up just below my knees. Lastly, almost broke my feet once while trying to get into cold boots.

Thanks! Almost didn’t watch this, dismissing it for being too basic, well I was wrong! I will forever use your method in the future. Great video!

Sliding is out of control! Maybe learn to control the slide then.

Good vid, thanks. Silicon spray where your heel slides down the inner changed my life as a ski instructor. Foot slides right in and finds its position. Inner doesn’t wear out. Happy feet = happy skier.

I got huge bruises and bumps on my shins after a week of skiing 😅 Could it be my boots are too loose or too tight?

A+ video. I’ve been a race coach and in ski industry for 25+ years. Trust their advice about ski boots. Without a proper fitting boot, you can’t turn your ski. Also, chances are your boot is likely too big. Ask for a shell test at a pro ski shop, or try on your own. Take liner out of boot, then move your feet so your toes are lightly touching the front of ski boot. Then reach into back of boot and there should be no more than two fingers (2 cm) width between your heel and ski boot shell. If more than that, it’s too big! Remember your ski boot will likely feel impossible to put on and too small as you put it on. Not until boot is properly buckled will you realize how it really fits. Your toes should lightly touch front of ski boot once buckled, and when you flex forward you’ll feel your toes move away from front. That’s a perfect fit! 🎉😊

What a well-done and useful video... Great Narration... Thank You!

I’m learning how to alpine race and realize I have a problem of keeping my poles low. How high should I be keeping them at all times?

Me realizing just how big my calves are when I see you putting your buckles on the mid to last tooth when I put them on the first to second.