Ok so after having my custom fitted boots refitted and stretched multiple times I'm pretty pissed. My feet still hurt like crazy after a day of skiing and the fit still isn't great. My toes don't taper in the front they are almost straight across so I have had the toes blown out. Also I have a pretty high arch and I have custom footbeds and molded liners. Also after sitting on a long lift the weight of the skis pulling down makes the tops of my feet hurt so bad I can't wait to get off the lift just for a little relief. Now given these are 10 times better than what I used to ski but it still sucks because it keeps me from skiing as much as I could. I mentioned this fact to a ski buddy of mine and he mentioned rossignols soft boots. I've never seen them before and wondered if anyone had or had any experience with them. Would they be better?
Snowboard boots are so comfy compared to ski boots. That is just my opinion though. Also, I have never gone to the lengths you have to get a pair that fit really well. I might be riding with a guy who is a professional bootfitter today. I will ask him about the softboots. Honestly though, all I can think of is this:
My buddy said he doesn't think rossi still makes those soft ski boots.
He said that he gets the best results when people come to him initially and he picks the boots for them to purchase depending upon the shape of their feet, and then he makes a custom footbed for them.
It sounds like you bought the wrong pair of boots to begin with. Did you have a good bootfitter help you pick your boots? Ski boots are the one thing you do not buy based on the features. You by the one that fits.
As for the Rossi soft boots, they are only good for a beginner, they are to soft flex wise to get any kind of performance. One of the reasons Rossi no longer makes them. As for the toe problems you are mentioning the Rossi boots would not have helped. The only true soft part was the tongue area, the rest of the boot was still a hard shell.
Yeah I went to the bootdoctors in telluride they put me in the boots.
Go back and tell them they hurt. They should make it right so they don't. I have a pair of Dalbellos and they are the cat's nuts for my feet. I do have to unbuckle them on the chair rides because I ski with 'em TIGHT.
I went searching for a solution online and all I really came up with was people who customized their own boots to work like this....and that's not a solution at all, heh. There seem to be lots of good reviews about Rossi's, but I agree with the others that you should probably go back to your original place and get them fixed. There's no reason you should have to 'keep' getting them refitted and adjusted, but all of that time is wasted if you don't get them taken care of once and for all.
Also, I have never gone to the lengths you have to get a pair that fit really well. I might be riding with a guy who is a professional bootfitter today. I will ask him about the softboots. Honestly though, all I can think of is this:
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