you almost never see someone with hips to far forward all the time.
The thing we as skier have to stop thinking about where we are standing as a position.
IF we are in balance we are MOVING down the hill at the right pace.
If we are to far back we are not moving down hill quick enough.
If we are to far forward we are moving to quickly down the hill.
Most heel lifts are poor attempts at making boots that do not fit fit. Except that when done it effectively makes someones balance to far forward so they then try get further back. Just think about the extremes. If I was to put a piece of wood under the front of your boots and have you try to move back you could not as you would fall over to the back but if I was to ask you to move forward you could easily MOVE forward and lift your heels off the ground. If I put a block of wood under the heels of your boot and asked you to move forward you would most likely fall forward as you try, but moving back would be easy on to you heel.
yes to expand on what I quoted telling Jim yes heel lift would put your heels more forward while being static but makes it damn near impossible to stay there. Put toe lifts in actually make your hips further back, but gives you some place to move.
Notice how I said MOVE, if you can not move down the heel quick enough despite all your efforts than a I guess a very static(and there for really poor) skier might actually benefit from heel lifts.
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