realskiers

I'll answer this as I was one of the bears involved in the discussion.

I am in the Bushwacker boot this season and though its an awesome fit for me, I have a considerable amount of forward lean that makes it difficult for me to get my hips forward while moving down hill.
using 3 mm shims under the toe of my bindings I was able to get "stacked" better and get the hips forward, with proper angles to make better movements over all.

I thought I had some images of stick figures for this.  I'll see if I can find them.

Getting back to the initial question that Mike posed in his first post, which is putting shims under the toes of the bindings to get the hips forward -- this is something mentioned in this thread and on other forums too.  I'm just trying to understand how, biomechanically, this actually works.  Can anyone explain? Perhaps using some real-world experience? ....Snowhot and Todd have added shims under the toes of their bindings -- can either of you relate to us exactly how this helped get your hips forward? It seems counterintuitive, and common sense tells me the hips should be further back, not forward. 

Furthermore, for women, the conventional wisdom from boot and ski companies has been to create more ramp angle (ie. same as adding heel lifts) and not less, because of their lower COG and the consequent need to get their hips forward.  Meaning they are doing the opposite of using toe lifts to get the hips forward.

This is getting confusing....

On a side note, I also read that raising the toe of the boot makes the boot feel stiffer.  Is this also your experience?

Thanks,
Svend