Message #582

[Barrettscv]

Hi Gary,

My daughter and I had our boots aligned at Green Mountain Orthotics Lab last year. They also planed the soles of her Nordica Beasts and my Salomon Course. The cost for the service was small, around $25.

Nick Blaylock determined how much canting we needed and then looked at the "twist" in the boot sole. He said the twist in my boot soles needed to be uniformly flat. However, he did not want to totally remove the twist, since it was providing some canting benefit. He planed my soles just enough to remove the irregularities on the boot and provide a flat interface to the binding system. He also planed & aligned my daughters boots, her service charge was less than $40 and this included heal lifts.

Nick explained that during manufacturing, every boot is taken from the molds before the plastic is fully cured. All boots will twist as they cure and need to be machined flat. However, not a single manufacturer machines the boot soles and all are essentially delivering an imperfect product.

I know the GMOL inspects every boot they service to see if this service is required and beneficial.

Cheers,

Michael