- Joined
- Jul 3, 2018
Hi all,
So I recently started taking lessons and decided to get fit for some boots. I ended up with a pair of edea overtures in standard width.
When I was fitted the tech didn’t measure my feet, they just asked for my shoe size and popped me in a boot they thought would fit. They made me whack my heel into the back of the boot (I have been doing this since).
Obviously with it being my first pair of skates I didn’t know what to look out for or how to tie them. The tech tied them super tight and I did complain of it feeling like my feet were being pressed and was told this was normal because they are memory foam they need time to adjust to my feet. I obviously couldn’t feel any slipping whilst I had them on the first time and I took the ice at the rink there to test them out. My feet were numb for the better part of the session, but I assumed this was because they were so new and it wouldn’t be a problem. I was a little concerned because I do think my feet are a bit wide at the front and my second toe is longer than my big toe so I was concerned initially that they weren’t wide enough.
I did some research and figured out the skate tech had tied them all wrong and that is why my feet were numb. So I started to tie them the edea way, looser in the toes and tight near the top to lock my heel in.
But now I’m having another issue, I can feel my heel slipping in one boot, it’s not a rubbing and I’m not jumping yet. But if I jump just straight into the air with guards on off ice, I can feel both my heels raise, my left foot more than my right. I’ve noticed that when I’m on the ice I find it harder to find my centre on my left foot because of this but I seem to be okay on my right foot. I can also feel my left heel moving when I walk with guards on. The insoles have started to get marked so I can see the fit a little now and there is a small gap between my toe marks and the end of the insole and it doesn’t look like the heel section is completely marked there is a small semi circle of space on each heel, it’s not a big gap by any means.
Please can somebody help me out, I’m not too sure if my boot is too long and not wide enough or if it’s just the heel that is narrow or what is happening. I don’t know if it’s important but I felt arch pain the first few times wearing them also, I assume this was something to do with how tight they had been laced?
So I recently started taking lessons and decided to get fit for some boots. I ended up with a pair of edea overtures in standard width.
When I was fitted the tech didn’t measure my feet, they just asked for my shoe size and popped me in a boot they thought would fit. They made me whack my heel into the back of the boot (I have been doing this since).
Obviously with it being my first pair of skates I didn’t know what to look out for or how to tie them. The tech tied them super tight and I did complain of it feeling like my feet were being pressed and was told this was normal because they are memory foam they need time to adjust to my feet. I obviously couldn’t feel any slipping whilst I had them on the first time and I took the ice at the rink there to test them out. My feet were numb for the better part of the session, but I assumed this was because they were so new and it wouldn’t be a problem. I was a little concerned because I do think my feet are a bit wide at the front and my second toe is longer than my big toe so I was concerned initially that they weren’t wide enough.
I did some research and figured out the skate tech had tied them all wrong and that is why my feet were numb. So I started to tie them the edea way, looser in the toes and tight near the top to lock my heel in.
But now I’m having another issue, I can feel my heel slipping in one boot, it’s not a rubbing and I’m not jumping yet. But if I jump just straight into the air with guards on off ice, I can feel both my heels raise, my left foot more than my right. I’ve noticed that when I’m on the ice I find it harder to find my centre on my left foot because of this but I seem to be okay on my right foot. I can also feel my left heel moving when I walk with guards on. The insoles have started to get marked so I can see the fit a little now and there is a small gap between my toe marks and the end of the insole and it doesn’t look like the heel section is completely marked there is a small semi circle of space on each heel, it’s not a big gap by any means.
Please can somebody help me out, I’m not too sure if my boot is too long and not wide enough or if it’s just the heel that is narrow or what is happening. I don’t know if it’s important but I felt arch pain the first few times wearing them also, I assume this was something to do with how tight they had been laced?