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- Feb 4, 2022
Hello!
I'm 25 y.o. (female) and currently working on my level 4 skills in the LTS program. So far I've been skating in Jackson Artiste, which I purchased on my own before I decided to seriously commit to this sport and learn to skate properly. As it turns out, though, the skates I bought were about 1.5 sizes too big for me, as I was compensating for a wide front of my foot by getting a larger skate, length-wise. To make it more complicated, my feet are slightly different sizes, and this means that while my right foot has been feeling okay in the too-big-skates, my left foot is now pretty much swimming in the skate, and I find myself slipping and/or being pitched frighteningly far onto my heel when doing crossovers because the entire front of my foot has so much space that it lifts right up in the skate.
So long story short, I finally got properly fitted and due to the width issues, the skate tech that fit me recommended Edea Chorus as my best option. I've since been scouring forums, reading about this boot, and I've come across some opinions that with the Chorus, I'd be overbooting myself. On the other hand, several other online sources list the Chorus as an appropriate boot to take an adult skater through the second half of the LTS levels, and that it's hard (though not impossible) to overboot in Edeas.
Hoping to get some opinions here!
I did try it on in the shop and liked the feel & how much more easily I could get a nice knee bend than in my Jacksons.
I'm 25 y.o. (female) and currently working on my level 4 skills in the LTS program. So far I've been skating in Jackson Artiste, which I purchased on my own before I decided to seriously commit to this sport and learn to skate properly. As it turns out, though, the skates I bought were about 1.5 sizes too big for me, as I was compensating for a wide front of my foot by getting a larger skate, length-wise. To make it more complicated, my feet are slightly different sizes, and this means that while my right foot has been feeling okay in the too-big-skates, my left foot is now pretty much swimming in the skate, and I find myself slipping and/or being pitched frighteningly far onto my heel when doing crossovers because the entire front of my foot has so much space that it lifts right up in the skate.
So long story short, I finally got properly fitted and due to the width issues, the skate tech that fit me recommended Edea Chorus as my best option. I've since been scouring forums, reading about this boot, and I've come across some opinions that with the Chorus, I'd be overbooting myself. On the other hand, several other online sources list the Chorus as an appropriate boot to take an adult skater through the second half of the LTS levels, and that it's hard (though not impossible) to overboot in Edeas.
Hoping to get some opinions here!
I did try it on in the shop and liked the feel & how much more easily I could get a nice knee bend than in my Jacksons.