Hi, I’m in desperate need of advice.
I currently skate in Risport RF3 pro and have had them for 2.5years. I’ve been jumping on them since Jan 2023, with about 6 months off due to injury. Currently working on flip. The narrow heel is on my left foot which is also my landing foot. (Leftie skater). my feet are: one foot has a super narrow heel + super higher arch and semi normal ball and the other has regular heel, high but lower than the other arch and wider ball. my instep is thick (high volume feet).
I have the following issues:
(1)Heel slipping:
The past 9 months or so I’ve been noticing really annoying heel slippage (mainly in the left heel, which I’ve been able to partly address by inserting heel grips and using bunga pads. However, I still need to tie my skates really tight in order for my heel to stick in place and for it to be tight enough around my ankle and when I do so, the skates kill my instep.
(2) pain in in-step- I struggle to get my skates tight enough for my heel not to slip, the best case outcome is that only my instep cramps up, and my whole foot goes numb, but the worst case scenario is my instep terribly hurting. I tried using a thinner insole but that ended up in hurting me around the sides of the ball of my foot because my feet are a bit wide and the lower part of the boot wasnt wide enough for my food so i put the insole back in so that it puts my foot in the right part of the boot..
(3) Movement in skate - when i try split tying my skates - tying my ankle super tight and then looser for the rest of the foot, i feel like my foot moves inside my skate too much. the instep on my right foot is lower and i end up with too much movement with my toes (toe box a bit too high i guess) which (1) is annoying and (2) and when i go on my outside edge, my foot moves inside.
I tried inserting foam tongue liners per advice of someone on this forum in another post and I changed the way I tie my skates to make it less lose at the top (when I get it tight enough it loosens really quickly - I changed my laces a couple of weeks ago and that didn’t help).
So I guess what I’m looking for is
(1) is there anything else you’d recommend I try ?
(2) And if not, what skates should I get..?
My skate tech said he thinks my current skates are perfect for my foot shape and suggested that we potentially get a narrow fit next time and punch it out in the wider foot. I’m not sure if that’ll work..
Other brands: the tech told me that Edea skates, even though they are good for narrow heels, do not have enough wrap to accommodate the volume of my foot (high arch but also quite thick instep). he doesnt stock Jacksons so hasnt been able to advise on these. I've only ever skated in risport (used RF4 before for a few years)
I’m very desperate at this point. Please help?
I currently skate in Risport RF3 pro and have had them for 2.5years. I’ve been jumping on them since Jan 2023, with about 6 months off due to injury. Currently working on flip. The narrow heel is on my left foot which is also my landing foot. (Leftie skater). my feet are: one foot has a super narrow heel + super higher arch and semi normal ball and the other has regular heel, high but lower than the other arch and wider ball. my instep is thick (high volume feet).
I have the following issues:
(1)Heel slipping:
The past 9 months or so I’ve been noticing really annoying heel slippage (mainly in the left heel, which I’ve been able to partly address by inserting heel grips and using bunga pads. However, I still need to tie my skates really tight in order for my heel to stick in place and for it to be tight enough around my ankle and when I do so, the skates kill my instep.
(2) pain in in-step- I struggle to get my skates tight enough for my heel not to slip, the best case outcome is that only my instep cramps up, and my whole foot goes numb, but the worst case scenario is my instep terribly hurting. I tried using a thinner insole but that ended up in hurting me around the sides of the ball of my foot because my feet are a bit wide and the lower part of the boot wasnt wide enough for my food so i put the insole back in so that it puts my foot in the right part of the boot..
(3) Movement in skate - when i try split tying my skates - tying my ankle super tight and then looser for the rest of the foot, i feel like my foot moves inside my skate too much. the instep on my right foot is lower and i end up with too much movement with my toes (toe box a bit too high i guess) which (1) is annoying and (2) and when i go on my outside edge, my foot moves inside.
I tried inserting foam tongue liners per advice of someone on this forum in another post and I changed the way I tie my skates to make it less lose at the top (when I get it tight enough it loosens really quickly - I changed my laces a couple of weeks ago and that didn’t help).
So I guess what I’m looking for is
(1) is there anything else you’d recommend I try ?
(2) And if not, what skates should I get..?
My skate tech said he thinks my current skates are perfect for my foot shape and suggested that we potentially get a narrow fit next time and punch it out in the wider foot. I’m not sure if that’ll work..
Other brands: the tech told me that Edea skates, even though they are good for narrow heels, do not have enough wrap to accommodate the volume of my foot (high arch but also quite thick instep). he doesnt stock Jacksons so hasnt been able to advise on these. I've only ever skated in risport (used RF4 before for a few years)
I’m very desperate at this point. Please help?
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