Hi all,
My 10 year old has just informed me that her skates are "hurting". I took her to a fitter and they're 1.5 sizes too small (we just bought last year at .5 size up so she must have growth spurted IMMEDIATELY and just decided curling her toes is ok). You'd think the answer would be just go buy new skates, but it's never that easy for her because she's a slow learner (just learning USFSA Basic 6 jumps) but has super narrow feet. So we have to custom her skates to fit and customs are out months right now.
What she's in:
Riedell Stride 223 6n
What she measures:
9 15/16" L, 8 1/8" (around, 90mm flat) W
Recommended skates from the fitter:
Riedell Stride 223 7.5 or 8n
Jackson Flex custom 8aa or 8.5aa
So given that she's dying on the ice, I'm kind of stuck with either overbooting (she's already slightly overbooted for her level and weight) or buying stock width until customs can come in.
Thoughts/suggestions/hacks/tips? Anyone know a secret source of super niche boots?
My 10 year old has just informed me that her skates are "hurting". I took her to a fitter and they're 1.5 sizes too small (we just bought last year at .5 size up so she must have growth spurted IMMEDIATELY and just decided curling her toes is ok). You'd think the answer would be just go buy new skates, but it's never that easy for her because she's a slow learner (just learning USFSA Basic 6 jumps) but has super narrow feet. So we have to custom her skates to fit and customs are out months right now.
What she's in:
Riedell Stride 223 6n
What she measures:
9 15/16" L, 8 1/8" (around, 90mm flat) W
Recommended skates from the fitter:
Riedell Stride 223 7.5 or 8n
Jackson Flex custom 8aa or 8.5aa
So given that she's dying on the ice, I'm kind of stuck with either overbooting (she's already slightly overbooted for her level and weight) or buying stock width until customs can come in.
Thoughts/suggestions/hacks/tips? Anyone know a secret source of super niche boots?