^^^ I concur the T1 is a great parkboard. Lots of pop and retains its toughness, its good for jibs and butters. I find it a little slower than others, stability isnt the best and carving is a little harder due to it weighing a little bit more than a kink or agent. Id keep it in the park more than mountain. Over all awesome board!

 

Had same issue until I bought my Solomon boots (Milosport carries that brand in SLC). My wife had similar boot issues with a few different brands and ended up with Northwave boots. Every other brand I have tried kills my feet (arches cramp up) and I cant tighten them enough around my ankles. Another trick is buy them small enough that your toe is touching the tip inside the boot but not hurting your toes... boots "pack out" meaning get a little looser with time as they break in, so make sure they are super snug and tight and that your your toes comfortably touch.

 

Good advice, that's exactly the problem I have with my current boots. The old ones were too tight and would hurt the top part of my foot against the lining (they were women's boots). I'll have to check out Solomon sometime, I've been to Milosport before when I was looking for my board and bindings.

 

^lol - you weren't kidding about having girlie feet!

 

girlie feet, girlie feet.......hahahahaha

 

awesome site for great deals!!!!

 

feel left out u all u from wa ut west coast got sum sick mountains

 

I know, I hate it. That, combined with skiing for the first like 10 years of my mountain snow sports experience means that I have a hard time finding boots snug enough for me. I'm used to forcing my feet into a tightly packed boot and clamping it down. Mmmm snug comfy fit.

 

The problem is snug comfy fit but also flexibility. You could always go for downhill boarding boots. The extra stiff ones that are basically like ski boots. Of course then what is the point of not skiing?

 

^ sounds like someone needs to relocate

 

Boarding is more fun But maybe you're right, I could always rent stuff and try skiing again.

 

^actually I mean downhill boarding. The guys that have straight tip boards and special bindings. They don't do any trickery, they just go ***** out down the mountain.

99.99% I never recommend skiing over boarding!

 

hey guys! any local stores who has great deals? we are driving down to buy some snowboard gear.

 

I don't know what deals Mt. Pilchuck in EVT have or Sturtevant's in Bellevue have since the season is about to start, but I usually hit them up at the end of the season.

 

Glad we cleared that up. Just so you know, I wouldn't have given skiing another shot anyway