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4 Responses to 'How can i get myself to lean forward on ski boots?'

1. jims - July 7th, 2009 at 3:12 am

   Stand in your boots, and align your shoulders, knees, and the toes of your boots. This is your “neutral position”, get used to that feel, and try to get the same feel when skiing.

2. Jim W - July 9th, 2009 at 9:06 am

   Push your knees forward to balance in a proper position. Pull your boot back under your hips and try to focus on maintaining your shins against the tongue of the boot. In a modern ski boot, it is nearly impossible to not have your legs forward in the boots, unless they are too long or you have them buckled wrong. Before you buckle them, kick the floor several times to move your heel all the way back in the heel cup. Then buckle from the toe up, tighten the power strap under the overlap of the upper boot, then tighten the top buckles. When you balance in the boots now your shin should be against the tongue at all times, drive your knees forward and you will apply more pressure to the shovel, push your foot through the sole of the boot and you will apply pressure to the whole ski length as you should. It takes practice to develope the muscle memory to do this without thinking so go out and practice skiing some more this week. Have fun.

3. demon121965 - July 11th, 2009 at 3:59 am

   Matt try keeping your poles in front of you with your hands ready to make a pole plant this should keep your upper body weight down hill all the time and keep you in proper position. sometimes when i’m tired i tend to keep my hands down at my sides when i catch myself i make an extra effort to keep my hand in proper position.

   Hope this helps

4. the yes man - July 12th, 2009 at 1:44 am

   some boots have a forward angle lock, if your boots have a feature like this lock it in the forward position which should put you leaning more on the tongues of your boots. my boots lock forward and I can really tell when they have come unlocked (my pants can catch and unlock the boots from the forward position), I ski much better locked forward, it keeps my knees bent which helps me turn quicker and be more aggressive.. a forward cant lock is a must have feature on any boot I would consider buying.

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