The boot thread

[Blessed420]

does anybody know what boots have a really narrow fit on the heel, vans is a no go cause the footbeds are too thick.

[eleveneightnate]

does anybody know what boots have a really narrow fit on the heel, vans is a no go cause the footbeds are too thick.

Nidecker comes to mind. Although your “really narrow” might be different than mine. I just remember the Rifts I tried having a tight heel pocket and really prominent J-bar type protrusions in the liners. Salomon used to, but my new Dialogues have a very roomy heel after a few days in them.

[casjcade]

DC, almost as tight as Adidas.

[Msteff]

does anybody know what boots have a really narrow fit on the heel, vans is a no go cause the footbeds are too thick.

I agree the footbed on vans (boots and skate shoes) is a bit ridiculous, but If you like vans (or any other boot) aside from the footbed there are a ton of after market footbed options out there. Some good ones are footprint, remind, superfeet, and shredsoles (all high quality but that’s my order of preference). They’re plug and play just take the one you don’t like out and put the one you do like in.

[jsil]

FYI, I just got a pair of the newly re-released remind liners w/heat moldable insole included.

https://remindinsoles.com/collections/s ... boot-liner

I have a super wide forefoot and wear barefoot shoes / altras normally and, unfortunately for me, these feel really tight in the toebox. Heat molding may take care of that, but I may return these as I ride Step On and those new liners are coming next year. If those liners (in a wide) don't work for me, I may pick these up again and give them a try. I actually really like the Burton Life Liner in Wide (2mm of extra space on each side of the toes), but we'll see what the new wrap liner is going to be like.

These liners seem really well-made and are totally tailored to snowboarding, much softer than something like an intuition liner. Nice to see a product like this come out.

[pow_hnd]

DC, almost as tight as Adidas.

I concur.

[Canuck]

Nitro team and venture pro

[MarkusM]

Salomon Wides don't fit?

the whole last is wide on the ones i tried and that makes the heel to sloppy side to side.
i havent tried the newer salomon last though.
living above arctic circle in the wilderness makes it hard to try on boots·

New (non-wide) Dialogue is super wide in the toes, I went down half size and probably should’ve gone down one more. Heel is slightly wider than Burton and Adidas, though.

i got to try the dialogue lace yesterday.
they fit me great but are way to stiff. =I
hope the newer last trickles down to the softer boots in salomons line =P

[casjcade]

Echo is softer than Dialogue, Launch is a simplified previous version of Dialogue, and also softer.

[MarkusM]

Echo is softer than Dialogue, Launch is a simplified previous version of Dialogue, and also softer.

are they the old or new last though. the old one did not work at all for me.