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Originally Posted by beetea
lol to the super feet remark, they just up-sold you for no reason at all.
if the pain is on the ankle area, spot punching will take care of it. not some foot bed.
but if its an older pair of missions, it is very common on that spot, just about the arch you'd say? infront of the ankle? come to cyclones and i'll take care of a fellow RS'er. pm me bud.
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superfeet may not 100% solve the problem
but you should NEVER punch a skate or skiboot without proper footbed
the reason is, with the stock footbed your foot is not stable, your arch is constantly changing shape, and your foot is constantly pronating (most of the time excessively). When you foot pronates, your ankle bone moves inside your skate, as well as your heel rotates, and your foot widens. All this change of shape occures inside your skate/boot.
So if an area in the skate is bother you, and you simply go and "create more space" by punching it out, your are simply creating more problems down the road. yes you will solve the temporary discomfort by creating more space for your foot to move into, but you just caused yourself more instability, and chance for futher problems down the road.
The ONLY TIME you should punch your skate/boot is when you foot is stable.
ask any EXPERIANCE boot fitter (skate or boot), and they will tell you the same thing. Dont always listen to what the hockey player tells you in an independent hockey shop. Most of them are great hockey players, but knows the technology of the product they sell (not always), but most of them do not know basic biomechanics of the foot.