There are 5 main alignment goals and we use a 100+ Point Boot Check to get there.

5 Main Alignment Goals

1. Balanced stance: your stance with ski boots on should be relaxed and natural, like the “athletic stance” or “ready position” you use in other sports.  Boots that force you out of your athletic stance will make skiing labored and tense.
   
2. Range of motion: skiing requires movement and it is essential to have boots that work with, rather than block, your range of motion.
   
3. Ease of motion: moving should be easy whether you are edging, steering or pressuring your skis. Movement throughout your entire range of motion is a major point of alignment.
   
4. Symmetry of motion – your right and left turns should be equally precise and easy to perform, your inside ski and outside ski should be equally easy to employ and it should also be as easy to move forward as backwards.
   
5. All ranges of motion – fore and aft positioning is as important to skiing well as your lateral (side to side). Proper alignment addresses the totality of your ski motions.

100+ Point Boot Check
A good boot setup requires a detailed examination. Boot Fixation performs 118 point checks, 66 alignment checks, and 52 fittings checks in order to attain the five main alignment goals. Few skiers require modification to even half of the points on this list.  But if you have a problem, we will find it and resolve it.

Both Sides of the Body
Side to Side Alignment (lateral, or frontal plane issues)

• custom footbed profile
  
• cuff adjustment
  
• sole angle (external canting)
  
• forefoot angle (internal forefoot canting)
  
• heel angle (internal heel canting)
  
• cuff profiling (matching cuff shape to lateral leg position)
  

Fore/ Aft Alignment (sagital plane issues)

• forward lean
  
• ramp angle
  
• ramp profile
  
• toe height
  
• metatarsal height
  
• heel height
  
• binding ramp
  
• sagital cuff profiling
  
• ankle closure
  
• flex quality
  
• flex matching
  

Splay Alignment (transverse plane issues)

• external splay
  
• internal forefoot splay
  
• internal midfoot splay
  
• internal heel splay
  
• internal ankle splay
  

Side to Side Range of Motion Alignment (lateral articulation issues)

• forefoot range (metatarsal region)
  
• lower inside ankle range (navicular region)
  
• upper inside ankle range (medial mallelous region)
  
• outside ankle range (lateral malealal region)
  
• tibia proximity
  
• fibula proximity
  

Fore/ Aft Range of Motion Alignment (sagital articulation)

• boot flex range
  
• boot flex quality
  
• boot flex matching
  
• boot strap range
  
• boot strap quality
  

Fit Issues
Lower shell

• toe length
  
• toe width
  
• toe height
  
• metatarsal width
  
• metatarsal height
  
• heel centering
  
• heel profile
  
• heel height
  
• navicular width
  
• medial ankle width
  
• medial ankle profile
  
• lateral ankle width
  
• lateral ankle profile
  

Upper shell

• calf volume
  
• calf profile
  
• cuff rear height
  
• cuff front height
  
• cuff inside height
  
• cuff outside height
  

Liner

• length
  
• toe box width
  
• inside rearfoot ankle support
  
• outside rearfoot ankle support
  
• height
  
• lateral calf matching
  
• medial calf matching
  

This comes to 66 alignment issues per pair of boots, 52 fit issues and a total of 118 individual checks per pair of boots.

There are five main alignment goals and we use a 100+ Point boot check to get there.