A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt. 4: Big-Mountain Freeride Bootfitting with Fasa

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🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

For the fourth installment of our Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, we talked with Jake "Fasa" Nelson, who not only works at the Moment Ski Factory, but also happens to run one of the best bootfitting shops in the Reno area. Fasa runs us through what a “big-mountain freeride” approach to bootfitting looks like; how his background in running informs his understanding of feet and biomechanics, how to work with the unique preferences of athletes (and some of the insanity that athletes can tolerate); what it means to be a “tour guide” rather than a bootfitter; and much more.

TOPICS AND TIMES

Self-taught bootfitting & mentorship (1:59)
Moment Factory Showroom & Store (4:58)
Big-mountain freeride approach to bootfitting (8:18)
Suspension and shock absorption in the system (14:03)
Running vs. skiing (20:13)
Feet are adaptive and can be trained (24:27)
Custom Insoles (32:11)
Fitting preferences for athletes (38:42)
Circulation & gauging tolerance (45:42)
Touring or 50/50 boots (53:06)
Bootfitting is subjective (1:00:47)
A tour guide, not a bootfitter (1:06:12)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network. You're here today with
0:10.2	Kara at Williard and you can check out everything else we are doing and reviewing over at
0:15.4	blister review.com. All right, well, I am here today for another installment of a very deep dive on boot fitting.
0:23.0	So today we have part four with Jake, aka Fossa, Nelson.
0:28.4	Now, this one is a little different, folks.
0:30.5	Fossa works at the moment factory, but he also happens to run one of the best boot fitting
0:35.0	shops in the Reno area.
0:37.6	Jake talks us through his unique background in fitting running shoes, which informed his
0:41.6	approach to boot fitting. And now he talks about how he specializes in a big mountain
0:46.0	free ride approach to boot fitting. We cover a lot of topics in this one, and we follow up on
0:51.2	some of the common questions we have had throughout the series.
0:58.4	Jake has some really interesting takes on the world of boot fitting as well as things to consider before you go and jam your foot into your boots for this upcoming season.
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