DIY Punching a ski boot 

Awesome! That’s when I do a lot of work on my boots too. I take my time and experiment on older boots. My feet being not that skinny boot friendly is exactly the reason I started learning how to fit my own boots better! A blessing and a curse at the same time. Haha

It depends how much you need space to make. Also, grinding is needed on most plug racing boots because they have thicker plastics and just punching will not work before grinding. And yes in spaces where punching is not possible.

Totally! Great method. I would say one reason you may choose a heat gun over the water is to not undo stretching of plastic you’ve already done. The heat gun can target just the one spot you need. If I did the hot water I may lost the stretches I put into the other sections of the boot. Hot water would be a great way to approach a boot where you only need to do one or two spots. Not always but sometimes the reheating reverses an old punched location

Losing the set of punches you’ve already made? Good point!

I like these kind of tutorials. But the tool is pretty expensive. I'm sure most people are better off just going to a good boot fitter. But it's good to have this information available

I live in Miami so we don’t have good boot fitters, but you’re 💯 right.

​@jackjmaheriii I believe it. I still haven't found one in NY. Or anywhere else really😅😅. My foot still hurts. Been fitted from ny to CA!😅

Yep. Leave it out in the snow as well if that’s an option.