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Ski Boot Storage for the Next Season
Although your ski boots are made to put up with a lot of abuse, they will not really last long if you do not store them carefully after the skiing season.
If you want your ski boots to stay in good shape, you need to find a good ski boot storage place in the house.
They do not need a huge storage place as a ski boot storage.
You boots 'like' to be stored in a dry corner within a closet. You can store your other ski equipment there as well. Leave them there until the next skiing season. But it needs to be dry!.
How to store your skis and boots
Before you put your equipments away at the end of the skiing season, make sure that all your equipment is dry.
A simple towel will do. Simply wipe off the base of your ski.
It is to be advised to wax the edges of your skis with for example ski wax or candle wax.
Also check that no trapped water is still in your bindings.
Trapped water can damage your skis so make sure that your skis are completely dry before you put them away.
As for your ski boots, you will need to clean your boots thoroughly first before you store it.
Moreover, you will to need to remove the soft liners of your of boots from their hard plastic shells and dry them before you put your boots in the ski boot storage.
Note that wet boots tend to smell really bad if you put them in closed compartments such as the ski boot storage so make sure that your boots are completely dry before you put them away.
Before putting your ski boots in the ski boot storage, make sure that you can not mix your shoes with other shoes. Put each pair together completely before storing them.
Some people forget to put the tongue of the boot the right way. It should not be jammed in between the shell and the liner. This will transform the shape of the tongue and the form of the ski boot. Result; bad fitting the next time you put them on.
To keep the boots in their proper form you may insert a shoe tree inside the boot before buckling it loosely.
These shoe trees don't need to be special at all. You can obtain them at your local shoe store.
After all this cleaning, also make sure that the boots are dry before you heap your pairs of ski boots into the ski boot storage space.
To protect your ski boots from damage, wrap your ski boots in protective plastic and put them individually on the shelves of your ski boot storage.
Jack Brutschin, www.skiknowledge.com
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