Bootfitting Guide Page 5 - Liners
By Christian Denis of Elite Feet, November 11, 2000

Liners

While many consumers only look at the shell of the boot, the liner is also extremely important. For the ultimate in performance, combine a custom footbed with an injectable custom liner. Most of these liners are injected with dental impression silicon. An alternative method is closed-cell foam injection. The foam is a little denser and less forgiving than the silicon and provides a more secure, responsive fit. Either way, the exact impression of your heel and ankle in the injected liner will prevent annoying heel lift.

Injection liners are a particularly good feature for women since they typically have lower volume feet. For all skiers, however, injection liners allow for a very snug, yet comfortable, fit with no movement inside the boot. Most of the hard-core skiers are skiing in some type of custom injection liner.

If you do decide to go with such a liner, I recommend that you have it done by someone with extensive experience and a guarantee that it will be done right (or it will be redone). Ask around (locals will almost always have an opinion) and find the bootfitter that does custom work all day long.

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