I'm located in Norfolk, VA and in the market for a new pair of ski boots. I'm willing to travel to see a good boot fitter as my last pair of ski boots gave me some serious black toe. After searching through the forum here, I saw a few recommendations but the posts were 5-10 years old. Does anyone have any recent experience with the following shops or could recommend another? Thanks for the help!
Brian Deely @ Pro-Fit Ski & Mountainsports in Leesburg, VA
Brian Eardley @ Ski Center, Washington DC
I can vouch for Brian Eardley and Ski Center which has many excellent staff with many years of experience. They have been my shop for 30 years. I have no experience with Brian Deely but have heard good things. Also important in my opinion is to call and make an appointment for a non busy time, say a Tues afternoon.
Phil at Start Haus in Truckee, CA is the bomb. Kind of a long trip, but there's good skiing in the area...so I hear. ;););)
cheechman32 wrote:
I'm located in Norfolk, VA and in the market for a new pair of ski boots. I'm willing to travel to see a good boot fitter as my last pair of ski boots gave me some serious black toe. After searching through the forum here, I saw a few recommendations but the posts were 5-10 years old. Does anyone have any recent experience with the following shops or could recommend another? Thanks for the help!
Brian Deely @ Pro-Fit Ski & Mountainsports in Leesburg, VA
Brian Eardley @ Ski Center, Washington DC
Have seen many recommendations for the Brians.
Freestyle in Charlottesville handles all aspects of boot fitting. Freestyle has a shop at Wintergreen. I only learned about them last season at the demo tent they had set up at Massanutten. I talked with Dan Cochrane. He seemed pretty knowledgeable. I was most interested to learn that they handle Intuition liners. As with any good boot fitter, setting up an appointment is important.
Checked with a friend in northern VA. She's been working with Brian Deely and is quite happy.
Denis wrote:
I can vouch for Brian Eardley and Ski Center which has many excellent staff with many years of experience. They have been my shop for 30 years. I have no experience with Brian Deely but have heard good things. Also important in my opinion is to call and make an appointment for a non busy time, say a Tues afternoon.
Brian Beaumont of Ski Center has fit my boots, so I'll also recommend him.
Denis is spot on (what I bolded.) Mid-week to get full attention. Weekends in December are too busy for any ski shop.
I would recommend Dave at the south hills willies in pittsburgh
Mike at Hidden Valley, sw PA. Bit of a drive......time it w a trip to HV & 7S.
Won`t regret it.
Just wanted to leave some feedback for anyone looking to invest in a new pair of boots. I worked with Brian Eardley at Ski Center DC. I called ahead to set up an appointment with him on a Wed morning. The process took about 3 hours or so. I was very impressed with the Brian's knowledge and attention to detail. I ended up going with a Salomon Profit 100 boot with custom footbeds and some adjustments for my high instep.
I just returned from a week of skiing Summit County (Breckenridge, A-basin, Vail) and was thoroughly impressed with the fit and performance of the boots. Once again, I cannot recommend Brian & Ski Center highly enough.
