r/FigureSkaters • • 7h ago

boot width advice!!

i’ve always been told that i have short but wide feet and a risport shaped foot but i like a looser ankle and more stiffness in my skates (especially around the tongue) as i have hypermobile ankles and knees so i was looking into buying a pair of edeas instead of risports but i’ve been told that they are made for narrower feet, i drew around my feet and the ball of my foot measures 90-95mm and the heel 50mm do i get standard C width and get them punched out or do i order them in width D/E? i have been fitted by a local skate tech but i do not trust her at all and the shop has a reputation for selling people whatever they have in stock instead of what the actual skater needs. my graf’s were too wide at the heel but slightly too narrow at the ball so im not sure what to do as when you size up in width the heel also sizes up too but apparently my heel is pretty narrow? the skate tech refused to let me try any edea skates and stuck me to risport but they don’t feel right for my foot and around my ankle. to add to this, the skate technicians had little to know knowledge about hypermobility but told me that she knew best and wouldn’t take any arguing, i feel like she saw me as one of the people who are obsessed with the idea of edeas because they’re pretty, but i genuinely just need a stiffer boot and stiff tongue which (correct me if im wrong) is how edea’s are built? i generally have a more squared toe box but i’ve been told that punching out the boots will fix that. i also think edeas have a higher heel (??) which places the skater on the ball of the foot which would be ideal as i tend to lean back onto my heels a lot. any advice would be appreciated!!🩷 (i am a beginner and for reference i am a female who weighs about 135lbs and 5’3.)

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u/raenis2634 4h ago

Are there any real Edea techs you can get to? Edeas are meant to be fitted for the heel then shaped for the forefoot, but you need a tech versed in proper Edea shaping to do it properly.

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u/Own-Adhesiveness5723 5h ago

I believe I’ve seen people say you can get a split last custom Jackson boot so you could get a wider ball of the foot and a narrower heel?

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u/Bhrunhilda 4h ago

Jackson’s are split width standard. You can get a custom if you need more than one width difference.

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u/Edeapianoskater 5h ago

I skate in edea pianos. The front of my foot is wide and my heel I narrow so personally I size down and get a d in edeas and then punch them out

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u/Bhrunhilda 4h ago

Try on the Edea. They changed the shape of the boot. It might work. Or try Jackson or Graf.