The patented SBS™ is the fastest and least expensive performance improvement program ever. The idea of positioning the foot within the boot has been attempted before, but never like this. Using balance as the guide and muscle tension to determine where neutral is has never been done before. We are extremely excited about this new system. We chose SBS™ after thorough testing last season by our staff of instructors and coaches. The system is nothing short of a breakthrough in boot alignment. (visit SBS™ for more detail) |
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Alignment Basics and UnderstandingPrototypical super-coach Warren Witherell was first to quip that the average skier can improve more by having boots aligned than through an entire season of private lessons. Warren doesn't malign lessons— quite the contrary—but his wry observation remains right on the money. Many skiers are better skiers than they even suspect. Handicapped by out-of- balance boots, which is to say straight-jacket-like boots that prevent skis from resting flat on the snow, skiers blame themselves, thinking, "I just don't have the athletic talent to do this!" They resign themselves to self-annointed "terminal intermediate" status. This is unfortunate. 99% of skiers improve immediately once even minor alignment issues are corrected. There is no recreational performance ceiling. |
 This 1972 book started it all |
| The problem: many people have natural anatomical alignment that, when coupled with rigid plastic boots, forces them to stand not neutrally, but on outside edges, as in the picture at right of a bow legged skier. This makes it nearly impossible to release edges efficiently at the start of the turn. The hapless skier can experience this as "railing." |  Bow leg |
Knock-kneed skiers have the opposite problem. They tend to stand on inside edges. As you might expect, this has the opposite effect and these skiers have trouble engaging edges and must compensate with exaggerated unweighting and weighted ski steering. Result—poor edge hold, skidding, abstem and, in extreme cases, even crossed tips. |
 Lnock knee |
| The objective is to balance the boot, which in turn balances the skier in neutral position, allowing maximum athletic, physiological and balance efficiency. Some fortunate few, about 20% of the adult population, are blessed with a naturally neutral stance. Everyone else can be aligned to achieve the ideal result. | 
Neutral alignment |
| The process starts with a hand-crafted custom foot bed to support and align the foot in the boot for maximum balance, strength, endurance, circulation and weight-bearing capacity. | 
Making the footbed |
| For the best possible result, consider replacing stock liners with the high performance ZipFit custom inner boot. Realskiers.com gear guru Peter Keelty describes this as "the best product in any ski equipment category." | 
ZipFit custom inner boot |
| Once footbed, inner boot and shell are assembled and modified to the individual, the entire system is checked with sophisticated stance measuring equipment. |  Stance alignment machine |
| The final check takes place on our Mogulslope® revolving indoor ski deck, which simulates the skiing experience in a controlled environment in which your technician/coach can determine the last minor adjustments that Witherell considers most important of all. | Final check on the ski deck |
Head for the hill and ski like you've never skied before, while staying warmer, becoming less fatigued and improving snow feel many-fold. Alignment starts at $95... the best insurance you can get for wringing the most fun out of every other dollar you'll spend on skiing! Call for an appointment. |
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