Quest for Perfect Stance - Ep8 - Bosch Laser / Ernie

Watch Jeff 'Ernie' Ernst evaluate both a stance problem and a leg length discrepancy and talk about how so much correction must be distributed to different parts of the ski boot.
Website: www.bootworks.com/

[@lizc731]

Man I wish ernie was close to my town. Love his no nonsense way and his experience totally shows.

[@petershumsky9989]

I continue to enjoy this series. This was the first interview that clearly demonstrated addressing “Leg length Discrepancy “ along with canting. I have a LLD of 1/4 inch which I addressed by placing an 1/8 inch Bontex board between the liner and boot on the shorter leg.

[@CantologyLLC]

Thanks for commenting. Glad to hear you like it. This Park City portion took 30 hours of driving across 5 days and lots of work, but it's a labor of love. I'm passionate about the topic and there's much more about stance coming up.

[@benkr]

helps a ton to understand the quality of bootfitter work

[@CantologyLLC]

Glad you liked it.

[@medyaker2]

What a great series! When will the next video come out? Chomping at the bit. It would be interesting to address for aft positioning as well; however, I resize that may not be related to your product. Also, more showcasing your cantalogy products would be great. A person could watch the last six videos and not have a grasp of what the product actually is. You deserve the promotion after delivering such a thought provoking series.

[@CantologyLLC]

Thanks for the kind words. Later this winter we will be putting up an additional video series on technical topics and this 'quest' series will continue into 2023. I've got a couple ski instructor videos 'in the can', but am underwhelmed with doing them over Zoom. So will wait to go see folks in person which will drag this out awhile. BTW, my very first video, 'Why Cant Your Boots' shows a bit more about how our products work.

[@damyoulookinfly]

This is so refreshing to see.. Truly passionate about a proper fit.. Not just trying to get someone in and out as quick as possible.. You'd think we'd have more expert boot fitters in the Wasatch but nope! Where you located?

[@CantologyLLC]

Ernie's shop, Bootworks, is located at the base of the lifts in Park City. He is indeed a master.

[@inquistive]

So when can we suspect to see the next videos. I am looking forward to the conclusions gained from this series to learn the best method of foot alignment.

[@CantologyLLC]

I'm debating doing an initial conclusions video as answers have started to take shape for two of my premise questions. But this series has raised new questions and I need to talk to the right folks to find answers. For example, the alignment between rail and shoe and how that imposes a default or ambient cant in the boot. Matt Shiller touched on this topic when he mentioned treating the boot like an ice skate. I also think the root of the religious war between 'move the knee' and 'move the ski' needs further investigation. Ernie touched on the need for both approaches having value when he mentioned that he hauls out his Keyser device when he encounters tibial varus. I suspect it's more than that. I'm setting up more interviews for this summer and fall. I'll post next fall. In the meantime, I have a couple tech videos on pin bindings, GripWalk, types of cants, and temporary cants in editing that I hope to post this summer. My quest will go on for at least another year, maybe more.

[@davidporeilly1]

Great video. Can I please ask what model Bosch laser that was?

[@CantologyLLC]

You're going to have to ask Ernie. I believe it's just one of their construction lasers. Nothing really special about it. I just shines the beam at 90 degrees to the surface it's placed on.

[@BucoBucolini]

Did I see this right, in other episodes they were looking for center of the whole knee but here, Ernie measured the center of the patella?

[@CantologyLLC]

Actually, Ernie is marking the center of the patella tendon. He prefers to use this landmark rather than using calipers to find the middle of the knee mass. Which is "better"? I think both methods arrive at pretty much the same place. And, given the variability of human anatomy, I doubt either approach would carry a bias.

[@BucoBucolini]

@@CantologyLLC thanks for clearing up. It's amazing how much complexity is in seemingly simple problem of making a skier stand flat.

[@JB91710]

Lasers? How about this? If a person has legs that aren't vertical when the stand, like bowlegged people, you put them in a boot that has cant adjustments, buckle them up, adjust the cant until the sole of the boot is level with the floor and then do it again with a moldable sole under their feet to fill the wedge shape between the foot and bottom of the boot.

[@rterry2752]

Sad to watch 99% of boot sales in ski shops , get em in and ship em out.

[@CantologyLLC]

Yep. So many folks you see up on the hill don't realize how their skiing can be transformed by an expert boot fitter.