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Stance Balancing...  Is it science or magic?  We joke with our customers that it's part luck, part magic, part skill and part knowledge. To build a good foot bed you you have to be a little bit carpenter and a little bit artist.  Technically, stance balancing or stance alignment is the art and science of setting up the sky system - the foot bed, the ski boot, the ski and the binding to provide the skier with optimal balance.  The key is to promote sound biomechanics in the three planes of movement; front plane or edging, lateral plane or fore-aft pressure control, and the transversal plane or steering.  WOW, but what does that mean to the skier?  Simply easier and way more fun skiing!  When the objective is met the transmission of energy from the skier to the ski edge becomes quick and effortless.

Any level of skier can benefit from Stance Balancing, but it is the "Terminal Intermediate" who will reap the most rewards from the process.  Chances are this skier can't seem to get better no matter how many lessons they take or how much new equipment they buy.  This skier probably is not biomechanically capable of riding a flat ski.

OK, so how is this accomplished...

1. Proper Boot Fit
2. Solve Boot Problems
3. Custom Foot Beds
4. Upper Cuff Alignment
5. Fore/Aft Blance
6. Canting

Stance Balancing - The Major Steps to a Solution
You should expect to spend 2-3 hours in this process.  For the next year we're partners in this investment towards better skiing.  (P.S.  Don't say anything about the gray hair to Jim, he hasn't seen these pictures yet.)

	A series of measurements are taken to recommend the best possible boot. The boot should fit like a firm handshake. Your toes should touch or brush the front of the boot when standing.
	We take preadjustment measurements to gauge improvement during the process.
	Our HDVAC machine provides the ability to custom build a foot bed for each foot.
	We grind the foot beds to your individual needs
	Putting the finishing touches on your custom foot beds.
	Checking the foot bed to make sure it's making the corrections that we set out to do.
	Comparing the preadjustment measurements and post foot bed installation for improvements.
	Setting the upper cuff alignment - aligning the cuff of the boot to the angle of your leg.
	Checking static fore/aft balance.
	Checking dynamic fore/aft balance.
	Checking the need for cants on the same device used on the US Ski Team.
	Final visual check - How does it feel?