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February 20, 2009

New snowboard boots...I heart you.

So apparently, with lots of running also comes LARGER FEET.

Three years ago, when I bought my snowboard boots, they were a snug fit. Maybe could have gone a half size up, but overall, no issues. I got them on discount at SierraTradingPost, and they were awesome.

Fast forward three years later (after major running training), I went snowboarding for the first this season (around NYE), and my right big toe was in a ridiculous amount of pain. When I took of my boot...it took over 30 minutes for it to stop hurting (I wanted to cry some). And then later parts of it starting turning black, and it was just not a pretty sight.

So...I decided it was time for new boots (how does this keep happening to me?!)...and I went hunting for the same model as the boot I already had. And discovered that the cheapest I could find it for was around $200. Which was....unacceptable. But I *LOVE* this boot. So I went around trying to find the same brand...and found the Kiana for half off. But since I never tried them on...I wasn't sure.

So off to REI I went to try them on. And because REI was retardedly slow (and no customer rep person came by in the 20 minutes I was in the boot section), I finally peaked behind their display and found the F22. IN MY SIZE. And I tried it on, and it was BEAUTIFUL (fit that is, the actual look is pretty horrendous if you ask me). I also tried on the Kiana, and it just wasn't stiff enough. In my sheer excitement of finding the F22 (they had it online but not at REI online), I just had to ask how much it was. And it was 50% off. And MUCH cheaper than anywhere else I could find it online.

So I bought it. And I love it. And I had to try it on again this morning to bask in its glory.

Posted by szujin at February 20, 2009 04:27 PM

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