Hi everyone,
I've had my current figure skates (Riedell 133) for only about 7 weeks, and I'm feeling a little bummed out because I think I've inadvertently broken them in wrong. To make a long story short, the tongue is creased too much right where the 'flex notch' is, and whenever I do a deep knee bend (especially during backwards crossovers) the crease presses into my instep and causes a lot of discomfort. I can relieve the pain by making my laces looser, but then I feel very unstable and paranoid about hurting my ankles.
If it helps to understand what I'm talking about, I can also see my boot bulge out a bit at the sides of my ankles when I bend forwards (as the crease digs into my instep). Is this normal?
Has anyone else had this problem? Or if you don't have this problem, I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong and how other people and boots can have both ankle support and also allow deep knee bends.
I'm also wondering whether I can somehow make the crease less severe, but I'm worried that it kind of seems impossible, like making a creased paper be uncreased.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks,
eillie