Thanks everyone for all the comments. I've emailed Sp-Teri and am waiting for a reply to see what the experts think, but you guys have a lot of good comments.
So in answer to all the comments:
No, I don't tie my laces around my ankles... I don't think they are even long enough for me to do that, but that has been something I have never done.
No, It's not that the laces are a different material. Last time I was at Sp-Teri, doing several things to my boots, George gave me four sets of extra laces, because I can't find anything similar to his thin nylon blend laces. So, the laces are exactly the same and these laces tend to hold up pretty well. I went almost 9 months with the last pair, before having to replace them because I sliced them in two.
I do tie a double knot, but somehow that still slips. I have not tried the surgeons twist knot, I'll do that tomorrow and let you guys know how that worked. Ive also looked a few things that suggest doing a surgeons knot at the bottom of the hooks for support?
I'm actually experimenting a bit with the idea that it might be that my boots are cold the moment when I put them on. My boots do tend to stay in the car the day while I am at work, because the university kinda looks down on us carrying sharp objects into the labs and office, and on top of that the average temperature when I leave my house for morning sessions is 0°C. I put them on the heater while I was warming up this morning and it seemed to help a bit, but this seems to be a bit of a determintal process, which I dont want to subject my boots to every session. I was able to get them much tighter through the instep, but still had to retie the top about 30 minutes into the session.
Lute...I've had more problems with these skates than any other Sp-Teri in my life. The fitter I went to last time and NEVER again brought me down to a boot that George Sp-teri says is a full size too small and possibly a bit too sitff for me. Lot of medical bills beacuse of the boots resulted in Me taking a trip the CA last summer where we had the boots stretched to the right measurements, the tongue rebuilt and several areas of the boot punched out, just to get the boot to work for me. It worked fine until recently...
Agnes.... I already wear a gel sleeve and the skates have a built in lace bite stopper. Do you think that adding anytype of padding would help? Should I possible consider getting the tongues rebuilt?
Loops... knowing how hard it is to find skates in Europe, I sincerely hope for both of our sakes that this is not our boots breaking down! I am also not in finacial position to spend LOTS of money on a boot-blade combo at the moment...And new boots will most likely mean new blades as well. I don't want to think about that...