Peroneal pain - anyone else deal with this?

Thanks for posting this @nav !

Same problem here, Ride Isano boots and XV bindings....

My last season ended 10 days in despite having bought a season pass because I could not ride, just touching that area where the side boa is was painful. Riding my bike 2 moths later I could still feel pain. Ultrasound showed overload changes in the tissue.

2 years ago I had no pain, then I changed boots (32 lashed boa -> Insano), bindings (Rome Katana -> Flux XV), boards (Libtech Stump Ape -> Oes FR 162W) and angles (27/15 -> 36/27) so a big (maybe too big?) jump in the overall gear stiffness.

To be able to ride this season I reversed my steps, but firstly I've changed insoles, heat-molded the liners, added some foam around the boa as @board-doctor did, nothing changed.

Now in Nidecker Index boots and can ride more, the pain is present but goes away after a few runs. The pain was very presistent in steep posi-posi angles  (45/36) and noticeably less pain on more shallow angles (30/18). I had to ditch my Oes FR carving board and now ride my allmountain board which also helps put less strain on the affected area. I've put the XV's main strap in the lower setting on my back leg as well. But all in all I will try my friend's CV's and see if the problem is in the bindings as it was with @wild-cherry.

Technique-wise I found myself really pushing my back knee inside on heel-side turns so I try not to produce that inward pressure like @emilecantin suggests - that might have helped a bit, although my I can feel my back knee sometimes after riding - will have to try out them cant pads (I'm 6'3") :). Using up-unweighted turns mostly as down-unweighted seem to be casuing more pain.

Fun fact - my riding buddy - same bindings, boots, angles and a stiff carving board - has no problem at all. 

I hadn't had that pain in a couple weeks, but yesterday I tried a hardboots setup and the pain was back. Main indication was that I was having a hard time turning my rear foot inward enough for the binding, which was also happening with my rear foot at higher angles on my own board. When I switched back to my own board with the rear foot at +12, the pain was much less present; it was still sore / bruised but it stopped worsening and I could ride the rest of the day.

So yeah, I'm pretty sure that pain means you don't have enough splay between your feet. Loosen the angle on the foot that hurts and it should go away.

Side note, I have some impressions on how that hardboots setup (Swoard) compares to my C4, maybe I should post again in the C4 reviews thread

@mjstr Another with the same issue. Interesting. I wonder if the ride insano boots just don't fit our feet? I am 6'3, 170, and have very skinny ankles, feet, and calf. I've got superfeet foot beds and intuition liners. Neither helped at all. Going to try canted risers and go to the boot fitter soon. I get the same pain when riding 42/27 and 27/9 angles.

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I have some impressions on how that hardboots setup (Swoard) compares to my C4, maybe I should post again in the C4 reviews thread

Definitely yes!  I'm curious...

@lake-m-carver I'm also on the skinny side, plus my Insanos turned out to be too big. But after swaping boots and sizing down the problem lessened, but still persists. I took my carving board today, tried even less angle in my back foot as @emilecantin suggested (+30/+9) and on the 6th run it was game over. Kicking out the back leg to slow down/stop hurt the most. I might be doing something wrong and overloading my back leg - I'm on my 5th season of really riding and I'm no expert...