At one point or another, just about every skier has experienced the emotional roller coaster of finding a good pair of ski ...

You went to a professional bootfitter, you chatted with them about your skiing goals, and you got your foot measured to find the right shell size. You did everything right and wound up purchasing the ...

Some people who buy ski boots can wear them without problems pretty much right out of the box. Everyone else needs a boot fitter. In the ski world, boot fitting has reached the status of high art.

Fact: Ski boots are your most important piece of ski equipment. No other gear item--not even skis--makes or breaks your ability to ski well like ski boots. Sure, your skis make direct contact with the ...

Torture devices, slippers from the ice king. Oh, the nicknames we have for our ski boots. Finding the right ski boot can be difficult. Clients care primarily about comfort, while bootfitters want ...

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Good ski boots will make you forget you’re wearing them, but great boots will do that and help you drive your skis with precision. For that kind of greatness, you need a technologically advanced fit ...

Ski boots form the bridge between the flesh of the body and the metal and wood of the ski. They used to be leather, but ever since Bob Lange began experimenting with ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene ...

I skied for years in off the rack boots, and they felt just “okay” - it didn’t bother me because I never expected ski boots to really feel good. We all know how great it feels to take our boots off at ...

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If you clicked on this article, odds are you’re a skier. And as a skier, it’s safe to assume that you’ve encountered the bane of many days spent on the slopes: numb feet. The assumption is that this ...