Help a alpine Jong narrow down a boot search

[hemas]

Yep, seriously thinking of locking the heel for next season. Now I haven't tested alpine-boots in ~12 years or so.

So any of you boot-guru's wanna give some pointers on which brands/models to consentrate (and yes, I do know that get the boots that fit). I've been happy thus far with my Garmont G-Rides and Crispi hippy-boots. So any idea which brands/models might have a fit/last close to Garmont. Ideally the flex should be around 80 to 100.

Thanks in advance :p

[hemas]

Oh, and Scarpa Hippy-boots complitely mess up my feet...

[mntlion]

garmont AT boots are med to narrow, so look lange, soem heads, salomon falchons, and a WHOLE BUNCH of other ones.

find a good boot fitter and do what they say. WAY to hard to do this online, somethings can only be done in person

[hemas]

Thanks, atleast I'll have a starting point... Sadly the options are quite limited at the moment (not that many sport shops carry skiing gear in the summer or in general in Netherlands).

[irul&ublo]

Don't get hung up on flex index either. It is not consistent across brands.
and congratulations on deciding to ski for real.

[verbier61]

hemas, in a few you'll be an AT addict, so try a pair of adrenalin.... or even a pair of megarides, 'cuz sooner or later you'll use the dynafit bindings

[hemas]

hemas, in a few you'll be an AT addict, so try a pair of adrenalin.... or even a pair of megarides, 'cuz sooner or later you'll use the dynafit bindings

I already have a AT-rig, Explosive's + Freerides + GRide's... Was just planning on getting a pair of "real" alpine-boots and possibly a pair of alpine-skis...

Or mebbe I'll just find a pair of mint 997 equipes (any leads in Yurp) and use those GRide's in 'em :rolleyes2

Beside's, both the possible alpine- & the AT-rig are just for fun... I'll still be a granola eating (tele) hippy 80% of the time I'm skiing :fm:

[Shredhead]

Don't get hung up on flex index either. It is not consistent across brands.
and congratulations on deciding to ski for real.

I agree, but since you already have Grides, get something stiffer than 80-100.
Get a real boot!