They had a great PR plan: lots of access given to a high-profile pro skier, people being given a chance to ski “protos,” a swanky event or two, they knew Lou would jizz all over (WS did like 4...

It just keeps getting better! Actually does deform noticeably with forward flex, is soft, has wide-ass forefoot, no toe welt, isn’t compatible with a bunch of bindings, closure system is fiddly,...

Which, save the speed nose deletion, is what Hoji basically said was in the works in the blister podcast. MSRP, I assume, will be roughly equivalent to the annual GDP of France.

Exactly right

Amer is going to eat their fucking lunch, which is a bummer because I’d been a huge fan of Dynafit.

These boots are a massive regression from the Vulcan, first made many years ago, except transitions are easier.

As the great and wise Derrick Coleman once said: whoop de damn doo.

Holy shit the fit of the tlt7 is way higher volume than the Vulcan, IMO. The Vulcans fit me perfectly with just a little punching at 6th toe. The TLT7 was horrifyingly sloppy everywhere. Like, Scarpa...

So, the big thing is easier transitions? And if the last is as wide as WS says, isn’t it REALLY similar to the new Maestrale?

Add to that the piles of unsold Hokkaido/Chugachs flying around for $300.