No worries, I interpreted your original comment as not needing to turn the heel between flat and riser, but I think you were just saying between the two riser heights. I got excited.

^^^ the above was a response to you

The haute route plus comes over here for next year.

I looked through the catalog again and I don't know which binding he's talking about. There's no 12 din cam heel on an r01 track that I'm...

If you need the low instep of skorp1 (like me) then skorp2 may not work for you. Otherwise I think it's quite similar fit wise. Not sure about stiffness

I find it extremely annoying that brands continue to make light boots shorter than their freeride touring boots. The case of peak carbon was especially stupid imo, I think we would have sold a bunch...

I don't remember seeing this in next year's catalog, care to share any more details?

Radically better I'm sure, heh

I guess people have broken the baseplate so maybe that's a worthwhile upgrade, but I haven't seen it

The evo heel baseplate will be metal instead of plastic and the heel gap will be 2mm instead of 4. That's all I'm aware of

I've been kicking myself since they sold out! Put like 20 touring days on 138s last year and will never not have r/r in the walking quiver again!

Likely they'll get some flavor of atk, just have...

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Thanks for the heads up!

Did you do any detuning? In particular I'm wondering if you dulled from contact points forward? In general my experience has been that tapered tips perform more predictably in breakable crust and...

The heel issue is probably going to move me to a different boot. A real bummer because I like everything else about the boa version so far. It wouldn't bother me if it got stiffer.

I want to join the m-free 99 party, but it's just way too short for me. Anyone got any ideas for 190ish (or longer) in the same vein?

1460g

Maybe I missed it, but what is the recommended mount point on the 115?

Finally got out on my 194s for a proper bluebird pow day yesterday. Loved them. More backbone than 194 Animas (previous gen), better float than 2012 bibby and 196 governor. Less deflection in chop...

One of the great things about the current zero g is the crazy number of people it fits. Hope they didn't fuck that up.

Ok, as the number of HL skis I need to buy is getting a little out of hand, maybe Marshall can you clarify if there will be a 193 BC110 at some point?

Golden, what size are you comparing? In a 29 the new pu 130 xtd is far more supportive than the old one. Not arguing it's a resort boot, but it feels like a very noticeable upgrade in downhill...

The recent TLT/blacklight boots are pretty high volume, high instep along with the Tigard. The Radical Pro is kinda medium volume all over. And yeah, the Hoji Free has a very low instep. So I'd more...

I also would love to hear any news on the dispatch skis resurrection

Is the touring afd a sliding afd now? Guessing not? They used to just say you could fit a touring sole in the wtr afd, but that you were on your own to test release iirc. Wondering if they changed...

The 193 BC110 on the mount table is what's keeping me up at night right now

Ok, I own Barney purple lotus 138s and had a blast touring on them last year. Buuutt at 6'6" 215# I feel like a touch...

Fwiw I think they feel pretty balanced on the line. Right behind the bindings the ski is real stiff and the tip is relatively softer. I'm 6 and a half feet tall though. Hopefully someone with actual...

There unfortunately really aren't. The original Skorpius aside, out of about 20 touring boots on our wall the quattro can fit the lowest instep. It's an outlier and for us low instep folks it's...

I think the XT has a stated weight 50g lighter. Is anything else different? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240105/4900919f0cfa13f6e24c16f15fe444bb.jpg

I think riff is right about steel, keep in mind harder steel stays sharp longer but can be more challenging to sharpen.

I'm no expert, but in the handful I've seen the amount of rocker also...

Quattro pro is gripwalk, stated weight of 1550 in a 27

Thanks for the advice Greg and Golden. Will have to balance my odds of fucking up the punch vs the odds of this boot ultimately working for me if I succeed.

The boa is a bit slower than buckles....

Yeah with the proliferation of mnc bindings it seems like the bigger compromise is gripwalk. You can't ski pivots with a touring sole but pretty much everything else is in play. But that's my bias, I...

Has anyone actually punched the heel on these without destroying the walk mode? Bummed that heel issues might doom this boot for me

I duct taped a 3-4mm piece of plastic to the walk mode to increase the forward lean and was pretty psyched on the result. Much more difficult to go from walk to ski mode, but whatever, going to make...

Obviously everyone's use case varies but having a real touring sole would be a huge plus for me.

I haven't had time to do the fit work I need to, but if these work for me I'm wondering if some...

Rumor is we'll get Ridge in 26, 27, 28 sometime in january. I wasn't there for the demo, but mixed reactions to the buckle layout. And more feedback that the tongue situation makes for a pretty...

Are these really the same weight? Isn't the L lighter?

Was considering taking these on a hut trip next week, but this makes me nervous.

We only sell the SL and haven't seen any break. But we haven't sold that many. Anyone seen this on the SL yet or...

I'd be interested in the answer to this as well.

I didn't realize the 192 comes in at just over 2kg if their stated weights are reality. And being a volkl it might measure close to a true 192....

I don't disagree with any of this. I think calling it an "imbalance" could imply there's something wrong with it, which, as a loyal MF108 acolyte caught my attention. Clearly that's not what you...

What camber imbalance? In the 108?

Double post

So glad I impulse bought a backup pair last spring.

Sometimes I like having a more supportive tail, and sometimes I even like lighter skis, in which case I ski a different fucking ski!

Hard to...

6'6" with 36" inseam and I second the strafe recommendation. Now that I think about it pretty sure I have 4 pairs of strafe pants. All XL and all long enough.

It would surprise me if the gnar bar helped with the bellowing, but let us know. I've got a pair, I guess I could just screw them on.
My impression is that they are to eliminate any play in the...

Got my first couple days in the boa hawx. Drasticallly improved downhill performance for my 29.5s vs previous hawx XTDs. Skied with the same wrap liner. Good enough that I'm considering doing some...

I listened to that yesterday and I thought it was fucking fantastic. Mad respect to all of those guys for opening up. That will change some people's lives

Yeah my 194s weigh over 2400g a ski.

It's interesting that I've read people talking about the blank as a softer ski. Maybe the shorter ones are nerfed, but like alta says, besides the extremities...

Agreed on the weight for inbounds skiing. I toured on the scrapper 115. The 109s are sort of in a no man's land for weight (for me, ymmv).

Do these still have Scott's "3d sidecut" where they put a tighter radius in the tips and tails? I really liked the construction and flex pattern of the scrapper 115 but I hated that sidecut. Maximum...

I own hoji frees and OG skorps - the hoji walks really well for the class of boot it's in, but the skorpius still walks significantly better. And the hoji skis much much better. These boots are...

Honestly no idea. If you're near a competence center shop I'd make sure they know you're interested. They'll probably order some anyway, but doesn't hurt to let them know there's interest