I'm still in race boots simply because I've pretty much never considered anything else (currently a 5+ year old pair of Heads that I'll need new liners for if I don't replace them entirely). However, with the fact that I rarely actually race anymore (but I do jump in courses alongside our kids on a daily basis) and spend a fair amount of time standing there watching kids train/race (sometimes in extremely cold temps) I'm finally considering ditching the race boots. Part of the reason I never seriously considered other boots in the past is I didn't want any slop in my boots (even with race boots I struggled to get a very tight fit) and the flex on other boots was usually too low.
Question is how far away from a race boot would I want to go? I saw Scarpa has a boot that's rated at a 120 flex or something like that--is it too big a jump to go from a Head race boot to a Scarpa? I like the idea of being comfortable and not having my toes turn to blocks of ice any day the temp is below 15 (which sucks, in case you're wondering). That said, I will say I'm happy with the performance of my current boots, so...
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