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02-23-2021, 01:26 PM #26
serious question but why does you boot have to flex to stay in balance? If the meduim flex boot bottoms out and then it can transfer power, why not just ski a stiff flexxing boot that has the aligment you moved into ?
Also should you ski forward all the time or is there for and aft movement in your skiing? the general consensus among high end instructor,technical skier and racers is that we move for and aft though our turn to remain in better balance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sdEFYz7i2g
if your forward all the time, you are fucking up the way you turn. The skis take a longer path than our body and need to get away from us to actually be able to ski dynamically.
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02-23-2021, 01:26 PM #27
I think 90% of your statistics are wrong...
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02-23-2021, 01:27 PM #28
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02-23-2021, 01:30 PM #29Registered User
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Pretty sure we all "mostly try to ski powder" and I'm also pretty sure that we all mostly DON'T ski powder. Hard/variable snow is a fact of life for most people, and if you want to ski fast and hard on variable snow you probably want a stiff boot. Sure, you can ski basically any terrain with good technique in a soft boot. I routinely take out a leather boot telemark setup for kicks and have skied every major run at Alta (and Crested Butte) on them, including little chute, main chute, highboy and everything else on the high T (headwall, staircase, banana and funnel at the Butte). It is fun and good practice, but I can ski twice as fast with half the effort on a stiff boot (plus I can actually hit drops). Regardless of your "proficiency," boot flex depends on personal style, the harder you charge, the stiffer the boot. You also never said your height/weight which is a pretty critical factor for boot flex. I know some 5' 5" chargers who ski what others might call "soft" boots because, for them and their bodyweight, it is enough boot to flex.
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02-23-2021, 01:35 PM #30
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02-23-2021, 01:37 PM #31
As a kid, friends and I would goof around night skiing and pop into rental skis in our tennis shoes to experience what skiing with maximum ankle flexion was like.
Of course this was also around the time we learned how to use a knife to jimmy open the lock to the adult's liquor cabinet and became aquainted with Carlo Rossi.
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02-23-2021, 01:38 PM #32
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02-23-2021, 01:41 PM #33Registered User
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02-23-2021, 02:07 PM #36indentured servant
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this a thousand times
As for flex, I worked for a company famous for blue race boots, greatest boot in the world IMHO. I also have small feet for a guy and usually was 6-9 month out on the "new" boot until they made my size. I also would ski anything from a 110 flex to the ZB plug if my size became available. Could I ski the 110? Sure, but 120 plus is better and 140 in pink is just fine.
I found a pair that fit me great, then found the softer flexing version (everything else the same) online for less than 1/2 the cost of the "expert" boot.
So what you're really saying is your a cheap prick and flex isn't really important?what's orange and looks good on hippies?
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02-23-2021, 02:12 PM #37
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02-23-2021, 02:27 PM #38Registered User
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02-23-2021, 02:29 PM #39
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02-23-2021, 02:40 PM #41
OP, I think you are actually correct when you say that 90% of people buy boots that are too stiff. The thing is though you posted on TGR where everyone is in fact the best skier on the mountain and therefore our boots are just right or even not stiff enough. Skis and bindings too for that matter.
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02-23-2021, 02:43 PM #42
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02-23-2021, 02:43 PM #43
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02-23-2021, 02:44 PM #44
Fat guy in a deformed boot.
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02-23-2021, 03:09 PM #45Registered User
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02-23-2021, 03:17 PM #46Registered User
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A little clarification: I think the post was right that the 10% of skiers that post on TGR may not fit the demographic. Their boots are always too soft because they charge so hard...
And as for buying off the Internet, I tried my best to buy locally but all the shops (some local shops, some chain shops) offered either really soft beginner boots, or really stiff "expert" boots. I'm not going to buy boots that don't fit my needs because their buyers are getting the wrong stuff.
I'm just saying don't get suckered into buying stiff boots because the marketing tells you that's what you want. Obviously if you could demo different options that's your best bet.
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02-23-2021, 03:23 PM #47Registered User
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at some point the only thing that is stiff anymore
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02-23-2021, 03:26 PM #48Registered User
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When the boot flexes your whole body moves forward, keeping you in a balanced position. You want a boot that's under partial flex during the hard carving part of the turn. You don't want the boot to bottom out most of the time, but if you primarily ski soft snow and don't care as much about hard snow, then that's a compromise you may be willing to make. For example If I could only have one pair of skis I'd have a fat ski because I care more about soft snow capabilities than hard snow. If I focused on racing I'd buy a stiffer boot and deal with it not flexing as much as I want in occasional soft snow.
Yes I ski with a fore/aft weight transition.
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02-23-2021, 03:41 PM #49
@BW and whoever else.
Yeah, right.
Fit then Flex in that order of priority.
How do I know that? 10 years of alpine (P) turning a pair of tele skins in tele boots on steep assed terrain and in as variable snow conditions as you can get.
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02-23-2021, 03:44 PM #50
no one is here advocating for a boot that does nt fit right....
Tele skiing is irrelevant to alpine discussion because the platform(lead change) gets bigger when you need stability. My NTN Tele boots feel like maybe a 100 flex alpine boot are WAY softer than my AT or Alpine boots.
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