Steffen T

What do we think about the punch-ability of the lower plastic? The instep, heel, ankle, and calf are all working for me. As is the internal length. I am, however, a very wide-footed person. I would need to gain about 2 mm starting just behind the midfoot (on the lateral/outside of the boot only), climaxing in at least 6mm at the fifth met (ideally >10mm) but continuing forward to the 5th&4th toes also. Basically blowing out the whole lateral side. I'd be working with an experienced bootfitter but even his ...

I have the same concern about BSL potentially creating an inefficient stride. The 30.5 is 343mm which is significantly longer than the seven other candidate boots I just put into my spreadsheet. My best fit so far is the Ridge Pro, size 30.5, 327mm BSL, making it the shortest candidate, ironically. I'm only touring on pin bindings so dont need the lugs anyway. What is the popular consensus, does BSL matter in terms of stride efficiency or is that a fallacy?

My boot fitter just spent a whole day working on these. He said they are amongst the hardest boots to punch he's come across. We did get it quite a bit wider in the last (without collapsing the top) but the textured plastic area around the toes is really thick and almost difficult to alter specifically. Definitely worth the special effort if you can make it work! The walk mode is far superior to Hoji/Free/TLT8.

I received these but will be returning them unfortunately, due to poor personal fit, so I have not skied them but thought I could share some notes to help other buyers. (Shipping and customer service have been outstanding at Skimo btw) The size 30.5 weights 1550g on my scale. (My 29.5 MTN S/Lab weights 1820g) Its a beautiful boot with elegant and robust design in the shell, buckles, materials, walk lever etc. Fantastic mid-weight liner. The walk mode is unbelievable - it offers virtually zero friction and a...