 Poster: A snowHead
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I've never skied with a locked heel, but broken tele gear and a pair of dynafit radicals sat on my desk are making me think I should give it a try this year.
Sooo - what boots? Obviously fit plays a big part, but what would you shortlist?
I tend to do a mix of 50/50 resort / touring and being fairly light I'm going to try the dynafits in the resort.
I'll be driving Praxis Freerides & Lotus 120 hybrids as my quiver.
With nothing to demo, how stiff should I go? I consider myself a strong skier, but coming from a tele background I might even prefer a boot that has some flex to it but who knows (anyone crossed over from tele?)
Reading reviews, it seems like the best options might be Maestrale [RS?], La Sportiva Spectre or possibly Freedom SL or one of the Cochise range (although I don't perceive a need for a swapabble sole as I will never have a downhill binding because I never go skiing without touring gear and the possibility of some uphill).
Any thoughts welcome.
T.I.A.
Ben
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Why don't you just get a tele boot with dynafit inserts ?
Then you can do both 
There are plenty good alpine boots.
But the best one depends which fits your foot shape.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Have a broken pair of those already thanks  . Unfortunately they weigh a tonne, don't tour well, ski like crap in NTN bindings and probably suck as an AT boot due to the floppy bellows.
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P.S. As you obviously know a thing or two about skiing tele, what it your call on boot stiffness for AT - is an ex telewhacker likely to prefer a softer boot or will I love all that power too much and be screaming for the stiffest boot out there within 2 runs?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have the Maestrals RS and love them. Not sure what the implications are of converting from tele, but I would rate the RS at 110-120 flex, I'm a big lad so good for me, the non RS would be a little softer. One word of warning, these Scarpa boots like some others are a little narrow and high under the arch. They have a great liner and are very flexible in walk mode plus ski like a regular boot downhill. My only reservation would be their robustness, I've had no problems but they do seem lightly built, I guess that's why they are so light 
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