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A properly fitted pair of boots, appropriate to your ability, will make more of a difference to your skiing than any other single item of equipment.
One of the biggest causes of skiers not advancing quickly in skill is rental boots, or badly fitted and adjusted boots.
Take your time, and try different brands and different models. Get a boot-fitter to set your boots up. When you buy skis, get the boots set up for those bindings on the skis, so that you can get the best out of them.
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The Salomon SX91
Arguably the cleverest ski boot ever designed (launched 1983, from memory): superbly easy to enter, the most effective flex control ever designed, very good heel hold down, very easy to walk in. Great to ski in.
Unlike a 4-clip boot, just two chunky clips at the back of the boot closed it and tightened it. Both these clips 'memorised' their settings so there was no fumbling around with pesky little clips and alternative notches for them.
Most racers shunned rear-entry boots, even ones as good as this. But punters adored them.
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David Goldsmith
, Excellent flex and comfort i grant you, however no return to neutral was it's major flaw and hense modern day clog/coller construction.
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I could have sworn there was a post in this thread by Miss Odin about New Rock boots...
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