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BOOT HELP please asap, thanks.
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi everybody.

I'm having real problems deciding what boots to buy. I'm an instructor and a racer, I consider myself an expert skier, when I am skiing for fun I do as much off piest as possible but also really enjoy carving up the piest (often manage talk my way into using the downhill/gs/slalom course for a day). I usually hire a good pair of GS skis when I'm away (not great for stability when off piest but there wide and floaty and I think its worth the compromise for the piest), as when I buy skis they don't tend to last me very long. The boots I have been using are Salomon xwave 8s, but I've never really liked these boots. They suited my racing style but were a little soft, when I teach they would reach the limit of there flex at far too small an angle even after cutting chunks of plastic off, so to demonstrate anything properly I would have to have them completely unclipped and me standing on my tip toes. To complicate the matter further, last year I won a pair of Scratch Ghettos, so I've been getting into the freestyle quite a bit....

Anyway, I guess what I'm sating is I want an all roundish boot, Preferably something very stiff but with a larger range of flex than my old boot and maybe as a bonus some impact absorption.

I understand that this is probably a ridiculous request, and I'm never going to find a freestyle racing boot, but I just thought that some of you may be in a similar situation and may have a recommendation or 2.

My old boots are now unusable and I'll be off to France in 2 weeks, if I'm to avoid tying my feet to my skis with some old belts I'll need some advice quickish.

Just as an afterthought, also looking for a cheep light pair of bindings for my scratch, the standard are the 140 ti's but there a bit hefty. I don't see my din going any higher than 12 on these skis.

one last thing, just a thank you to the whole snowheads community, you've been an invaluable source of information.

Thanks, alan.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

FIREotter, How about the new Flexons - Full Tilt, I know there are a lot of fans of these boots out there. The stiffness is all in the tongue piece which can be swapped in a few seconds. Just get a stiff race tongue and another softer one and decide what your mood is at the start of the day. They're on my must try list but won't need new boots for a few years yet Sad

Check out the video at http://www.fulltiltboots.com/
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