At one point or another, just about every skier has experienced the emotional roller coaster of finding a good pair of ski ...

Earning a reputation as a first-rate boot man is high praise when you live in a ski town. Jack Rafferty is technically a pedorthist, but when skiers encounter trouble with a proper fit on their feet, ...

When the weather starts cooling down and skiers start thinking about gearing up for winter, many of us start checking out that sexy new pair of rockered skis that will transform those upcoming powder ...

Fact: Ski boots are your most important piece of ski equipment. No other gear item--not even skis--makes or breaks your ability to ski well like ski boots. Sure, your skis make direct contact with the ...

VAIL — You hear it all the time in the snowsports world — “Ski boots are supposed to be uncomfortable.” “If they don’t hurt, they don’t fit.” “I switched to snowboarding because the boots are so much ...

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Gear testers, ski instructors, and ski industry professionals spend a lot of time in ski boots--like, 50-plus days a season. We also occasionally have to ask them to wedge their feet into ski boots ...

There is no piece of ski equipment more important than boots. Not clothes, not goggles, not even the skis themselves. Boots can make or break your ski experience, yet the vast majority of recreational ...

I skied for years in off the rack boots, and they felt just “okay” - it didn’t bother me because I never expected ski boots to really feel good. We all know how great it feels to take our boots off at ...

A guy I grew up with here has an amusing but apt nickname for ski boots: “Cruel shoes,” he calls them. Putting your poor feet back into the dark, dank recess of your ski boots for the first time is a ...