Seems like this is already a little overdue. Ready, set, go --->
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Seems like this is already a little overdue. Ready, set, go --->
Volkl Mantra 88, wider tip, shorter turn radius.
Volkl Revolt 101. 182cm for sure. Little brother to the 114
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Mantra (eighty-eight) going to fourD radius correct? (damn number emoji virus is bush league)
Dalbello double boa
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Salomon double boa
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K2 Cortex double boa LV
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Head double boa
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Limited edition Lange
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Not 4d. That was my thought after the M7, but nope. M102 stays the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by BC.
I skied the M88 the last few days, absolutely rips. Skiing the R101 tomorrow. Midwest wet snow... Gonna be sloppy
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23/24 R114. Revolt 101 (L), M88 (R) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d695fc7f0d.jpg
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5ive touring binding
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New Salomon ski.
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Armada boot, 4 buckle cabrio overlap hybrid.
there's a bunch of nuggets in the NS thread on the subject
saw a salomon athlete on next years blank at jackson yesterday, new topsheet but not sure if much changed on the ski.
also boa is everywhere, pretty rapid adoption by the buying public.
interesting on armada boot - not like salmon or atomic (both amer brands with armada) make a cabrio so I wonder who makes it for them?
I heard about this boot in a clinic last season but i don’t remember if the rep said who’s making itQuote:
Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1
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Mfree 100, a little more hard snow friendly Mfree 99 replacement.
Tail rocker looked different from what I saw on the new blanks. More reminiscent of the old qst118.Quote:
Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1
Any word if they are making this in a single boa? Lower boa/upper buckles.Quote:
Originally Posted by FloridaSnow
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I’ve only heard about the double boa.Quote:
Originally Posted by troth
Anyone know last on this armada cabrio? Tech fittings and walk mode I assume?
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We will be offering the lower flex models (120, 110, 105w and 95w) with a buckle cuff option. We will not offer the higher flex models with buckles as we can not get the same performance from buckles as we can boa. We do not want to offer our premium product in a configuration we know does not perform as well so we will not offer the buckle cuff in those options.Quote:
Originally Posted by troth
So you're basically saying; take the blue pill and stay with cuff buckles, or take the red pill and a whole new universe will open up for you?Quote:
Originally Posted by tompietrowski
Guess I'll have to try the red pill in times to come. .
I mean that’s one way to look at it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by waxoff
But yeah we believe boa on the cuff allows us to build a higher performance ski boot then can be achieved currently with buckles. So if you want to have the most performance possible give it a try. If you are happy with buckles we will still offer it but at the performance levels we believe they work best.
^^ that’s a hot take. Don’t watch ski racing. Has the whole field moved to double boa given the performance advantages you speak of?
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i ski in a pretty low volume atomic hawx. I have no idea how i'd get my foot in that thing with a double boa and not having ability to splay the top out.
I'm open to discover this new world, plus my Lange RX are getting worn... Why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by tompietrowski
I been on the same boots for 15 yrs SO if I drink the BOA koolaid how long will there be BOA parts is my question ??
BOA isn't going anywhere. Maybe they leave ski boots, but BOA will be around.
I'm really interested in this boot but it seems like world cup'ing into it with Zipfits will be pretty damn hard.
I didnt say BOA was going anywhere i asked how it was gona get fixed ?
I was using foam injection liners initially with mine before we had stock liners and if you have used those you know they are even harder than zip fits to get one in the shell. So I spent the first year world cupping it with no issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleBogey
What part are you wondering about fixing?Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
The top guide is releasable so it still fully opens up. We have not had anyone who has not been able to get into the boots as of yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1
Having tried some boa boots - it feels like solving a problem I don’t have.. Am I missing something?
Also, anyone have beta on new volkl v-werks mantra-ish ski some spancered folks have been cruising?
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Well people thought rear entry boots were great and then things evolved. Same here. Buckles were and are great but that’s not to say there was never going to be something better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip Dooley
Not yet no. Race boots don’t sell at all so for a brand to update race boots tooling is a huge investment in both time and money. You can’t just update existing tooling either so it’s not an easy one for brands to do. But it’s being tested and is coming for sure. Atomic even have there own system which has been modified slightly just for racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiLyft
Wow lotta double boa up in here. And LV boa boots are going to be super welcome addition. Tom - what are the Cortex fit like? Pronated vs supinated? Cuff sizing?
Where did Boa go the 1st 20+ years it was in existence?Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleBogey
If it helps anyone sleep, I've used boa closure on my wading boots for better than a decade. Only had one break and that was on an obsolete model of boot. Called boa and it was like they got hit in the ass wit a lightning bolt. They worked with me to figure out the exact model and size of boot then expedited the replacement boa. As good of customer service as I've ever experienced. And for what it's worth, replacing the boa was easy.
Now I'm starting to think that a double boa could be handy as shit on a touring boot. Easy to make it better than the shitty buckles most companies use.