BOA Love & Hate

[tompietrowski]

Some skiers may be able to ski in products that are less ideal but that is simply not the case at the very top of the sport. Max was skiing in non k2 boots the year previously as he could not get the performance he needed form our recon or mindbender boots, we have other athletes skiing these happily in the FWT and worldcups, but for Max he needed more. We allowed him to ski in race boots from Dalbello as having athletes in the gear they need is ultimately most important. Max choose to move to the cortex boot as it offered what he needed performance wise.

[mntlion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inNniPEpRQ

[halliday]

Ski brake as a whammy bar. I love it.

[byates1]

Talked w a boot guy today. He did a cortex fit for an area rep. Said the boot was burley. Thick lower. Built like a Lange" ... fwiw

[GoldenBC]

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Some skiers may be able to ski in products that are less ideal but that is simply not the case at the very top of the sport. Max was skiing in non k2 boots the year previously as he could not get the performance he needed form our recon or mindbender boots, we have other athletes skiing these happily in the FWT and worldcups, but for Max he needed more. We allowed him to ski in race boots from Dalbello as having athletes in the gear they need is ultimately most important. Max choose to move to the cortex boot as it offered what he needed performance wise.

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I don&#39;t doubt that. It&#39;s a way burlier boot than a mindbender. Just saying that what an athlete is skiing on isn&#39;t the best metric for what is the best performing gear. It should not be taken as gospel.&nbsp;</p>

[tompietrowski]

I don&#39;t doubt that. It&#39;s a way burlier boot than a mindbender. Just saying that what an athlete is skiing on isn&#39;t the best metric for what is the best performing gear. It should not be taken as gospel.

He choose a boa boot over a World Cup proven race boot was my point not the fact he did not wear the mindbender.

[muted reborn]

What Max is skiing on is absolutely a great metric for gear. Whatever boot he needs is probably way to too stiff for me to flex consistently and the same goes for 99.99% of skiers out there so I shouldnt even try it. Buncha backseat contrarians in this thread IMO.

[roQer]

What Max is skiing on is absolutely a great metric for gear.

That’s irony, right?

[DarthMarkus]

That’s irony, right?

Sure hope so. Or maybe we're just ignoring the hundreds of other athletes that could also be a good metric for gear, but aren't using Max's boots.

[muted reborn]

I think you guys are being difficult for no good reason.

[jdub1313]

Went into my local bootfitter (who I trust) and asked what he could hook me up with for next year. I was surprised when he told me to wait for duel boa in the fall. Either the Boa hype is legit or Boa is the new opioid epidemic and all the bootfitters are getting kickbacks.


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[westoxified]

you should find a new bootfitter

[2FUNKY]

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So the BOA’s are going to fight? Like a cage match?


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[GoldenBC]

More stunning reviews from boa. After a two week cold snap (-20c) we had at least a half dozen BOAS fail (and probably more based on the amount of people saying their friends had it happen too) resulting in people getting stuck in their boots. It has become quite common that the BOA system won’t release when you pull the knob out. Usually it is remedied by clicking it back in and tightening or loosening and then popping out again. However, this recent string of failures resulted in people having to pop the entire BOA dial off to get out or go inside and let the boot warm up before they could take them off. Nothing like not being able to loosen your boots when your toes are freezing.

I’ll also add a few more down sides:

- the Boa dial and deflector ramp gets in the way when trying to do punches on the outside of the foot.

- the entire system really interferes with the ability to use boot spreaders to open the lower shell really wide.