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So long story short I broke my 6 year old boots 25.5 Kr2 pro, and would have had a pair of those for 2 weeks, so I needed something to get on my feet.
This was the only thing in the shop that was in my size and was going to fit my foot and was thought to not be a complete a noodle. Benny at Inner boot works did a great job punching the shell to fit my 110mm wide 25.5 foot. The shell length is basically spot but the 6th toe and navicular needed to punched out. my alignment is spot on due to Cantology plates.
Build quality and buckle quality is awesome. I wish Dalbello made their Kr2 buckles this nice. I wanted to like their fancy power strap but it turned out to be annoying to get the right tightness, and hard to loosen for lift rides. I switched out to a WC booster and it made the boot slightly stiffer for and aft.
The Liner ugh.....IMO almost no boot liners come up high enough, I molded a 26.5 power wrap to this boot and comfort and control ability went up quite a bit. I sometimes wonder why ski boot manufactors that do not do a lace up, or intuition style liner do not just give you an option for a boot with no liner? the vast majority of boot liners out there are garbage.
How it skis.....I so wanted to like it. The fit is much more roomy and more comfortable than my sometimes constrictive and down right painful on someday punched Kr2s but the forward flex is just to soft. On a good groom it works on ok a ski that like to be driven from the center, but on say my Monster 83 they basically become impossible to ski that as you press into the tongue it basically does nothing to pressure the tip, When you press into the tongue you are basically just flexing the boot, no giving any tip pressure. Going though broken snow is slightly scary as I fight to stay balanced. Its much easier to stay in balance on a stiffer boot in broken snow. bumps and powder are the same. Its is hard to control for and aft balance in bumps on powder because the boot just flexes it does not transmit anything to snow.
Lateral power transmission is good, but with out the for and aft balance its hard to exploit the good lateral transmission.
Getting it off and on is WAY harders more painful than a Kr2. I still do not get non plug over lap boots, they seem pointless, no better performance with much harder entry and exit.
Skiing this boot makes me question why ski boots are so soft. This is suppose to be a top of the line expert level boot, and yet I can squash it into submission with no effort at all. Soft boots actually make skiing harder for me, and its begs the question how many people are being held back by their boots not being able to take their inputs?
While I am glad I have a near bucket boot that is comfortable to wear even on hot magic carpet days, the skiing performance IMO isnt great mostly due to a forward flex that is to soft. I just have to wonder how others manage in this boot.
This was the only thing in the shop that was in my size and was going to fit my foot and was thought to not be a complete a noodle. Benny at Inner boot works did a great job punching the shell to fit my 110mm wide 25.5 foot. The shell length is basically spot but the 6th toe and navicular needed to punched out. my alignment is spot on due to Cantology plates.
Build quality and buckle quality is awesome. I wish Dalbello made their Kr2 buckles this nice. I wanted to like their fancy power strap but it turned out to be annoying to get the right tightness, and hard to loosen for lift rides. I switched out to a WC booster and it made the boot slightly stiffer for and aft.
The Liner ugh.....IMO almost no boot liners come up high enough, I molded a 26.5 power wrap to this boot and comfort and control ability went up quite a bit. I sometimes wonder why ski boot manufactors that do not do a lace up, or intuition style liner do not just give you an option for a boot with no liner? the vast majority of boot liners out there are garbage.
How it skis.....I so wanted to like it. The fit is much more roomy and more comfortable than my sometimes constrictive and down right painful on someday punched Kr2s but the forward flex is just to soft. On a good groom it works on ok a ski that like to be driven from the center, but on say my Monster 83 they basically become impossible to ski that as you press into the tongue it basically does nothing to pressure the tip, When you press into the tongue you are basically just flexing the boot, no giving any tip pressure. Going though broken snow is slightly scary as I fight to stay balanced. Its much easier to stay in balance on a stiffer boot in broken snow. bumps and powder are the same. Its is hard to control for and aft balance in bumps on powder because the boot just flexes it does not transmit anything to snow.
Lateral power transmission is good, but with out the for and aft balance its hard to exploit the good lateral transmission.
Getting it off and on is WAY harders more painful than a Kr2. I still do not get non plug over lap boots, they seem pointless, no better performance with much harder entry and exit.
Skiing this boot makes me question why ski boots are so soft. This is suppose to be a top of the line expert level boot, and yet I can squash it into submission with no effort at all. Soft boots actually make skiing harder for me, and its begs the question how many people are being held back by their boots not being able to take their inputs?
While I am glad I have a near bucket boot that is comfortable to wear even on hot magic carpet days, the skiing performance IMO isnt great mostly due to a forward flex that is to soft. I just have to wonder how others manage in this boot.