The best women skiers with narrow feet have a problem: stick with a true race boot that’s good for running gates and not much else, or step off a performance cliff and accept the norm in made-for-women all-mountain boots. The new Mach 1 105 W LV works hard to bridge that gap, with a stout shell and equally beefy inner boot that can be custom fit to suit all but the Lindsays and Michaelas of this world.
While the focus of Tecnica’s Custom Adaptive Shape (C.A.S.) system is on fit, what makes the Mach 1 W LV’s such fine performance boots is the basic structure, with its relatively upright stance and polyester shell. The Crush and the Fling, that formerly occupied this slot in the Tecnica line, never had the total support that makes the Mach 1 105 W LV so macho. Of course not every woman with a slender foot needs a 105 flex, which is why the Mach 1 W LV comes in a 95W and 85W flex as well.