It’s become the norm to make a 130-flex boot with a well-padded liner and forgiving flex that would bend in a stiff breeze. Atomic has too much respect for the race community to slap a phony flex index on a boot bearing the Redster imprimatur, so you can count on the...
The women’s Track W models don’t aim high. They are meant to encase high-volume feet attached to low-skill skiers whose main objectives are enjoying the day and returning alive. Everyone has her own definition of what makes a perfect day; the Track W’s mission is to...
Ladies with high-volume feet don’t get equal treatment, from Rossignol or anybody else. The flex range that rose to 100 in the Pure Pro line and to 120 for the Pure Elite skier with a tiny set of tootsies, tops out at 90 in the 3-model Pure branch of the family tree...
The new Sportmachine W models are made for women with thick feet and thin budgets. All the features that made the Speedmachine 95W model an instant hit with average-volume feet are included in its Sportmachine counterpart, at a probable sale price that’s $100 lower....
Look at all the flexes the Speedmachine W comes in. This carpet bombing of the women’s flex spectrum tells you Nordica expects a lot of women to gravitate to this medium-lasted collection. Already endowed with a fundamentally sound fit, the Speedmachine 115W and 105W...