Dalbello revamped its classic 4-buckle DRS race boots, dropping the Scorpion name but not the sting of its close-to-the-shell design. Customizable liners and shells are concessions to the Zeitgeist that demands this level of personalization, but the DRS and DMS models...
Women who do mostly resort skiing but get the occasional itch to bust out of bounds should take a close look at the Waymaker Carbon 100W or 90W. When you’re in hike mode, their 35o ROM allows for a long stride, and the Live Fit elastic panel on the side allows the...
The beauty of the Live Fit W models is that they surrender all pretensions of trying to be close cousins of a race boot and instead deal directly with the problems of real skiers with outside-the-bell-curve foot and lower leg dimensions. The two-buckle shell design...
Women with wide feet face the same litany of woes as men do, often ending up alleviating the agony by accepting a boot that doesn’t meet their performance expectations. The Hawx Magma 90W and 80W deliver performance perfectly pitched to the woman with so-so skills who...
As good as the Hawx 2.0 series is for the male of the species, women might benefit even more from these special shoes. That’s because the boots don’t lose a lot of their quality features as they decline in flex index and cost, meaning that the Prime 80 W buyer still...
