by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
I was one of the many midwives who attended at the birth of the Salomon boot in 1979. I translated Salomon’s encyclopedic Boot Bible into English and later condensed parts of it into one of the first boot fitting manuals. I trained the North American field force,...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
With the arrival last season of the Alltrack Elite LT and Pro LT – for Lightweight Touring – Rossi completed its Speed (standard 2-piece shells) and Track (similar shells, but with a hike mode) collections by adding a new shell design made for the touring market. The...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
Full Tilt has a habit of re-purposing existing components to create new models. It applied this method to cock up the Drop Kick out of a Classic shell and spiral liner, and went to the same playbook two years ago year with the B&E Pro, mixing a Descendant 6 shell...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
No other boot brand has done more with the 3-piece, external-tongue shell design than Dalbello. Dalbello didn’t just copy the Raichle design they adopted; they improved on it. They optimized its performance properties by playing up its strengths: a stout spine and...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
Fischer had a long and illustrious history as a ski maker before they decided to jump into the boot pool, despite said pool already being awash with brands. The focus of their debut models was an abducted (toes-out) stance, a clever idea it slightly overcooked,...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
