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 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...
High performance female skiers with narrow feet haven’t had a lot of options; now the Hawx Ultra W gives them a cornucopia of options in a single shell. Even if the skier never changes the flex or forward lean, never heats the customizable shell or even the moldable...
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...
Skiers expecting the Vantage X 80 CTi to drive like a cross between a race ski and a limo are in for a surprise. “Nimble” and “playful” are the adjectives of choice among our test crew, who gave the Vantage X 80 CTi its best marks for short-radius turns. What’s...
