An alarming number of skiers assume that ski boots hurt, period. Every boot they ever put on, beginning with rental boots, then their first pair of boots bought as part of an entry-level package and even the next pair of supposedly better boots, all hurt like hell....
Eventually, all skiers learn the importance of getting their boots properly fit. It may take more than a season in rental boots, hand-me-downs or Craig’s List re-treads, but in time, even the most plodding intermediates figure out that maybe it’s their boots that...
No doubt about it, heat molding has become a wildly popular feature wherever alpine ski boots are sold. Lightly toasting the inner boot so that it will readily conform to an inserted foot has become all but standard practice. Since the introduction of heat-moldable...
