Best bang for buck - 2014 ski boots.

[willowtreeski]

looking to buy a new pair of boots for this season and wanted to get some advice on who is putting out the most solid all around park boot. I heard K2 is stepping up their boot game but full tilt has always been the staple. Any advice on comfort, durability, and price. Worth going for new K2s or still good with base model FullTilts. anyone with experience in either boot is helpful.

p.s been riding with SPKs for 2 years and the shinbang is unreal. actiolly have to stop or take it easy because of foot discomfort. Need new boots this season and was jst looking for any reviews or opinions. dont have millions$.

 

[tomPietrowski]

You need to change how you think about boots. Unlike skis you can't just pick a boot. You have to get somthing which fits. Full tilt for example only have 2 fits so if you don't fit either if those full tilt are out of te question. That rings me to my next point though, there really are no suc thing as park boots. Full tilts are old race boots and really have nothing which mak them park spefic other then that is how they market them.

To to getthe best boot rather ten looking at individual boots research who the best fitters are round you. Look into what custom footbed they offer, somthing you will want, see what brands they sell the more the better. It's worth travelling to get boots so look around your whole area an find the best fitter you can.

 

[nutz.]

k2 owns full tilt anyways, but the best bang for your buck will be the boot that fits you.

After having two sets that didn't fit me real proper, I'm glad I dished out a bit of money to get fitted

 

[RobWatson]

All about boot fitment. Nordica are pretty much the only boot that fit my feet. Tried on most others and had no lucky my feet are wide at the front and skinny at the back. Luckily I've found Nordica boots to be really good, using double six's just now, the progressive flex is awesome. I kind of want to upgrade and get black boots but at the same time feel I shouldn't fix something that isn't broke, they've held up really well the last season or so i've had them, barely any wear.

Would recommend Nordica if they fit!

 

[onenerdykid]

You need to change how you think about boots. Unlike skis you can't just pick a boot. You have to get somthing which fits. Full tilt for example only have 2 fits so if you don't fit either if those full tilt are out of te question. That rings me to my next point though, there really are no suc thing as park boots. Full tilts are old race boots and really have nothing which mak them park spefic other then that is how they market them.

To to getthe best boot rather ten looking at individual boots research who the best fitters are round you. Look into what custom footbed they offer, somthing you will want, see what brands they sell the more the better. It's worth travelling to get boots so look around your whole area an find the best fitter you can.

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[JibbaTheHutt]

You need to change how you think about boots. Unlike skis you can't just pick a boot. You have to get somthing which fits. Full tilt for example only have 2 fits so if you don't fit either if those full tilt are out of te question. That rings me to my next point though, there really are no suc thing as park boots. Full tilts are old race boots and really have nothing which mak them park spefic other then that is how they market them.

To to getthe best boot rather ten looking at individual boots research who the best fitters are round you. Look into what custom footbed they offer, somthing you will want, see what brands they sell the more the better. It's worth travelling to get boots so look around your whole area an find the best fitter you can.

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[fluffyclouds]

Got my Ros alltrack 130 for like 200 bucks, that is great value but just find that boot that fits you perfectly otherwise I guess fult tilt fits the bill if they fits you.

 

[willowtreeski]

Perfect, thanks allot guys. this advice helped. all ready planning to get fitted as i do every boot. was just looking for any advice on quality, or things to look for. thanks for the advice.

 

[IKEA]

Step 1: buy full tilts

Step 2: Be Tom Wallisch

Step 3 profit

 

[rozboon]

Perfect, thanks allot guys. this advice helped. all ready planning to get fitted as i do every boot. was just looking for any advice on quality, or things to look for. thanks for the advice.

If you're getting shinbang in SPKs then either the boots fit horrendously or you must ski around so backseat that it looks like you're dropping a deuce all the time.

Just putting that out there.

In more technical boot-fit terms, the SPK tends to have a lot of volume in the cuff, if you have skinny legs or you're quite tall and your calf muscle doesn't extend as far into the cuff as it could then you'll have issues with having too much room in this area, which will cause the problems you're having. Many bootfitters tend to focus exclusively on the fit in the foot area and don't pay much or any attention to the cuff. Ironically there's a lot of ways you can adjust the fit around the foot but you can't really do much in the cuff without hugely compromising how the boot performs.

Also the fit of an SPK (except maybe the latest ones?) and a classic FT couldn't be at more opposite ends of the scale, so if you do somewhat fit an SPK then you're incredibly unlikely to enjoy any FT boots.