Id love to see the stat where 95% of pros use FT. I just rewatched the
Mens Ski Slopestyle from the 2023 X Games and saw a good chunk of 2 piece boots- and 10 of the best riders in the world seem like a pretty good sample. Take that to the FWT and almost every rider has 2 piece boots.
This thread right here has some discussion about 2 piece vs three piece boots. Here are some comments made by people who know more about boots than both of us do.
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Well, I think the first step is knowing that 2-piece boots work and they work at the absolute highest levels of skiing performance, whether that is on the World Cup, Freeride World Tour, Dew Tour or X-Games. That's our factual starting point, next is to figure out how it works."
"Most skiers do not need race performance and instead appreciate comfort and ease of use and its here where 3 Piece has some real advantages. Hopefully now we have brought the boots into the K2 fold they will get accepted more by the general skiing population and also by boot fitters who would never have brought out a Full Tilt in the past. Having both 2 and 3 piece in the line just gives fitters even more options in finding just the right boot for every customer."
Another thread
"There's a reason why the high-performance boot world is dominated by 2-piece constructions (and ultimately why it is the only construction used in racing, but that's less important for almost everyone here). The Raichle Flexon (= Full Tilt Original) was originally a race boot - it was never developed or intended for freeskiing. But it was quickly surpassed by 2-piece boots and it couldn't keep up. It eventually faded away but was revitalized by Jason Levinthal in mid-2000s under the name Full Tilt (of which I personally consulted Jason on many times and even wore for a number of years). Major boot brands even tried 3-piece boots out for a bit. Nordica made 3-piece boots, called the Fire Arrow and Ace of Spades, but they didn't do the job as well as their 2-piece overlap boots and were eventually dropped from their lineup. More recently, about 7-8 years ago, Head tried bringing to market a 3-piece race boot, but it was a massive fail. Then they called it The Hammer and all of a sudden it became a "freeski" boot... It often seems that when a boot fails in racing/normal use, it gets rebranded as a freeski boot. The magic of marketing 
But let's get back on track. Performance is necessarily linked to fit and a 2-piece boot wraps the foot much more efficiently and more effectively. When a boot wraps better, it fits you better, and when it fits you better, it performs better - and that means it does what you want when you want it to. That could be a high speed carve or it could be nose butter 3. 2-piece boots respond to your input more effectively because the fit of the shell & cuff better matches your anatomy. You will work less to get the ski to do what you want it to."
Not gonna say 3 piece boots are bad- Ahall and Henrik both use three piece boots. My sole claim is that there is no "best" park boot- especially for the general public who will never spin over a 7. The best boot is the one that is fit to your foot by a reputable bootfitter. Even if you do all the research you want, but I promise you, if you want the best park performance then go to a bootfitter and buy the boot that fits.
So OP- your decision. Do you trust the facts, or do you trust a guy with a bunch of negative karma because he saw Henrik triple in full tilts and all of a sudden knows more about boots than every bootfitter in America?
The rolex guy may be a troll but i figure its fair to point out the truth just to stop misinformation
**This post was edited on Nov 26th 2023 at 12:52:05am
