At one point or another, just about every skier has experienced the emotional roller coaster of finding a good pair of ski boots. The cruel reality of the sport we love is that the boots necessary ...

Some people who buy ski boots can wear them without problems pretty much right out of the box. Everyone else needs a boot fitter. In the ski world, boot fitting has reached the status of high art.

You went to a professional bootfitter, you chatted with them about your skiing goals, and you got your foot measured to find the right shell size. You did everything right and wound up purchasing the ...

When the weather starts cooling down and skiers start thinking about gearing up for winter, many of us start checking out that sexy new pair of rockered skis that will transform those upcoming powder ...

VAIL — You hear it all the time in the snowsports world — “Ski boots are supposed to be uncomfortable.” “If they don’t hurt, they don’t fit.” “I switched to snowboarding because the boots are so much ...

Gear testers, ski instructors, and ski industry professionals spend a lot of time in ski boots--like, 50-plus days a season. We also occasionally have to ask them to wedge their feet into ski boots ...

I skied for years in off the rack boots, and they felt just “okay” - it didn’t bother me because I never expected ski boots to really feel good. We all know how great it feels to take our boots off at ...

A guy I grew up with here has an amusing but apt nickname for ski boots: “Cruel shoes,” he calls them. Putting your poor feet back into the dark, dank recess of your ski boots for the first time is a ...