At one point or another, just about every skier has experienced the emotional roller coaster of finding a good pair of ski ...

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Ask any long-time skier and they'll tell you that your own pair of boots is one of the best investments you can make in the sport. If you've mastered your technique, controlled those turns, and feel ...

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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.

Are you buying boots online with no access to a bootfitter? Here’s a step-by-step guide to fitting boots on your own. When the weather starts cooling down and skiers start thinking about gearing up ...

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 ...

View post: How Many Pairs of Skis Do You Need? We Asked 4,500 Skiers At one point or another, just about every skier has experienced the emotional roller coaster of finding a good pair of ski boots.