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What’s The Most Important Piece of Ski Gear?

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What’s the most important piece of ski gear? Ski boots are most important piece of ski gear in skiing. Hands down. No question. Ski boots are the only piece of ski gear that actually touch your body. The interaction between your ski boots and your feet is the most important interaction in skiing. If your feet are moving and your ski boots are not, then your skis are not doing what you want them to do and that’s bad. In addition, if your ski boots hurt your feet, you’re going to ski less and experience […]

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SnowBrains | February 27, 2019
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How to Pimp Your Ski Boots:

Ski boots are the most important pieces of equipment that any skier owns. Ski boots are the only piece of ski gear that actually touch your body. If the interaction between your feet and your boots is not good, you skiing will suffer. If your boots fit tightly and comfortably, you’re skiing will improve. The idea is simple: If you boots fit well, your foot moves – your ski moves. If you boots fit poorly, your foot moves – your ski doesn’t move. It’s very rare that a person can put on a ski boot with a stock liner and have it fit well. More commonly, we have to modify our boots to get a good fit. That’s what we’ll touch on here: how to modify your boots to make them ideal, ie How to Pimp Your Boots. […]

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SnowBrains | February 20, 2019
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