Generally speaking a flex of 70 is for beginners 100 is for intermediate to advanced skiers and 120 plus is for experts.
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These best all mountain ski boots have a moderately narrow forefoot with just enough space over the instep region.
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The atomic hawx prime 120 s rises to the top again this year winning our award for best overall ski boot.
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Best high performance ski boots dalbello sports ds 130 ski boot.
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The hawk ultra xtd 130 boots can easily be heat molded using atomic s memory fit process this allows the boot to fit most average to slightly wider feet.
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But if you find yourself with a wider foot don t despair.
Dalbello s lupo boot has been a fan favorite for freeskiers from big mountain chargers to park greasers for years.
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Boots with larger lasts tend to have more overall volume while ski boots with narrower lasts will have less overall volume.
It is difficult to describe what creates friction but it seems to be a combination of plastic thickness ski walk mode construction pin in bar systems have more friction.
The new atomic hawx ultra 130 ski boots are the lightest and stiffest boot in the brand new hawx ultra range it includes memory fit for the personalization of a custom ski boot in minutes as well as memory fit 3d platinum liners.
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For the best combination of snow feel and power ever felt in an all mountain boot hawx ultra also features an asymmetric energy backbone that provides extra strength.
Bar less systems have less and liner stiffness especially in the ankle flexion zone.
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700 essentially a racing boot in terms of stiffness the dalbello ds 130 is a favorite of psia aasi alpine team member dustin dyar.
The number in each product title refers to the flex or stiffness of the boot.
It is an approachably stiff 120 flex rated boot for all but the lightest skiers but we feel that it is a capable performer for many skier types in varied snow conditions.