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Ski Boot Brands A - Z

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Guest Author Ray Rice, 22 year employee and manager for Surefoot, provides information on the best ski boot brands.

Atomic Ski Boots

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Atomic starts with true race boots and they have many.  Atomic offers excellent race boot technology in many models and is rampant on the World Cup circuit. Atomic may have more models and colors than any manufacturer today at over 50.

Dalbello Ski Boots

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Dalbello is dabbling in all types of fits and flexes now. Their Racing and Freeride ski boot options called the Scorpion models are narrow to medium.

Fischer Ski Boots

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The Fischer company makes all of its ski boots with their SOMA-TEC stance; basically working with the anatomical opinion of people being duck-footed and possibly helping us ski more comfortably in that stance. Fischer has a good selection of men's, women's and junior ski boots.

Head Ski Boots

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Head continues to make excellent leaps with their athletes and have produced good adult and junior race boots for their 2011-12 collection of ski boots along with  their recreational models. For the 2011-12 season Head continues their top race Raptor series and variations of the Edge and Dream boots all offering junior options.

Lange Ski Boots

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The Lange ski boot company offers top of the line ski boots throughout the brand.  In all models and throughout the entire line they have dedicated performance first. For the 2011-2012 season Lange is riding a wave of excitement from the way their RS and RX series were received last year. This enthusiasm carries on throughout the Lange line of 2011-2012 ski boots.

Nordica Ski Boots

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Nordica has over 40 series of men's, women's and junior ski boot. Nordica lines include the the Dobermann, Hot Rod, Speedmachine, Big Mountain Freeride, Freeride, Sport Performance, Dobermann Junior Race and Hot Rod Junior Freeride options.  The male, female and junior skier will have great options from Nordica according to the foot shape and skier type.

Rossignol Ski Boots

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The Rossignol commitment to making a great recreational ski boot based on the feedback of engineering excellence garnished from their race program continues to this day. There are different flexes available depending on the level of plastic chosen.  Choose comfort and/or peformance, based on the boots and fit you select.

Scarpa Ski Boots

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Scarpa has entered the alpine ski boot market with aggressive boots and positive features.

Salomon Ski Boots

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Salomon has ski boots for all levels of skiers and offer a wider forefoot race series with their Advanced Shell Technology and the Custom Fit concept. The X3-RC-CS, X3-10-CS and the X3-CS are all available in a 98mm width with the CS option for widening. Their X3-JR-PRO  and X3-JR are really light-weight with a low instep in a 100mm width.

Tecnica Ski Boots

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Tecnica has many series and over 50 models when adding in all the junior options. Tecnica brings a line of ski boots to the 2011-12 winter season that covers boots for everything from racing to freeride and with a lot of variety in each category.

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