How to choose ski boots

Choose your ski boots carefully. Indeed, it depends on how well chosen the footwear is how long you can ride so that your legs do not freeze, so that you do not get tired. Your safety on a mountain slope depends largely on ski boots.

Modern ski boots will provide comfort in any weather, they will protect your foot from frost, getting wet, and ensure safety. Beginners will quickly and easily learn to ride.

Ideal shoes must meet some criteria:

• be lightweight, comfortable and comfortable;
• keep your feet warm and dry;
• allow you to easily manage your skis.

Depending on the style of skiing, ski boots are divided into the following types:

1. For the classic move - light, low, have a relatively soft sole and soft top.
2. For speed skating - high, have a rigid sole, fixed cuff.
3. Combined option which combines the characteristics of the first two types of ski boots. Are used, both for classical, and for the ridge course.

Depending on the ability to ski, boots are divided into:

1. Amateur - shoes made specifically for beginners. It is lighter, with a soft sole.
2. Professional - shoes made specifically for experts in skating and athletes. The ski boots are stiffer in order to reinforce the jogging, which is done almost straight.

When choosing a ski boot, pay attention to:

1. Rigidity. If you are just learning to ski, then you should choose soft shoes, they are more comfortable. Professionals choose harder ski boots. They are not as comfortable, but these shoes allow you to better manage the skis at high speed.
2. The size. It is determined by the inner boot, which should fit snugly to the foot. The width of the pads varies from 9.5 to 10.6 cm. Special narrow models 9.5 - 9.8 cm have been developed for professional skiers. Be sure to measure the size of your foot under load. Since the length of the foot can increase on average by one centimeter, and the width - by half a centimeter. The correct position for measuring the size of the legs - knees bent.
3. Weight - important for climbing uphill. Sports models weigh more than others.
4. Sole length - it serves to adjust the mountings. Does not match the size.
5. Regulators - help the ski boot to adapt to the foot. For example, the clips secure the ankle correctly and reduce the pressure on the leg.
6. Type of attachment - must fully coincide with the mount on skis.

Additional characteristics:

1. The ability to switch modes "ride - walk" - will allow you to comfortably move along the road when you are without skis.
2. Anatomical insole - customized specifically for your foot.
3. Electrically heated insoles - keep your feet warm. At the top there is a special battery that charges the insole.

The ridge is called this because the skier carries out similar movements with the skater. To get overclocking, you need to push off with two legs.

The main characteristics of the ski boots for skating:

1. Using a special cuff allows you to keep your feet in the correct position.
2. Shoes are made of a special material - so that the legs do not sweat, and therefore do not freeze.
3. Zipper hermetically sealed or holistic top without seams to comfortably wear shoes.
4. Inside, additionally insulated.
5. Equipped with heel support and anatomical insole.
6. Lace models

The boots for the classic course are not high, since with this type of skating it is not necessary to fix the ankle joint. Shoes for a classic move by weight light. The sole of such shoes is soft, well bent. The footwear does not contain special inserts.

Children's shoes differ from adult models in their softness. A boot should be easy to attach to skis and be safe when the child moves without skis.

Women's ski boots are technologically no different from men's pairs. The only difference is in the shape of the female calf. Women's ski boots are slightly lower and wider in the calf area. They have a higher heel and an increased angle of inclination.

There are ski boots from various companies on the market:

1. Rossignol - have a temperature control system (the legs in such shoes do not freeze). The company produces a women's line of ski boots.
2. Salomon - tight fit legs. Pays special attention to comfortable wearing of ski boots. Launches female models.
3. Botas - produces shoes of medium height. Designed for the classic move. Covered with water repellent.
4. Alpina - develops models for the ridge and classical course. Their soles are soft with a comfortable anatomical pad. Have a fast lacing system.
5. Fischer. Models for professionals have a very light anatomically fitted body that perfectly supports the ankle joint in the ridge. Boots for amateur skating available for wide and narrow foot.

All problems with the choice of ski boots are solvable. Correctly and wisely approach their choice, take some time to try on, and you will have a pair of ski boots that fit perfectly on your feet.