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Ride makes excellent bindings. Aluminum, stiff, durable. They have a great toe cap system which actually stays put, and the high back can be rotated a fair amount. I've been using them for a long time, and am completely sold on them.

What are your angles now?

As has been already mentioned, you first need to measure your feet in cm (mondo). You simply cannot go off of shoe size, since it's just too inaccurate. Once you have your real size, then you have a starting point. Yes, the boots will be strong enough. While I'm pretty sure the TD3 can hold a size 31, I know the SnowPro and F2 Titanium bindings will definitely hold a size 31.

I'd encourage you to ask your questions in the forum, so that way someone else might benefit from it as well.

I'm looking to buy a Burton Fish 156. It doesn't need to be in great shape, since I'm planning on cutting it in half for a splitboard project. Please contact me if you have something you'd be willing to part with. zk {at} korossy "dot" org

I have small calves as well, and there are definitely boots out there for you. As someone has already said, check out the Salomon Malamute. They're what I run, and will definitely fit a smaller leg.

This is a great post, and answers something I've been wondering about as well. Instead of flexing it on a carpet, buy a cheap angle meter for less than $10:

I think you should take another look at modern soft boots. They've come a very long way from when you tried them last over a decade ago.

32 has horrible customer service. Don't expect to ever hear back from them. Are your calves particularly large?

Out of curiosity, have you tried your Burton with a wider stance?

I started riding hard boots on a stiff soft boot board as well, and while it eased the transition into alpine, getting on a real alpine board was a game changer. Do yourself a favor, and don't stay on the Yukon too long. Just have your bootfitter double check to make sure your boots aren't too big. With feet that big, you'll need a wider waist. Fortunately, both Donek and Coiler can make a custom sized board for you at no extra charge which will accommodate your foot size.

I don't mind the over sized zip ties. They've never given me problems, and I can adjust them by a small amount more easily than normal buckles. On the downside, they're hard to loosen up just slightly, and getting repeatable tightness is problematic. I wouldn't spend the money to replace them. I don't enjoy walking in my boots regardless, which is why I keep a pair of a lofted booties in my pack. I may look like a dork walking around in booties, but they're comfy and I look like a dork anyway. Don't ride in walk mode or powder mode. The adjusters can break, and if they do, it can do bad things to your leg.

I've used both Thermoflex and Intuition liners in a variety of both hard boots and soft boots, and in my experience, they are much less a cure-all than they're made out to be. The heat molding process will definitely fix places where they're too tight, but won't do too much for places where they're too loose. I know Deeluxe boots work well for a lot of people, but I think there are better options for people with wide forefeet or narrow ankles.

The boot fit instructions only work for some people, because it only takes into account the shell length, and not shell volume, and the Thermoflex/Intuition liners can only make up so much volume. In my case, the finger test showed I fit the size 27 shells, but because of my narrow ankles and lower volume foot and calves, I had gobs of heel lift even after molding the liners.

Have you considered Heads? They're a really nice boot at a good price, and while they're wider up front than Deeluxes, they're narrower in the back.

Then I would stay away from Deeluxe. Of the three manufacturers still making hardboots, they have the widest heel for a given size.

Is your heel narrow as well?

The lean is adjustable on all three boots, or I might not be understanding the question correctly.

I had the oppertunity to spend a lot of time with the Head, UPZ, and Deeluze SB boots all in size 27, so I went ahead and took some measurements to see exactly how different the shapes of the boots are. Hopefully someone will find this helpful picking their boots. - Tongue of Deeluxe SB and UPZ is 0.75" taller than Head. - The cuff height on the sides is equal between all three. The tallest cuff height in the back is the UPZ, with the SB being 1" shorter, and the Head being 1.25" shorter than the UPZ. - Head forefoot is 0.5 cm wider than Deeluxe SB. UPZ forefoot is 1 cm wider than Deeluxe SB. - Size 27 Head heel is roughly same as size 26 Deeluxe SB heel. UPZ heel is about 2mm narrower than Head heel. - Both Head and UPZ cuffs are much lower volume than Deeluxe SB. The Head cuffs are narrower, while the UPZ cuffs are shorter front to back.

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Perfect! That's all I need! Do you do PayPal?

Yup, still looking! Actually, I don't even need a set, just a single one.

Do you know if it will fit up to a size 28 boot?

Would someone with size 26 Head boots do me a kind of big favor? :o Could you pull the liner out of one of them and measure the inside length of the boot? This is what I'm talking about: I know it's supposed to be exactly 1 cm shorter than the size 27 boots I just received, but my boot fitter said, due to various reasons, the difference is frequently more or less than 1 cm. Just trying to see if downsizing would even be plausible...