D-Sub Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 lonerider in his pedantic mode again! Havent seen this in a while. Im done with this one. again, sorry Scott ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Does your experiences match that? I don't have stats but I suspect the median if you looked at catalogs would be somewhere around 4-500. My point is, affordable boots could be made available if the market was sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerider Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 lonerider in his pedantic mode again! Havent seen this in a while.Im done with this one. again, sorry Scott ;) Some days you feel like a nut! I'm stuck at home sick. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerider Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 I don't have stats but I suspect the median if you looked at catalogs would be somewhere around 4-500. My point is, affordable boots could be made available if the market was sufficient.Yea, I was just asking for an guesstimate. I guess I was coming more from the "same price as softboots" direction more than the "affordable" direction. Does that make sense? I think I should probably take D-Subs point and say that I've become too invested in this discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 alpine boots go for almost the same exact price as ski boots. I noticed that right away. They are almost the same, just different toe pieces. Well, there are other minor differences, but nothing that would cost alot more or less. An ok pair of boots would defintly be around $400, same as alpine boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 hope you get better soon! Some days you feel like a nut! I'm stuck at home sick. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostertwo Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Before you foreswear softies for life, you might want to try them riding in deeper, softer snow. <a href="http://tinypic.com"><img src="http://i1.tinypic.com/nf1zef.jpg" border="0" alt="Thom Gruhler, Vail, CO"></a> I think you'd like 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 i do both. its not too bad and both complement each other to my overall riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Not to beat a dead horse ... My girlfriend started on softboots a couple years ago. Through some coercing on my part, she acquiesced to trying hardboots. Since then, she looked back only once, and vowed not to look back again. Both her experiences were on the same freeride deck. However, I'm wondering now about the ankle strength argument ... Being a relative beginner to both soft and hardboots, it is possible that her ankle strength wasn't great enough to get the most out of her softboots. That said, she has way more control in all conditions with the hardboots than she did with the soft, and she's a lot smoother too. More importantly still; she's having a lot more fun, and aspires to laying down some trenches! There was another 'thread' within this one about softboots helping improve the hardboot experience/skill. Having never used softboots, I cannot comment on this. Although, learning how to carve a snowboard has definitely improved my skiing. I love to ski, and ride hardboots, and will likely do both on all kinds of terrain. And, I'll always be searching for the perfect carve. Oh, I fall into category "B" - people who love controlled, sustained speed (and carving all kinds of corners!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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