Those of us who started skiing in the latter part of the last century remember the unwritten rule: if you were serious about skiing, you were on race skis. In the East, it was a slalom ski; out West, a giant slalom ski. For light weight high-level skiers and better women, there were accessible race-inspired options like the Dynastar Course HPI or Rossignol STS/3S, which offered a softer flex but retained the race DNA. Back then, a respectable quiver consisted of just two skis: a slalom and a...
Do you really "need" a race boot?
Do you really "need" a race boot?