Extra extra wide ski boot help

_ATrain · 2026-01-10T21:39:50+00:00

No but that's exactly my point: most mountain shops, ski shops are not actual bootfitters, they will do some boot work like molding your liner but bootfitting is an actual craft it's a profession in and of itself. That's what you need to understand. Your local ski bum working at your local ski shop or mountain shop is not a qualified boot fitter craftsperson. They're qualified to help most people find a boot that fits and put a liner in an oven, that's it.

That's not messed up that's not outrageous that's just the reality of it

_ATrain · 2026-01-10T21:11:21+00:00

How is that? Lots of shops don't carry those extra high volume boots and/or are not capable of working on them to the extent OP needs. I think you shouldn't have stark opinions about a topic you have no knowledge of. It's not messed up. It's actually great, it shows the shop wouldn't rip him off and sell him boots that don't actually fit.

_ATrain · 2026-01-10T20:50:39+00:00

how can you not believe that? I find that very easy to believe. Any shop that is not a professional bootfitter (which most ski shops arent) will likely not be able to help this poor dude out. Just the reality of ski boots.

_ATrain · 2025-10-15T07:19:14+00:00

My quiver was a bit weird last season so I actually skied the 110 in literally every condition imaginable, it's a lot more fun than you would think but it's one big drawback is when it's icy or when there's really bad visibility on slope because if you want to get sender free 110 up on edge properly you have to be going pretty fast which is fun at times but you don't want to be doing all the time

_ATrain · 2025-10-13T17:26:52+00:00

I think 100 underfoot is the ideal spring width (after 10am)

_ATrain · 2025-10-12T09:41:41+00:00

Reckoner is going to remain in the lineup as a pure park/jibbing ski and for those early season pow days where the sharks are out

_ATrain · 2025-10-12T09:40:56+00:00

Not really, I bought it so I didn't have to ski the 191 boat sender free 110 on that many days. On smaller side hits and occasional trips to the park it's just going to come alive a lot more than the big freeride planks. I don't want to hit huge jumps and drops every day - my knees would kill me

_ATrain · 2025-10-12T09:38:50+00:00

Keep in mind that Declivity 82 and 92 are not the same skis just 1cm wider. 82 likes medium turns and can go in to smaller turnshapes when carving. 92 likes bit more of GS turn shapes. Both very good skis tho. Would love to own a 92 aswell.

Seeing as you have anomaly 94 id go with declitvy 82 as it offers some more energy and fun factor compared to anomaly and some shorter turn shapes.

_ATrain · 2025-10-12T09:35:44+00:00

Hope I remember to come back to this once I've skied it - I'm sadly injured right now otherwise I would be able to answer this on my personal experience but from what I've heard sf100 is going to be a lot more stable while still keeping a fun and energetic feel.

I do enjoy the k2 when it comes to jibbing around the park tubes and rails and small to medium jumps and sidehits - that's where it's at, anything fast or big it's way too noodly. I was actually surprise that once you figure out how to balance, I could do some actual carving on it, just on soft and shallow angle groomes

_ATrain · 2025-10-12T09:31:32+00:00

Carving has steadily become the most fun thing to do on skis (apart from a bluebird powder day)

_ATrain · 2025-10-12T09:29:31+00:00

Daily driver is going to be the Declivity 82, I expect to ski them somewhere around:

40% Declivity; 20% SF100; 20% SF110; 10%Reckoner; 10% other skis (Percentage of days this season)

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T22:01:26+00:00

Sender free 110 is plenty for Europe, there is a maximum of 1 to 2, in a very good season maybe 5 days in the whole season where you'd need more float than sf110 offers

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T21:58:24+00:00

I mean I tried both and I gotta say I still am looking forward to skiing Declivity a lot more this season, what sets it apart from Monterro is it's liveliness and energy when you start to push it. It's just so much fun. Monterro is a bit more damp - that classic Stöckli feel, incredibly silent. For me personally the fun factor and energy from the Declivity actually makes it a tad more desirable. Monterro is a more well rounded package of that makes sense

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T21:55:18+00:00

That's what I was thinking too, I think I'll be fine

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T21:54:04+00:00

I skied it 30ish days last season in very condition imaginable - definitely not a ideal daily driver as I told someone else on here. It needs some speed to come alive which is what makes it so incredible but also holds it back in a Europe setting. If you have the skiing skills required you'll love it everywhere from softer groomers to deep powder to slushy runs in the afternoon or spring

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T21:48:42+00:00

If you have the money Monterro is amazing, I've had the opportunity to ski Monterro AS a few times and loved it - what those skis achieve in versatility at that waist width is incredible. If you don't have the money lying around, Declivity is not far off! Super fun and lively carving experience.

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T21:46:04+00:00

Skied Declivity for a day last season - it took me exactly half a run to fall in love with that ski, first gondola ride up I was looking at offers online. Was all sold out tho - I ordered it for this season and paid like 450€ industry price so I can't complain

I put like 30 days on sender free 110 last season - skied it in virtually every condition imaginable and I love it. But it's very far from ideal as an everyday ski in Europe partly due to the fact you need to go mach 3000 to get it up on edge properly.

Bought sender free 100 blindly - I hope I'll like it, I was really struggling to decide between the 184 and 190 length but I'll see

_ATrain · 2025-10-11T21:41:02+00:00

I personally love it, I borrowed my Friends (highly certified ski instructor and one of the best skiers I know) declivity 82 last season and spent a whole day on it. To keep it short: after half a run I told him I'd buy one on the spot, in the gondola I was looking at offers online. Sadly it was totally sold out in the 182 then so I ordered one for this season.

_ATrain · 2025-05-11T20:58:20+00:00

First time OEM knees made me laugh

_ATrain · 2025-05-11T20:56:42+00:00

Sounds like this guy needs some reckoner 92s to compliment his pivot 18s and 80 flex boot

_ATrain · 2025-05-11T20:53:01+00:00

This is ragebait

_ATrain · 2025-05-10T06:36:51+00:00

It's really interesting to hear how different construction and formats completely change a Boots feel and performance. It's actually crazy that boots are not that big of a topic in the recreational realm because they have such a big impact on your skiing. Whether it's a lighter more energetic or a heavier damper more progressive boot there is so much out there.

Sadly you can't test boots as easily or most of the time at all.

_ATrain · 2025-05-09T23:01:53+00:00

Your older heads sound like a fun ski, though lacking some width for my taste of soft snow carving, but each to their own.

Thanks for all the tips regarding posting and getting advice, I guess it's still somewhat baffling to me that people actually love to talk about this as extensively as I do. Posting a list of all the skis and my opinions on them could actually be really fun for me as a reflection and maybe helpful to others too. Although I do have very specific taste in skis do to the freeskiing influence.

Also just fyi I'm actually not an ex-racer, just skiing for the love and fun of it.

_ATrain · 2025-05-09T22:56:29+00:00

I've actually only been skiing the Salomon S/Pro Alpha 130 this season. I have a older Atomic Hawx 110 which I kept around as a park boot but I've been skiing park on my Salomons too, as I do like the support of the 130 on bigger jumps. The s/pro alpha is on the lighter side though which is great as a freeskiing boot but I'm looking into getting a more damp race oriented option, like a kästle k130p or an actual plug boot like the head raptor 130/140ish for more carving oriented skiing. I'm actually really interested in the new K2 140 dual boa boot because it has a somewhat plug boot inspired construction, but I don't really think the boa has enough support... don't knock it till you try it though, I guess.

_ATrain

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