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This one "can be used not only for leather shoes but also for hard use with plastic boots!"

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Johnny, how would you describe the longitudinal stability of the boot and binding combination in comparison to a similar NNN-BC boot and binding combination? NNN-BC has a rail, and that is what I’m trying to wrap my head around. I guess what you mean by longitudinal stability is what I call sole st...

Johnny I really enjoyed your last post clarifying this. Coooool thanks! The idea is always the same, to share knowledge... 8-) I'd probably get away with an Alaska XP - Still my personal favorite! the edges catches quite a lot easier on the FT imo They would even catch A LOT easier without nordic r...

Curious how are you seeing these compared to the ALFA Free — these two boots compared to each other? Maybe going so far as to include use of the hard flexor in the comparison… Skiing the Pioneer is quite similar to the Alaska XP... But very different than the Alfa Free! The main differences are the...

A little update after 10 days (and a nice snowstorm!) on the Pioneer. Ok I found it. I found the right word to describe the Pioneer Pro: DELIRIOUS. Totalement délirantes! as we say in french. Delirious, like in the sense of "wild excitement or ecstasy." Despite their quite neutral and pioneer look, ...

Maybe I missed it, but how does the Alf Free come out 2 points lower than the Pioneer Pro for “Downhill,” when the “Support” “Stiffness” and “Control” numbers are “10” for each boot? That makes the Free equal to the Guard (both 7), which seems very surprising. Just a few more words here to clarify ...

On the sixth day of our ski tour in Norway my wife had a (thankfully) small problem with the Xplore pins in her Alfa Skaget boot. One of the spring pins in my one-week old Alfa Frees jammed after I took off my skis to peel skins at the top of a run last Sunday. I am sorry to hear that... But thanks...

I read that as: Because the flex point is further back in the Alaska XP and Pioneer Pro they have better downhill control than the Free, which has the flex point further forward. Partly. The flex point itself is different, but also the flex of the sole is different, and the construction of the uppe...

Since you think the Free’s flex point is the issue for downhill control, Please, don't get me wrong... I NEVER said the Free flex point was an issue. Or that it was " The issue for downhill control ". I think it was Gamme who said that, others said that too, but not me. What I said is that they wer...

Johnny, maybe I missed it, but how does the Alf Free come out 2 points lower than the Pioneer Pro for “Downhill,” when the “Support” “Stiffness” and “Control” numbers are “10” for each boot? That makes the Free equal to the Guard (both 7), which seems very surprising. Thanks for the write-up! The a...