Salomon Falcon Race Ski Boot - Men's

Love these boots. I have a narrow heal, wide toe box, high arches and instep, with a very long shin bone so these were my choice over all the too short, too sft, too sloppy womens boots out there. I had the toe box punched out at the widest spot, ground down/trimmed the top of the instep flap where it dug in, put my custom footbeds in and they were a great choice. Very light and comfortable, warm with thin race socks, very stiff when you lean into them on a cold mountain, no foot movement in the boot at all, and fast and direct weight tranfer from edge to edge. I placed 2nd in a Colorado Nationals race with these! Oh and I'm female, wear a boot size 25.5, am 5' 9", 130 lbs. I use these with my 160 Atomic Race 12 SL boards. I don't think I'll tell you how old I am, but I'm not a teenager by a long shot. I do have a great bootfitter in town who respects my equipment choices! For all the fast women out there these are great!

Love the boot. Skis great, very responsive. Feels light and close to the ski. Edge transfer is very quick. I liked no tension on the power strap because they are very stiff when they get cold. I was worried they would be too soft when trying them at room temp. Took 3 days to get the fit dialed in. Be ready for this. Hope you have a good bootfitter close by. The deal you're getting from this site should cover the cost. This is a "semi plug" boot so not much room initially. Heel pocket is terrific, forefoot needed stretch and grind at the knuckles. Heated the liner and dropped my orthotics in and Bam. Lots of adjustment options to buckles, flex and cant as well as flex shims etc. Given all that it's a very straight forward design that fit close to the foot and not a lot of non-functional stuff that ads bulk or weight.

Excellent boots with a lot of adjustments. At first I was nervous in buying a race boot. Out of the box they were a good fit to my thin size 10 foot with some tightness on calf muscles(ok getting in/out). For break-in I wore them in the house for about 3hrs. On the mountain I had some discomfort. With my socks off the discomfort went away and boots came to life. Thus far I’ve skied without socks(no discomfort) and easily skied all day(feet stayed warm). The boots make my Atomics feel light (Vs. the Lange boots)…wow incredible!, and have more forward lean. In summary-the boot is stiff, VERY RESPONSIVE, excellent performer(avg. skier), and allot of adjustment resulting in no leg/knee pain.