I bought this boot after owning a pair of lange boots with a softer cuff. I wanted something that stiff and responsive and thats exactly what this boot is. These are by far the best boots i have ever bought and remind me of race boots i used to ski when i was a teenager. I live in the east and have skied 7 days on them so far and they feel pretty good. I haven't had them fit or ground or anything and the fit is snug without being painful. I have found that the liners fit better if you take your first run with the boots a bit loose and let your foot settle into the liner and then crank'um real tight they are awesome and fit much better. I've skied them in a lot of different conditions so far and the boots felt great in all of them, even a east coast powder day (6 inches) yesterday. I even skied a pair of prophet 100's in them yesterday and i was pumped how the lange's helped throw them around on a pretty choppy day.

I demo'd these skis yesterday and they rip. I live on the east coast and was fortunate enough to get a east coast powder day (6inches, lol) during which to demo them. I was blown away with these skis immediately. The metal matrix makes them ski a lot bigger than they are but doesn't damper its ability to get from edge to edge quickly. The skis floated pow on the side of the trail and in the trees without difficulty. They were snappy enough to make fast confidence inspiring turns in the trees. At the end of the afternoon the trails were all bumped up and these skis were stiff enough to charge through them without blinking. These skis seriously charged threw bumped up powder that would have thrown my old skis (salomon 1080's), ass over tea cup.

I have been helping my father remodel some old Victorian houses lately and got these cause i needed a new pair. Hands down best work pants that is out there and they fit knee pads. REally strong without being tight fitting either.