I’ve never liked the idea of a quiver-killer ski boot. Scarpa's new lightweight and super-stiff 4-Quattro Pro touring boot ...

“In every other 100-millimeter four-buckle boot, I’m cranking it down just trying to lock my heel in place so I’m not swimming, and thus putting insane pressure on my instep,” Johnson says.

Well, now Atomic, Solomon, K2 and others have announced new Dual Dial BOA ski boots that feature two BOA dials and completely do away with any buckles. Starting at around $750, a handful of Dual ...

Three-piece boots, however, have a third, “45-degree” buckle that warps around the ankle. Proponents of the three-piece boot credit the 45-degree buckle for locking the heel into the back part ...

A local ski-boot fitter of 10 years has developed a device to make the irksome chore of fastening those tough top two ski-boot buckles easier. Bob Ets-Hokin’s “The Buckle-Up” is now available in area ...

When Bill Johnson won the gold in the 1984 Olympic men's downhill in modern-day Bosnia, he brought about a permanent shift in the ski boot marketplace. The last time we saw such a radical shift in ...