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Company boasts boots geared toward comfort |
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Monday, November 21, 2011 12:09 |
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Photo by Joel Reichenberger, Steamboat Pilot & Today
By JOEL REICHENBERGER, STEAMBOAT PILOT & TODAY
The Fischer Vacuum ski boots are unique. For years, boots have been developed to be more comfortable. New technology in boot liners has allowed them to be shaped to a skier’s foot via a heating process. The Fischer Vacuum, though, claims to be a revolution to that revolution. It’s focused not only on molding a liner to a foot but also molding an entire boot to a foot, hard plastic shell and all.
“This is the first time shells are doing that,” Martin said. “It will actually conform to the shape of your leg. ... This way, you’re going to be able to get more comfort than you will with any other boot.”
It’s not a complicated process to tailor-fit a hard plastic shell to a particular foot, but it’s not as simple as pointing to a model on the wall and slipping a foot in, either.
There are four models available from Fischer, three for men and one for women, and they typically vary in price from $750 to $1,000, coming in about $100 more than a traditional boot would.
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