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December 13, 2008

New Dalbello Alpine Touring Boots (Prototype)

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Thanks to “verbier61″ in TGR forums I found this pretty cool new alpine touring (prototype) item.

Almost every major manufacturer is offering an AT boot these days. So, this shouldn’t be big news. However, Dalbello boots have a certain cult following as do Full Tilt boots too – they’re kind of the descendants of the legendary Raichle Flexons that still have fanatics fans all over the world. And many of the big name freeriders/freestylers all over the world swear by the original flexon system, as you can read on my last winter post Dalbello Krypton Il Moro Ski Boot Review.

Basically ski boot reviews are pretty useless – it is all about the last and fit anyway. Flexons/Kryptons/Full Tilts are a bit different though. At least I believe that the basic design of these boot have something very special on them. I was a strict Lange guys (those just fit my feet) for years but after trying Il Moros for even couple of days, I was immediately a believer of the Flexon design (in freeskiing, gates might be a totally different thing) So, if some of those three brand’s boot  fit, it is at least wort a try. Still, some skiers love this desing, some don’t consider it any better than “normal” ski boot design/engineering.

Well, at least the legendary Glen Plake is on Dalbellos. And one of the posters in TGR forum already speculated that Plake tours quite a lot these days, and Dalbello wants the mohawk man (=their most visible skier) on their boots and not a competitor’s pair. Sounds quite wise to me!

The final version is said to be Dynafit compatible, which probably is a delight to all the hard core touring guys/girls. The weight shouldn’t be too much either, around 1600 gr. Time will tell if this boot is cabable of driving big skis and take “freeride” type skiing approach… or is it more up-hill and long tours oriented? In best case the Krypton/Flexon desing can offer the best of both worlds?

Here are some more pictures (picture source: www.skiforum.it)

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About the Author

Janne Niini
I am a former (not-so-competitive) mogul-skier who nowadays enjoy many aspects of snow-gliding: alpine, telemarking and occasional snowboarding too. I have two small daughters and try to ski with them as often as possible.




 
 

 
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3 Comments


  1. this is great news. I love the old flexons, and this will make them Dynafit ready. I already use Full Tilt tounges on my Megarides, if these Dalbellos are able to use full variety of different flexing tongues they will be perfect.


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