realskiers

it gets back to the right boot for each person. Billy Kaplan, my fitter, is huge proponent of building the beds to correct allignment and other issues first, then adjust the boot (after determining the right boot). He shell fits and looks at the relationship of the persons leg and foot to the general shape of the shell and then goes from there factoring in where and how you ski and your posture and body movement patterns. he looks at you when you are flexed, standing straight and other postions.  I think you need to be very careful not to look at all boots the same (not that any of us here do). Race boots are very different like a Porsche 911 is to a BMW X5, both can be high performance but they serve very different needs. That doesn't make either the right car if you can't drive it though!   So, a groomer cruiser boot is different from a back country boot and a race boot altogether, but a race boot for a racer that isn't the right shape (including ramp,flex and volume, for instance) isn't the right boot either. Just my .02