Set the "Walk/Ski" dial to ski when you are locked onto your skis. If the boot feels a little too narrow then you should loosen the 3D buckle by rotating it counterclockwise. If your foot moves from side to side in the closed boot then you should tighten the 3D buckle by rotating it clockwise. One of the buckles on Salomon Evolution ski boots is called a 3D buckle, but this is only an industry term that means the second buckle from the bottom can make the instep of the boot wider or more narrow. Once you have made the previous adjustments to your boots you will find it necessary to adjust all of the buckles in order to allow the most secure fit.Īdjust the 3D buckle to narrow or widen the instep. Each individual buckle is threaded allowing the skier to loosen or tighten them by turning them counterclockwise or clockwise respectively. Each buckle on the boot is possible to adjust by simply rotating the buckle when it is undone. It is best to stand in your boots in the skiing stance you use most often while you adjust the forward lean until it reaches a comfortable angle.Īdjust the tightness of the boot's buckles. You will usually want the forward cant of the boot at a middle angle unless you are a racer and then you want it all the way forward. The end of the Allen wrench inserts into the forward lean adjustment or canting bolt and you turn the wrench either way to adjust the cant of the shin of the boot forward or upright. Also, adjust the flex softer for powder and stiffer for hard packed snow.Īdjust the forward lean of the ski boot with the Allen wrench at the side of the boot at ankle height. You want a stiff flex on warm days because your boot will be soft and a soft flex on cold days when your boot will already be stiff from the weather. This adjustment is a simple dial or slide lever that softens the flex in one direction and stiffens the flex in the other direction according to the labels around the flex adjustment.
The flex adjustment is on the side of the boot right where the outside of your ankle would be. Change the flex adjustment according to the weather on the mountain.
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