Hey everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.

We are coming to you today from our home base and elevation hotel located here in Mount

Cresta Butte, Colorado. And you're here today with Kara Williard. You can check out everything

else we are doing and reviewing

over at blisterreview.com. Well, for today's episode, I am bringing you another installation of our

series, a very deep dive on boot fitting. And this one is all about ski bootflex. So I am joined by

Bryn Vickers, who is the bootfitter and manager of Pulse

Boot Lab in Revelstoke, which is one of our highly reputable blister recommended shops. For today's

episode, Bryn and I dive into the complex and often misunderstood aspects of ski boot flex. We discuss

why the ankle joint is the most important piece of that equation.

What exactly boot flex even means, especially when it comes to performance, the many

variables that determine what flex might work best for you.

We also discuss options for both stiffening and softening boots.

And we also get to talk about Pulse's latest technology, including

the updates they recently made to their foam injected after market liners and more.

This episode of Gear 30 is brought to you by Pulse Boot Lab, and you'll hear today why Pulse

is an operation of knowledgeable and impressive boot fitters that are also backed with some pretty

impressive tools and technology. Pulse Boot Lab's primary goal is for you to love your boots.

They take a comprehensive and data-driven approach to make sure you are in the right boot,

including using their proprietary foot scanning technology to help deliver the best boot

and liner solution for you.

They have locations in Revelstoke, Banff, and Collingwood, where they are based out of Little Ed's

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