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Scarpa’s F1 RS and Cuff Height

A brief exploration of cuff heights—with and without liners.

By

Jason Albert

Several readers have inquired about the new Scarpa F1 RS cuff height relative to other boots, both in and out of its design class. For simplicity, let’s keep the physics basic: the boot cuff interfaces with a tourer’s lower leg/shin as they lever forward, and initiate and execute a turn. There are nuances; some of…

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  1. Brett Nicholas

    Amazing. Love THR – where you can squawk about a question in the comments and get an article in response 🙂

  2. Slim

    Jason, is that measured on the inside (ie the cuff height on the leg), or off the ground?

    1. Jason Albert

      Good question, Slim. Apologies for any vagueness. Cuff height is/was measured with the ruler placed on the ground. Let me know if this is still unclear.

      1. Slim

        No, that is quite clear. Thank you.

        Unfortunately, I would have preferred the inside shell measurement. Sole thickness can vary a lot, as anyone who’s set up different boots on an ATK freeride spacer knows.

        Skialper does provide (inside) front and rear cuff heights. Below I have added the rear cuff heights for some of the boots listed here.
        Like Jason’s, note the size difference.

        Zero G Tour (27.5): 283 mm
        Kilo (26.5): 274 mm
        Alien 1.0 (27): 280 mm
        Blacklight 2.0 (26.5): 267

        1. Jason Albert

          Thanks for adding that.

  3. Justin Wilcox

    Any comparison to more comparable Scarpa boots like the Maestrale RS or Quattro? I doubt this is higher than than either of those but it sure would be nice if Scarpa would stop making cuff heights so much lower than th competition. I own both quattros and Zero Gs in the same size and there is very large cuff height difference.

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