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An In Depth First Look: Dynafit Ridge Pro Boots

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Gavin Hess

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The most svelte boot in the Hoji-line has a bunch innovative features, courtesy of Hoji's basement tinkering.

As I’m sure many readers have already seen elsewhere, Dynafit, in cahoots with Eric “Hoji” Hjorlefsen, made a splash this winter with an innovative entry into the 2+ buckle boot category. Ever the tinkerer, Hoji managed to integrate some clever and unique bits into a trimmed down iteration of the Hoji/Radical silhouette.    We recently…

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  1. Travis

    Eager to see this go head to head next year with the new zero g pro tour!

  2. Ethan Ayer

    What are your first impressions of the Ridge compared to the XTD and the older Zero G Pro Tour and what are the trade offs? Do you feel like it can drive wider >100mm waisted skis with no compromise? I had someone put the Ridge on the weight scale at the shop and it came in at 1368g in a size 27, which is more that the advertised specs indicate. For the internal length, it was shorter than The Zero G and other boots that I’ve used where my toes had little room to stretch out. I anticipated more friction leaning forward in walk mode with the floating tongue but at least on a carpet test it felt like it was all I need, much better than the Zero G.

    1. Gavin Hess

      Hey Ethan, good questions. I’ll preface my answer by saying that I only have a few days on the Ridge so I’m still figuring things out. I would put the walking rom/friction solidly between the backland xtd and old zero g, with the xtd being barely perceptibly different than the zero g peak as far as friction and rom. So like you found, the ridge is pretty darn good. The downhill performance of a new boot is on par with the zero g, in my initial perception. It isn’t perhaps overall as stiff as a brand new set of zero gs, but the suspension and dampness felt better to me. I think the real win (we will see how this plays out) is the hope that the cuffs won’t develop play in the same way that so many of these boots (tecnica, backland xtd, etc) seem to.

  3. Mp

    I’ve been skiing these modded with the hoji cam strap, scarpa boosters and intuition tour wraps all spring and am super stoked on both the ski performance and walk performance.

    To me they are stiffer with the modifications(but a bit harsher) than the ZGPT, but they walk so much better it’s not even a fair comparison. The difference is as big as when going from something like the Lange XT3s to ZGPTs, this becomes another step up on the walkability ladder while still having all the downhill performance needed to ski big skis hard.

    I would recommend a small heel lift for those coming from ZGPTs as the delta is quite flat stock, they ski a lot better for me after adding the shim.

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