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 us drive a ski with serious forward pressure on the ski’s front end. While others are more balanced, call it centered, and apply their forward-lean pressure, that lever, more delicately, but with some fine and artistic flair.
Generally, boots emphasizing the downhill and more freeridey aspirations have higher cuff heights to help transmit more force from the leg into the boot and then, into the ski/ski edge. They are also stiffer because some of you are hucking and bucking.
Where does the Scarpa F1 RS reside in terms of boot class?
