From his wit, wisdom, and insight you can tell that Cody Townsend has many leatherbound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany. He also knows a little something about Salomon’s 2012 skis and boots.
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“You see those bones sticking out, those aren’t my ankles and yeah, I got a bone growth there and there and I also got bunions on my pinky toes.” A gasp by a bootfitter usually follows as I reveal my “double ankle”, bunionette, supinated, and bone growth laden feet. These nasty feet have kept me close to the disabled list for 10 years now and something needs to change.
SPK Kaos boot.
After perusing the latest edition of what Freeskier calls an Annual Gear Guide, I could write a week’s worth of posts on the complete lack of real product reviews in the ski world. I’ll try not to wear the hater hat for too long, but let’s face it, there are shit products out there. But of course you would never know this if you relied on the sole surviving print mag our fledgling corner of skiing has left. Each ski gets a stoke factor (which means literally nothing), and the only products that get a more thorough look are pro setups. The LAST thing that matters in a gear guide are pro setups. They’re paid to ride this shit, hell I’d ride any damn thing if you paid me to do it. I’d rather hear what Joey the pizza guy in Truckee is riding, cuz his ass paid real hard earned cash for his setup. That means something.
ANYWAY…on to our review:
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