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animator
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Call me super wack but I’m heavily considering an RS 130 for my alpine/park boot. My touring boot is a Maestrale RS and I don’t want to beat it up in the park. I work at a shop and tried the RS on today and it felt really good, anyone else have experience with this? I am looking at the RS 130 wide that has replaceable soles, lmk if I’m being stupid
Jan 11 2020 9:52PM
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sharhodes
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Doesn’t sound stupid to me at all
Jan 11 2020 10:08PM
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.nasty
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If the boot fits, wear it. Pretty simple.
Jan 12 2020 12:00AM
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cndr
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I'm in the RX130, so a little more forgiving than the plugs, but the pros of a stiff boot outweigh the cons IMO. Better control, more "feeling" I guess you could say. Landings are a little harsher on the shins if you don't absolutely nail it but that's the only real downside that comes to mind.

Inb4 buy FT
Jan 12 2020 10:26AM
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hootsquad
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I ride a 120 boot in the park and I don't think thats out of the ordinary. If its a good fit you'll be fine
Jan 12 2020 3:37PM
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haggis_hunter
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I prefer plug boots for general skiing, I have Solly Labs from a few years ago but they are still going strong. They go up to a 140 flex but I ski them on 120, I'm a fairly big chap, 6'4 and 95kg, and like to drive my skis pretty hard, nothing buttery...

Why do I like them? A 120 flex with the thicker plastic of a plug boot is actually a far more progressive flex of a boot, its a lot less susceptible to changes in temperature unlike a thinner walled consumer boot.
Jan 13 2020 2:12PM
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OregonDead
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If it has the more rubber type sole in the toe and heel then I don't see the down side. If it is the hard plastic and you work in the shop I suggest replacing it with the more rubber type that you see on the replaceable ones. Boot guy can change it to the replaceable type. I rocked Dobermans for a while and the downside was that it seemed to ice up on the toe way more frequently when I boot packed which is frequently. It was a noticeable difference in the amount of boot sole icing and got to be frustrating
Jan 13 2020 3:50PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Yeah, if you're going to use the RS 130 (not a pure plug boot FWIW, that'd be the RS ZA which has a 92mm last versus the 97 of the 130), go for something like these:

https://casttouring.com/en-us/products/cast-stock-replacement-soles/
Jan 13 2020 4:20PM
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