Salomon Malamute Snowboard Boot - Men's - 2005

These boots are incredibly stiff and make riding with my hurt ankles so much better. They are not the warmest boot, but that can be expected due to the boot design. The lace locking system stands alone as the best on the market by far. The adjustability to get different areas tight or loose as needed for each rider is great. If you want stiff boots then these are the best there is.

When they say these boots are stiff they mean it—the first ten or so times you put on and take ‘em off it's going to feel similar to listening to the collected works of Michael Bolton (f’ing excruciating). But persist and they'll slowly give in to your feet and then you'll realize they are actually some of the best, stiffest, most comfortable boots you're ever going to own. They reduced my heel lift, had room enough for my toes at the front and didn't give me that riding-all-day ache that my last boots did. Don't buy these if you're a park rat, though, 'cause there ain't no give bro-bra.