Scarpa Tornado Pro Alpine Touring Boot
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$401.37
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Retail Price:
$668.95
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Item # SCR0089
Quantity on hand: 4
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Description of Scarpa Tornado Pro Alpine Touring Boot: |
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The Scarpa Men's Tornado Pro Alpine Touring Boots give hardcore freeride skiers the chance to make both the resort and the backcountry their personal playground. Want to spend a day in your favorite resort? Attach the included super stiff tongue, buckle up these Scarpa boots, step into your alpine bindings, and charge the groomed. The Tornado Pro's Vibram Ride soles won't interfere with your alpine bindings' release mechanism and they work with your tour bindings. Scarpa gave the Tornados a lateral cant adjustment system so you can dial in the boot for superior edge hold. When the resort gets tracked out, swap out the stiff tongue for an included soft, hinged walk-tongue, flip the ski/walk mechanism to tour mode, and head into the backcountry. With just enough flex in the right places, the Tornado will tour comfortably and rip through crud or powder on the way down.
Bottom Line: For freeriders who play in the resort and backcountry.
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| Reviews (4): |
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| Good boot--some reservations 02-12-09 |
Greg (4):  |
| This boot is good, but it took some learning and getting used to. First, alot of people think this boot puts you way in the backseat automatically. Most of these people often aren't aware that they are in the rearmost of two foward lean settings which are adjusted by leaning forward or back with the switch in walk mode, and then locking in. If you are in the back position, you feel like you're standing almost straight up, and can never seem to get forward. In the front position, this boot has a similiar forward lean to a tecnica race plug. With a .5cm lifter under the heel you can achieve a downright racelike stance. The only problem is that with the boot in the forward position the boot is noticeably softer, esp at warm temperatures since the stiff tongue won't provide as much resistance. In cold temperatures however (as with many other boots), this thing is impressively stiff... I feel it is comparable to a the 130 race plug from tecnica (bu I also have a booster strap on my tornado pro)
a few words of caution about sizing: it's hard to know if you have the right size with this boot until it's baked. Im a 27.5 in most boots, and the 27.5/28 (same shell in the tornado btw) felt way too small unbaked, so I went with the 28.5 tornado. After baking it felt good, but now it's starting to get packed out. I feel like I could have achieved the same comfortable fit with the 27.5/28 after baking but wouldn't be packing out quite as quickly... but then again my feet are always warm even on -20 degree VT/NH days in these boots, probably because of the extra room... so proceed carefully here; maybe go big for comfort and warmth, or small for a more performance feel... if you go big I feel like you won't get the same edging ability because your foot will swim in the boot a bit more.
finally on the uphills do yourself a favor and just take the tongue out completely (don't even bother with the touring tongue). if you go to the hassle of changing the tongue between tour and ski, just keep the ski tongue in your pack, and tour tongueless. by doing this I've been super comfortable and in control while skinning mellow skin tracks or climbing hairy mixed ice/rock/steep snow. it's a bit of a pain to get the tongues back in, but a pain i think is well worth the effort.
all in all, i like the boot. it would be 5 stars if it had dynafit compatibility even considering the wierdness/learning curve i described above. |
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| Not for Touring 06-28-09 |
brian.leif2103036 (3):  |
| I bought a pair of these to do both downhill and touring. I did not realize that they didn't have a rockered sole. When I got them, I was like "so what?" But on my first outing with them into the backcountry, I realized how uncomfortable a non-rockered sole is for walking in anything but soft snow. These boots are heavy, too. I would more or less classify them as a downhill boot with a walk feature, not a real AT boot. |
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| The worst of both worlds 04-27-09 |
Alpine MacDaddy (20):  |
| Revisiting my earlier review, after many more days on these boots. Bottom line, heavy and uncomfortable for touring, too soft and not enough forward lean for the down. This is really a flimsy touring boot without the benefit of a good walk mode, lace up liner, and rocker lug sole, it tours bad. For the down, it not stiff enough, and will always put you in the back seat. Everyone I know that has these thinks they're too soft. Everyone I see skiing them is in the back seat. They might fit well in the shop, but they perform poorly. |
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| Shell Material: |
Plastic |
| Liner Material: |
Intuition Speed |
| Thermo-moldable Liner: |
Yes |
| Number of Buckles: |
4 + Power strap |
| Micro Adjustable: |
Yes |
| Forward Lean: |
Yes (19-23) |
| Binding Compatibility: |
ISO Alpine (DIN), UNI |
| Weight: |
[Pair, size 27] 8lb 2oz (3696g) |
| Recommended Use: |
Advanced freeride AT, alpine skiing |
| Manufacturer Warranty: |
1 Year |
| Country of Origin: |
China |
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