The same rant as last season…and seasons before, etc.

There is a lot of room for development in women’s ski boots.
Women represent half the skiing population. A sizeable segment of this market is largely neglected.

Several ski manufacturers have women on their design teams and involved in the decision making. There are woman specific skis for all skill levels.
Skis with the appropriate geometry, flex and lengths for women’s mass and physiology have met with unqualified and well documented success.
Boot folk need to look at this success and make genuine changes.
Small sizes in real women’s boots…real 22.5’s for some (you know who you are) would be appreciated.
A 23.5 is not and cannot become a 22.5.
In all critical dimensions ski boots that come from 23.5 molds yet are sized as 22.5’s are the same internal volume, cuff height, hinge point and sole length (think leverage here) as the larger size. Except for fillers in the toe of the shell molds, more padded and shorter liners making them seem a size smaller, functionally they still are 23.5’s. This is a real compromise for women skiers who should be in boots proportionally smaller.

How about 21.5’s? Boot molds are expensive to be sure, but is the financial burden such that it is impossible to undertake? 21.5’s and true 22.5’s in good, sound women’s ski boots-particularly for proficient women with really small feet-will sell through…guaranteed.

Someone at an executive level needs to make a stand here…smell the espresso!