Atomic Live Fit 130

Model Year
2014-15
Category
All-Mountain Traditional
Last Width
102
Flex Index
130
Price (MSRP)
$600.00USD

This year's Live Fit 130 returned to the boot test with a new Thinsulate laminate in the liner and cooler, new buckles—it remains the same, otherwise, and similarly testers' feedback was positive.

This 102 needs to work on its self-esteem, because Live Fit 130 could claim another few last width digits (or five) according to our test team who say this is the widest wide-body on the wall. And then it has stretchy Live Fit panels at the forefoot to allow even more width expansion. Next, this is also a 130 flex, and one that feels legit, testers say, which would make this boot the only truly wide 130 flex in existence. Last, this boot only has two buckles. So then, should it not stand to reason then that this boot has been designed for the biggest, fattest, laziest Sasquatch ever to roam the land? You'd certainly think so, but then you read what our average sized testers said about the boot and you scratch your head—they loved it as much as the wide foot folk on the team did.

Testers noticed a firm enough heel and ankle fit to allow for skiing movements to happen from  the rear control center of the boot, sort of like the fireman driving from the back of the hook and ladder rig. Up front all but the widest of feet floated about in the Live Fit bootosphere, yet the rear foot hold and close-enough fit through the cuff did the trick. All about balance they said, and testers did think the stance was money side-to-side and front-to-back. A couple testers mentioned that the combination of prodigious width, Live Fit stretch panels and the boot shell's 3-degrees of toe-out made this boot especially well suited for really duck-footed dudes. No, really, it would be the shiznit for somebody like that, allowing the feet to seek a naturally abducted position over straight-ahead skis. But then again, it seems that the regular old straight (and massive) feet guys do pretty well in it, too.

Gender 
Men's
Sizes (MP) 
25.5-29.5, 30.5, 31.5, 32.5
Hike Mode 
No
Construction 
Overlap
Boot width profile 
Medium

Kudos

  • “Great fit, right out of the box—this is a winner.” -- John Kole
  • “Great performing bucket!” -- Sean Battiste
  • “Very comfy and skied very well—the C-5A Galaxy of ski boots!” -- Keith Holmquist
  • “This thing rocks laterally—so quick.” --
  • “Stance, flex and fit were all great!” -- Connor Duffy
  • “Amazingly good for how huge it is—and only two buckles!” -- Mark Elling
  • “Surprisingly effective for only two buckles. Solid balance and spine.” -- Bob Gleason

Caveats

  • “Weird pinch at the base of the shin…” --
  • “The cuff adjustment is a fiddle-f&*k.” -- Bob Gleason

This boot available at...

Chicago, IL
Columbia, SC
Warren, VT
Valatie, NY
Pagosa Springs, CO
Steamboat Springs, CO
Stowe, VT

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