Can’t Get Out of the Backseat? Check Your Ski Boots
Curious about ski boot flex and what it means for your skiing? Let expert ski bootfitter Sam Tischendorf break it down for you.
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Sam Tischendorf
Sam Tischendorf is one of the very few professional female ski bootfitters—or as she likes to say, professional feet ticklers—in the industry. Currently employed by Sidas World, she worked at Bootdoctors in Telluride, Colo. for several years, is a Masterfit University teaching team member, and collaborated with Blizzard/Tecnica on the Women To Women gear project.
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