HMK Highmark Pros working for me. I also snapped an ankle in my footwell last season. The boot was a perfect splint. We got the outer boot off in the ER and had to cut the inner off, but it's still usable. Most excellent boots IMO. Had the same pair going for 3 seasons and will use them this year too.
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Hey, I'm not the only one. I thought it was pretty random thing, I got tossed weird when doing pow turns, didn't let go and pulled myself under. How'd you do it?
When I broke my leg I was wearing a burton boot, it didn't sustain any damage and did a decent job of splinting as well (tied that sucker up tight, and road back out the closest street)..It held up ok but the break was do to the impact of my ankle get pitched up against the tunnel from the track vs a twist and break.
I figure something with a bit of Armour would have protected me. Now with the metal plate and a ton of screws in my ankle, if something like this happens again the break won't be very clean so I've really shy'd away from using lighter boots.
Although I mostly ride with my coldwaves if I think I'm going to be a bit more wreckless (powder day) I'll switch to the scarpas which are a hard shelled boot (like a ski boot), with a real grippy base, they don't flex very well side to side but forward and back is fine, end up using my knees more, they are REALLY warm, and water proof, comfy to wear, and the best part is you can really kick the crap out of the snow/ice on running boards. They are also really good if you want to hike around a bit, there have been times I've been out places and wanted to climb up, or down something to setup a shot. Huge + when it comes to gripping on rocks/ice ect.
The only down sides, I've had with the scarpa infernos is the lack of side to side flexibility (which really doesn't make to big of an impact), because they are a hard boot you need to be careful on thinner/old seats (punched some holes in my mcat seat cover..but the doo holds up fine), and taking them off at the end of the day is like taking off a ski boot.. you just can't get them off fast enough haha.
