Tom GellieBig Picture Skiing Pty Ltd · Coach/Director

Great kids ski boot design - Fischer TWO

7 Jan 2024 · 2 min

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In this video Tom Gellie reviews Fischer’s junior ski boots, the Fischer One and Two, highlighting several design innovations aimed at improving young skiers’ comfort, mobility, and skill development. He points out the removal of the front plastic overlap, which allows greater ankle flexion and better balance, and praises the warm liner equipped with side pull‑tabs that make the boots easy for children to get into. The boots feature a gaiter with cut‑away plastic sections that encourage the child to use their own muscles rather than relying on the boot for support. Tightening is simplified with a single pull strap, and the boots incorporate GripWalk soles for enhanced traction. Notably, the boots are roughly half the weight of typical kids’ ski boots, reducing fatigue. Gellie argues that kids’ ski boots have been historically neglected and commends Fischer for this thoughtful redesign, recommending the Fischer One and Two to parents as an excellent entry‑level option for the next generation of skiers.

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Fischer sent me these great little junior boots to try out with Archie, and I just want to point out some of the things that I think are really smart and intelligent with this kid's boot and stuff that I really believe in. So the first thing is, when you get inside this boot, the liner out, can you see at the front here there's no plastic overlap? And the idea is you're trying to help the child have easier ankle flexion, balance through the feet is the idea. If you compare the difference with a regular kids ski boot, you can see the plastic wraps around the front here, and so that just creates more of a hard stop for the ankle versus here allows better ankle flexion. Next thing is it's a really nice, neat little liner, so nice and warm. Also got these nice little tabs on the side making it very easy to get into the boot. It's very noticeable how much easier it is for the kid to get into this boot compared to a regular one. They've got this kind of cool gaiter design, and if you roll that down, you can see more of the internals and how they've cut away some bits of plastic here to encourage, again, the child to use their muscles and their body for balance instead of the boot too much. So this just allows better flexion, not too much reliance on the back of the boot. To tighten the boot, really simple, this strap just pulls tight. GripWalk soles, and these boots are really light, probably almost half the weight of the other boots that he's got. Kids' ski boots, I think, have been neglected in terms of development over the years, and I just think it's fantastic Fischer have gone ahead and looked at this early entry-level boot, redesigned it, made it much better. So if you're a dad, a mom looking to put their kids in something really good, I can highly recommend this little Fischer One and Two boot. Great design, well done guys and girls from Fischer, this is an excellent design. And I'm glad to see it in that junior level. These are the people that are the future skiers, so let's get them off on the right foot.