This boot is made for guys with wide, thick feet. The Phoenix 14 has a lot of volume inside to allow guys that always have boot problems finally find comfort. Typically boots this wide perform poorly and lack important features. But not this one. It has an adjustable 110-100 flex that will provide enough performance for those bigger guys to feel comfortable on all terrain except the gnarliest. In addition to the flex adjustment this Tecnica ski boot has all the features you would expect from a high quality product. Overall the Phoenix 14 HVL is a great ski boot for the guy who normally has to settle for a less than ideal boot. It will fit feet up to an EEE and the highest of insteps.
This men’s ski boot is measured in mondo sizing. The easiest way to determine your size is to
look at the chart below. Locate your
regular shoe size and look down to determine your boot size.
Mondo size can be translated to US sizing fairly
easily. Let’s use 27.5 for example. Add the first 2 numbers together and get a 9,
then move the .5 behind the 9. Therefore
a size 27.5 is relatively a 9.5. It does
get a bit more confusing because skiers typically wear a ski boot that is 1
size smaller than their regular shoes.
So a person who skis in a 27.5 boot will typically wear a 10 or 10.5
shoe. This simply conversion works
almost all the time. It is extremely
rare a person will wear the same size ski boot as regular shoe.
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Men's Shoe Size
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8.0
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8.5
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9.0
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9.5
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10.0
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10.5
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11.0
|
11.5
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12.0
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12.5
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Mondo Boot Size
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25.5
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25.5
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26.5
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26.5
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27.5
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27.5
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28.5
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28.5
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29.5
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29.5
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