A Look Back at the Venerable Salomon SX Series of Ski Boots with SkiTalk.com and Jim Schaffner
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Jim Schaffner joins Phil Pugliese in this throwback video, looking at the history of the Salomon SX series of ski boots including racing, ski movies and the following this boot still has today.
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0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Phil introduces Jim Schaffner
0:40 - Jim talks about the history of the Salomon SX ski boots starting with R&D
1:40 - Talk about how they started from the ground up and sizing the boots.
2:00 - Jim shares how Salomon addressed holding the heel in the heel pocket of the boot
2:30 - Measuring thousands of feet
2:50 - Heal instep perimeter addressed
2:53 - The Salomon Sizer developed
3:39 - Why did Salomon get away from it? (Phil asks)
3:53 - Jim answers from his perspective
4:20 - Other boot manufacturers realized Salomon was getting the market share because they built a better boot
4:40 - Jim explains the first patent that Salomon had in this development
4:46 - The Cable that runs up and over the instep is controlled by a lever on the back of the boot, under the pivot point of the cuff and the spoiler with had a perfect angle. By patenting no one else could circumvent the patent
6:10 - Phil thanks Lou Fliszar for loaning the Salomon Sizing device used in this video
6:20 - Chat about Salomon's 75th anniversary and their book
6:30 - Jim talks about George Salomon,(on the cover of the book) and his importance in team building, inventing and R&D
7:10 - Jim talks about the evolution of Salomon boots moving into 4 buckles, skis and nordic
7:35 - Phil talks about the evolution of the SX boots including Steve McKinney's SX 91.
8:15 - Recognition of the speed skiers who've succeeded in the SX 91 and SX 90 Equip ski boots, Steve McKinney, Mark Ghiradelli, Ross Anderson.
10:00 - Improvements came like forward lean, adjustments, boot board, and buckles
11:00 - How we measure feet now, with a branock and tape measure
14.30 - Discussion of the actual volume of a ski boot
15:15 - The last generation of the SX ski boots. SX92, SX82. SX93 and SX95. Notes most versatile with shims other tools.
16:48 - Jim expands upon the commercial aspect and retail aspect. One single real buckle that goes to the closure of the boot as well as the instep tightening. Previous versions had two separate cables/closures to accomplish this.
18:15 - the profit from the development of these boots generated enough profit to allow Salomon to build a ski factory to enter the modern ski market.
18:36 - Mike Foote Skied The Big at Big Sky on SX ski boots and inspired the thread SX in the wild where we have pictures of people still skiing SX ski boots today
19:10 - Discussion of the materials these boots were made with and how it translates to today
20:20 -Longevity of the boot because of materials and replaceable soles.
21:25 - Flex adjustments
22:06 - Phil asks Jim, If Salomon asked him to collaborate to build another SX. what would he keep and what would he change.
25:55 a sidebar on fun with the SX in the movies, Scot Schmidt, Glen Plake, Mike Hattrup, Blizzard of Ahhhs 
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SX91 was one of the best ski boots ever made. Skied in those for a decade! Bring it back!
As good as the 91 was, the 92 and it's variantions was better.
Very happy to see this video, I was 18 years old when i bought my SX91 boots here in Belgium/Europe, and am now 62...and still skying with the same boots. When i entered ski shops in Austria, and they see the boots, its like vintage, whoaa unbelievable. The cloth however of the boots is wearing off entirely, and am just wondering if i can buy new inner boots for them ?? I can not stress out enough how comfortable these boots are, and even more importantly, it takes me literaly 2 minutes to put them on, and am then waiting for another 10min until the others are ready...LOL. Great job Salomon. If ever i would need new ones (which i doubt..), i want exactly the same model..
Best ski boot ever. Skied an SX 90 and never understood, why the industry returned to buckles. The additional weight at that time due to double plastic layers isn‘t an issue with lightweigt modern plastics. Most touring boots and also Boa are only an optimisation of the initial SX 90 concept.
very interesting info/I hadn't skied in over 20 years and just skied again on my Salomon SX80 white boots. They've always been very comfortable - ion the 1980's and now in 2023.
Thanks Phil and Jim. I was lucky to do some dealer, pre-release intro events for Salomon back in the day. I was honored to win a pair of SX90E at a Spring race in Mammoth at the trade fair. That same Spring, previous to the intro, Salomon set up boot fitting vans at the Heavenly Valley Base, outfitting the celebrities with the new SX90's at the John Denver Celebrity Pro Ski Race. I got to help fit Clint Eastwood in his SX90E's. Me being more of a power skier, than a finesse skier, I loved the support of the SX90E, but once the SX91E and the wonderful SX92E I was in carving heaven. I still ski Salomon Skis, Boots and Bindings, but I miss the SX92E! Thanks for the great memories!
We would love to see a modern incarnation of the SX return.
Fits like a mitt. Skis like a glove ! I loved my SX 90 and later on, the SX 90 equipe boots. the latter of the two were almost as stiff as the skis of that era.
"Fits like a mitt. Skis like a glove ! " I like that.
Thanks for this fun video and the run down memory lane.
Skiied in those boots for almost a decade! The women's boot.. they were gray. They were responsive and comfortable. I have massive calves and haven't had a boot that comfortable since those. Bring them back!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great flashback to the history of these legendary ski boots! 👍 It would interesting to know what killed those rear entry boots. Those are so easy to step in and step out (compared to ordinary boots with buckles).
The bad rear entry boots brought the good ones down. We have been pushing for years for Salomon to bring an SX back to the market.
Learned some stuff :)!
I recently skied Alta in Utah, and took my SX91s into the rental shop. They said they couldn’t fit a ski to the boot! I had rent new boots (rear entry Nordicas which weren’t as good as mine)
They could, they chose not to.
We need the heel cable back on the market.
Sorry, no we do not. LOL.
Hi Phil...of course I want to see if the book is available.
I will bring it the next time I see you.
Worst Boot ever...
While you might not have liked them , I think you have them confused with many many other boots that were really bad. ;)
I still ski on my SX61 from the 80's, with a pair of SX91E as a backup. I don't need that extra flex adujustment anyway. I simply can't find another model with a better heel grip. I prefer them all the time over my third pair of boots, a modern front entry Dolomiti racing model, which takes about forever to step into.