The Kyra 95 is unstoppable—it garnered solid and unanimous votes again this year for a repeat podium, continuing to impress testers with its comfortable but snug feel out of the box and well-above-expectations performance on snow. Testers said it hovered on the snug side of the width group—riding the fence between mediums and wides where a lot of skiers find themselves.
This year we tested the Kyra 95 with its spiral-wrapping Intuition 2. I.D. Thermo Now liner and testers loved how its more pre-formed shape worked right from the first try on. Though it's a fully-moldable Intuition style, it's constructed with softer foam right against the foot for a nice layer of cushion. The spiral wrap style doubled-down on fit benefits for testers by maximizing the cuff's calf fit and also providing a more padded entry for sliding past the cabrio lower boot opening, which made getting the boot on and off even easier than with the traditional tongue style liner we'd tested before. Fully heat molding the Thermo Now liner yields big changes where needed—a great option for wider or bony feet looking for a perfect imprint.
The three-piece construction offers a smooth-travel flex feel but testers note that it's a firm one that kicked like a mule when asked to pin the throttle in junky snow or at speed on hard surfaces. The Kyra 95 has a variety of features for fine tuning fit and feel, and one of those is a flex adjuster which is a nice and increasingly rare option. The Dynalink Rearfoot Retention middle buckle and the ultra-rare Heel Inclinator ramp angle adjustment allow for tweaking the way the instep and shin address the tongue of the boot. Testers loved the feel of the cuff for its well-distributed pressure against the shin but also for how the three-piece design opened or closed to accommodate a variety of calf shapes.
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