Gabriel has worked in the ski industry for over 25-years as a retail associate, ski tuner, binding technician, product tester and most-extensively as a bootfitter. He has coordinated the Associate level bootfitting workshops for Masterfit University for the past __ years and he continues to teach bootfitting workshops each fall. He has a background in competitive hockey and splits his time between skis and a snowboard, depending on conditions. One of our favorite photo subjects at boot test, he flies high and far. Gabriel is also an avid fly fisher and steelhead bum. Gabriel is available for private bootfitting appointments at the BootRX lab space in Bend, Oregon when he is in town, but he can mainly be found this winter at the Alpine Shop in Sandpoint, Idaho. You can reach Kevin directly at kbgabs@gmail.com.
Rossignol boots. K2, Volkl, Rossi, skis. Look pivot bindings
Well at this years test during a photo shoot. We were skiing groomers and I somehow managed to carve a turn so hard that I over flexed my skis and double ejected into a full forward flip. I’ve never done that on a groomer before and sorry no pics, but I did get a great cheer and a standing ovation. Wish there were some pics of that.
Wolf. “ I’m a loner Dottie, a rebel.” Pee wee Herman
Scot Schmidt/Mark Elling. They may be the same person. Or clones.
Try on as many boots as you can. You will eventually find the one. Bootfitters want to limit you to three choices. If they are good they will nail it on the first or second choice. That doesn’t mean you can’t try more. Get a custom footbed. Don’t buy boots on recommendation from anyone, without trying them on. No matter how good a skier they are, they don’t have your foot.
