Welcome to Ski Talk. I'm Thom from skis.com and today I'm joined by Ray from Dalbello. 
How's it going Ray? Good Thom, how are you doing this morning? Very well.
We've got a really fun series of boots to talk to you about today, the Menace
for boys and the Gaia for girls, it's the 
entry-level up through solid young kid series
from Dalbello. Right and we brough in just two boots to show you, our
four buckle boots, but these boots start out for little tiny kids with a 
14.5 which is a tiny little size 7 and goes all the way
up to big kid sizes. And you kind of very the amount of buckles
depending on the length of the boot for the sizes? Yeah, you have a one buckle
for the little guys, when it gets bigger it becomes a two buckle, three buckle and four buckle. 
So these boots are pretty unique in the world of junior boots because they actually have
a properly lasted junior liner in there. Right and
a lasted liner is kind of an odd thing to talk about but, in all of your
better adult boots they take a boot and last it over a 
foot last shape, sew the bottom together, put a bottom piece on it
and this gives you a liner that shapes and fits to your foot versus
just slamming a basic liner in the boot. 
So you're getting a lot of technology and a lot of performance in the liner with this
boot. Right, and along with that last liner, we also put a footbed in this boot
which is a loaded wool covered footbed to provide warmth for your kids too.
Which a kid with warm feet is a kid who will ski longer, which is fantastic.
Right and underneath that liner, one of the things you'll see
is a layer under here that's actually a boot board, which sounds like crazy
little things but the boot board provides insulation between the bottom of the shell and the 
liner. We're trying to give you great quality and provide warmth
and best fit. To go with that quality, one thing that you generally 
will never see in a kids boot is a polyether shell in these. Right. This polyether 
shell is a blended material that has a rubbery content. It gives you
a really good shock absorption and great flex in a kids boot. Which to me is incredibly
important, that the kid can flex the boot properly. And with that polyether
shell, they absolutely can do that. Well we all know that kids don't weight a whole lot
when you're starting to ski and the one thing that you want to do is learn to flex - flex the boot and be able to get
your knees forward and if the boot is too stiff you can't do it. So these things are quality
all the way around. Fantastic. So whether you're looking to get your
little one out on the slopes for the first time or you're looking to get your
young child a pair of boots they can continue to rip around the hill on, definitely stop by skis.com 
and check out either the Gaia or the Menace from Dalbello. Thanks for joining us
