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Alpina Boom Junior Ski Boots - About

Alpina Boom Junior Ski Boots – About: This is our new offer in the junior lineup this year from Alpina. It’s called our model Boom. It’s available both in a girl’s version and a boy’s version. This happens to be the Boom X, which the design purpose here or the idea behind the boot was we wanted to give a little bit more broader platform. These particular boots are designed more for kids that are interested in skiing half-pipe or skiing in the terrain parks in general and doing more tricks. They’re skiing on twin tip type skis, so they need a broader platform for added stability, and the shell and the concept was developed accordingly. We also wanted to put a little broader, a little bigger buckle so the kids could easily get in and out of the boot, close it, adjust it accordingly, and on the bigger sizes, we also use the power strap which almost acts like a third buckle. So you can practically say it has a third type of closure with the power strap.

Alpina Boom Junior Ski Boots - Features

Alpina Boom Junior Ski Boots – Features: The boot is made out of polyurethane. The polyurethane shell is slightly heavier than a traditional entry level boot, but it’s much more durable. And we wanted to do that because of the type of skier that’s going to be interested in this type of model. Durability is a factor. It also, like I said, is easy to get in and out of. It has great padding, very soft, very warm, and it’s a little bit broader in the front so the little bit wider stance, good toe room, so the kids will have a nice warm boot. This also has the PU insert on the bottom and is fully recognized by Din, so it fits and can be adjusted to any binding on the market today.

Alpina Boom Junior Ski Boots - Who the boot is for

Alpina Boom Junior Ski Boots - Who the boot is for: The two-buckle closure, very easy to operate, very simple for the skiers to get in and out of the boot, which is something that is a feature that people like. You can easily spread it apart, and like I said, it’s very much designed for the kids that are interested in more terrain-type skiing with the twin tip type skis. So, this is available both in a girl’s version, little different color combination, and the Boom X and the translucent shell.

Chris Freeman - About Racing

Chris Freeman - About Racing: I raced pretty much the entire World Cup calendar which starts in late November and ends at the end of March. There’s a race probably on average every other week in there. Sometimes there are two races a week. Sometimes there’s no race. It’s a pretty long grueling schedule. You have the World Championships and the Olympics in there sometimes. So I have to be at my best for five months a year.

Chris Freeman - About Sport

Chris Freeman - About Sport: If a ten year old kid came up to me and told me he wanted to be a world class cross country skier, I’d tell him that he picked a good sport because it’s fun and the more work you put into it, the more work you get out of it. It’s not a sport you pick up over night. Every time you go out you get better, you get stronger. And if you’re starting at ten years, that’s a great thing. For a recreational skier, I don’t think there is a better form of exercise than cross country skiing. You burn more calories than any other activity in the world. It combines strength, cardiovascular, and coordination. You’re not going to pick up the technique over night. It’s not an instant gratification sport, you will over time get better and better and that’s a valuable thing. I don’t think that everything should be real easy.

Chris Freeman - Being Diabetic

Chris Freeman - Being Diabetic: I found out that I was a Type I diabetic the year before the 2002 Olympics happened. I found it in a U.S. Ski Team routine blood test, so I caught it really early in the progression of the disease. It’s a definite challenge to compete at the elite level and I am the most accomplished endurance athlete with diabetes in the world. But it’s very possible to manage. I balance my insulin with my sugars, my carbo intake, but I also work very closely with the companies that make the treatments. That has taught me how important the equipment is that I use for skiing, how important the equipment is that I use to take care of my health. So when I make a choice on something, I make sure it’s the right one.

Chris Freeman - Diabetic Spokesperson

Chris Freeman - Diabetic Spokesperson: I’m the spokesperson for Eli Lilly. They make hemalog insulin. That’s the insulin that I have found to work the best for me. It’s a fast acting insulin. It’s pretty much in and out of my body in 15 minutes. I’m a spokesman for Johnson & Johnson’s company, which is Lifescan, which is a glucose testing company. I can prick my finger and get a blood glucose reading in five seconds. I do that many, many times leading up to a race in the morning. And finally, I’m a spokesman for OmniPod, which is the insulin delivery device that I use. It’s a non-traditional insulin pump that I replace every three days.

Chris Freeman - Summer Training

Chris Freeman - Summer Training: A standard day at training for me would be 2 ½ -3 hour workout in the morning which would probably be either running, classic roller skiing, or skate roller skiing. Roller skiing mimics the movements that you do on snow with kind of like a long roller blade using the same boots that I use all winter. That way I get the same feeling. Other than that (that would be the morning session), in the afternoon I do something a little bit less specific. I might go for a kayak or a swim or something for about an hour to and hour and a half in duration.

Chris Freeman - Training and History

Chris Freeman - Training and History: I pretty much train 12 months a year. I take about 2-3 weeks off at the end of the season and that’s about all I take off. Big month for me is about 100 hours. Small month would be about 70. I’ve pretty much been on the development ski team since I was 16 years old. I moved to Park City for full time residency to train with the development team when I was 20. That was in 2000. I made the actual National Ski Team after the 2002 Olympics.