Patent ID: 8074380

Claim:
A ski boot system with a modular binding interface comprising: a shell configured to encase a user's foot and a portion of a user's lower leg, wherein the shell includes a base, toe, and heel; a first block releasably coupled to the shell substantially sagittally below the base, wherein the first block includes a first binding interface surface extending distally from the toe of the shell, and wherein the first block includes a first sole surface configured as the lowest sagittal surface of the ski boot system; and a second block configured to modularly couple to the shell substantially below the base in exchange for the first block, wherein the second block includes a second binding interface surface and a second sole surface, and wherein the distance between the second binding interface surface and the shell is sagittally different from than the distance between the first binding interface surface system and with respect to the shell, and wherein the distance between the second sole surface and the shell is substantially sagittally the same as the distance between the first sole surface and with respect to the shell.