Atomic Hawx Prime XTD 130 BOA Ski Boots 26/27
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Description
The Atomic Hawx Prime XTD 130 BOA ski boot is for expert freeride skiers whose feet are medium-volume and who mostly ride lifts but skin to a line now and then. Atomic files it under Freeride Touring and rates it Expert. Flex is 130, the last is 100mm and labeled Medium Width / MV, and one boot weighs 1,844 g in size 26/26.5. We list Mondopoint 24/24.5 through 30/30.5.
Forward lean adjusts between 13°, 15° and 17°, defaulting to 15°. Ramp is 4°, and the cuff is regular height in every size. Shell and cuff are PU in Atomic's Prolite build. Its walk mode pairs Free/Lock 4.5 with a Frictionless Pivot, and this season's specs also carry a 54° figure. Closure combines a BOA dial (H+i1 Single Pull) and 7000-series aluminum tour buckles. Inside sits Atomic's Mimic Platinum Liner, and Mimic and Memory Fit are part of the build too.
Atomic explained these names on its 25/26 page for the earlier model. Prolite means a lightweight shell and cuff reinforced at key structural points. Free/Lock 4.5 is the ski/walk mechanism locking cuff to shell, and on that boot the cuff moved through 54°; the Frictionless Pivot uses Igus polymer bushings. Memory Fit lets heat reshape the shell and cuff plastic, and Mimic is heat-moldable plastic built into the heel and ankle of the liner.
Underfoot, Atomic specifies Complete Tech (CT) GripWalk Pads and a boot norm of GripWalk ISO 23223, and fits Investment Cast Tech Inserts. Which binding suits that sole and those inserts is for a technician to confirm before the first run or tour.
Skip it for a narrow, low-volume foot, a foot too wide for a medium last, or a skier not yet strong enough for an Expert-rated 130.
We do shell checks and heat fitting in the shop, and a technician checks your bindings with these boots.
Specs
- Flex: 130
- Last / Fit: 100mm Last: Medium Width / MV
- Shell Technology: Prolite
- Shell / Cuff Material: PU Shell / PU Cuff
- Cuff Height: Regular Cuff - All Sizes
- Boot Sole: Complete Tech (CT) GripWalk Pads
- Forward Lean: 13°, 15° (Default), 17°
- Ramp Angle: 4°
- Norm: GripWalk ISO 23223
- Weight per Boot: 1844 g (MP 26/26.5)
Details
- Type
- Ski Boots
- Vendor
- Atomic
- SKU
- AE503496024X
- UPC / GTIN
- 00887445512127
24/24.5
Atomic Hawx Prime XTD 130 BOA
Hawx Prime XTD family · 26/27BOAWalk Mode
Flex 130
Very StiffLast Width
100mm— Medium (100–101mm)
The touring parts come cheap on this boot. At Atomic's US retail it is $50 over the Hawx Prime 130 S Dual BOA, $1,200 against $1,150, and the two 26/27 datasheets list it 92 g lighter per boot, 1,844 g against 1,936 g in size 26/26.5. Same flex, same 100mm medium last. The resort Prime answers with a second BOA dial; this one counters with the walk parts on its 26/27 list, Free/Lock 4.5 and the Frictionless Pivot. For a skier who rides only lifts, the walk hardware is no reason to buy it, and the weight is no reason to pass on it.
A narrow foot belongs in the other XTD. The Hawx Ultra XTD 130 BOA costs the same $1,200, lists the same Free/Lock 4.5 and weighs 1,861 g on its datasheet, 17 g more. Choose between them on the shell: 98mm Narrow Width / LV for the Ultra, 100mm Medium Width / MV for this boot. If your foot falls between the two labels, a shell check in each settles it. The two datasheets name their soles differently as well, so whichever you buy, a technician should check your binding with that boot.
Medium is the label Atomic gives this shell; your own foot still has to agree. On the earlier model, a 24/25 test by an outside panel of bootfitters found the fit just tight for a medium and very controlled at the instep, ankles and heel; a few testers also found it a little harder to get on than the Prime XTD before it, though most took that in stride. The 26/27 boot carries a new model number and a different liner name on Atomic's data, so those findings tell us where to look first. Our first step is an empty-shell check with the liner out; heat molding comes after, aimed at the spots that press. Molding can ease a hot spot; it will not make room the shell does not have.
Think of it as a freeride boot that climbs, not a touring boot that skis. Atomic's 26/27 about line pitches it at freeride skiers, and the same 24/25 test of the earlier model liked the range of motion its Free/Lock 4.5 cuff release gave for hiking and skinning. Buy it to skin to a line, and judge it on how it skis back down.
Strengths
- +Free/Lock 4.5 walk mode comes on a 130-flex shell.
- +Medium-volume fit: the 100mm shell carries Atomic's Medium Width / MV label.
- +Heat molding is built in, Memory Fit included, per Atomic.
- +Forward lean sets to 13°, 15° (the default) or 17°.
- +Closure pairs a BOA H+i1 dial with aluminum tour buckles.
Best For
Expert skiers whose foot is medium-volume and whose days are mostly lift-served, with an occasional skin to a line.
Limitations
- −Too stiff for intermediates: Atomic rates it Expert at 130.
- −Narrow, low-volume feet will likely find the 100mm shell roomy.
- −Instep may run snug, as the earlier model's did in 24/25 testing.
Not For
Narrow, low-volume feet, which want a narrower shell than this 100mm medium last. Anyone still working up to a stiff cuff, for whom an Expert-rated 130 is too much boot. Wide feet that need more room than a medium last gives.
Common Questions
- What size Prime XTD should I get?
- We list sizes 24/24.5 to 30/30.5 in Mondopoint. Atomic's datasheet gives the 100mm without the size it is measured at, and no instep figure appears in it or the catalog list, so we measure your foot and then check it in the empty shell; street-shoe size is no guide.
- Will my bindings take the Prime XTD?
- Atomic's 26/27 datasheet lists a Complete Tech (CT) GripWalk Pads sole and a GripWalk ISO 23223 norm, while Investment Cast Tech Inserts sit on the catalog list. Neither one names a binding, so a technician needs to see your binding with these boots before you ski or tour on them.
- How is the 26/27 Prime XTD different from the earlier one?
- On Atomic's 25/26 US page the boot was model AE0002043, with different SKUs and UPCs; this one is AE0002367, and its 26/27 list names a Mimic Platinum Liner and no Power Ankle Lock (PAL), where the old page paired a Mimic Elite liner with PAL. Both list the same last label, Prolite, polyurethane shell and cuff, Free/Lock 4.5, a single-pull BOA dial and 1,844 g each at 26/26.5. The pages we read give no reason for the changes, so get fitted for this one rather than reordering the size you had.
- Can an intermediate ski the Prime XTD 130?
- Expert is the only chip Atomic lights for this boot, out of Beginner, Advanced and Expert, and its 130 is measured on Atomic's own scale. Skiers still building the forward pressure a stiff cuff needs should start in a softer flex.