Snow sports

Ski and snowboard boot recalls

Ski and snowboard boots are among the most expensive footwear in our archive and the group most likely to be fixed rather than refunded.

11 recalls cover alpine, touring, telemark, cross-country and snowboard boots. 7 offer a repair, usually a replacement part fitted by the shop, and 5 name women’s sizes. Stated prices go as high as $1,000. The notice with the most reports before recall is Maestrale RS and Maestrale Men’s Ski Boots, with 605 reports.

Almost every recall here is a fall hazard: when a cuff pivot, buckle or sole interface fails, the boot can release or lose support on the slope.

11recalls since 2005

58kU.S. units recalled

Fallsmost common hazard (10)

2026latest recall

By hazard

Falls10

Other1

By decade

2000s2

2010s6

2020s3

This group against all 103 footwear recalls

The widest gap is in the share of notices that offer a repair or replacement, 89% here against 33% across the archive. Next is the share that date from 2015 or later, 82% against 32%.

Measure	This group	All footwear
Median units per recall	2,300	7,200
Median stated price	$625	$38
No reports before recall	27%	40%
Refund offered	33%	81%
Repair or replacement offered	89%	33%
Median time on sale	13 months	7 months
Recalled in 2015 or later	82%	32%

Every recall, newest first

Falls Head Ski Boots

Head USA

Apr 9, 20261,365 unitsAdult / unisex Falls Fischer RC4 Junior Ski Boots

Fischer Sports

Apr 11, 20241,460 unitsChildren’s Falls F1 LT and F1 GT Ski Boots

SCARPA North America

Feb 23, 2023770 unitsAdult / unisex Falls Maestrale RS and Maestrale Men’s Ski Boots

SCARPA North America

Nov 21, 20194,200 unitsMen’s Falls Snowboard boots

Burton

Jul 11, 20184,800 unitsAdult / unisex Falls Arc’teryx Procline boots

Arc’teryx

Aug 24, 20173,900 unitsAdult / unisex Falls Khion ski boots

Salewa North America

Oct 14, 20161,300 unitsAdult / unisex Falls Snowboard Boots with Boa Secondary Reels

Boa

Feb 18, 201633,000 unitsAdult / unisex Falls F1 EVO Ski Boots with Tronic system component

SCARPA North America

Mar 11, 20152,100 unitsAdult / unisex Falls Rossignol Cross-Country Boots

Rossignol

Jul 14, 20093,000 unitsAdult / unisex Other Scarpa T2X Telemark Ski Boots

Black Diamond Equipment

Dec 16, 20052,300 unitsAdult / unisex

Data: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall database, checked October 20, 2026. How we sort recalls into groups.