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Well, it seems like the expression is back... Why? I thought this was something belonging to the past...

Never been a problem to me, you just have to know how to handle it, in case it's not due to beaten up boots...

But honestly, the last time I experienced rocker launch was several years ago when I finally got my first plastic boots. I ripped out all my 3 pin bindings from all my skis... (Who needs epoxy when you ski leathers & pins?)

Doesn't matter much to me... I mean, there's a million different ski/boots/bindings combinations, they're all good. They're just all different.

Shims..some risers have built-in compensation too..

Leathers, not shims...

Scarpa's tour oriented boots (T2 Eco, for example) have rocker in order to, according to Scarpa, provide for a more natural stride. The downhill oriented boots (T1, T Race) do not have rocker. Personally, I switch between the two and cannot tell the difference, but perhaps I'm an insensitive person.

T1's/ T-Race still have a bit of rocker..hey, it ain't no sin!
But they have very little rocker compared to the old blue T2's
which were maybe the kings of useless rocker!

perhaps I'm an insensitive person

You're not. Alpine skiers are insensitive...

I suspect that having some rocker to preserve "natural stride"
is about not having a certain angle at which the boots sort of flop
in the skis when "striding"..How much actual striding
you might do in T2's is anyone's guess..