Snowboard boot with liner harness

A snowboard boot comprising:

• an outer shell having a relatively rigid sole portion, and a flexible upper portion, the flexible upper portion including an aperture therethrough;
• a harness assembly having a flexible panel disposed in the outer shell and adapted to wrap about a portion of the ankle of a user, the flexible panel defining a pair of opposed ends and having a plurality of cord guides attached thereto;
• a tightening mechanism having a cord that extends between the opposed ends of the flexible panel, the cord slidably engaging the cord guides, and a tightening mechanism that is adapted to tension the cord, the tightening mechanism including a rotatable knob portion that extends through the aperture in the outer shell.

A boot for receiving a user's foot and ankle, the sports boot comprising:

• an outer shell having a sole fixedly attached to an upper, the upper having a high-top portion including an aperture therethrough;
• a harness assembly including a flexible panel adapted to wrap about at least a portion of the user's ankle, a plurality of cord keepers attached to the flexible panel, and a cord slidably retained by the cord keepers;
• a tightening mechanism attached to the flexible panel, and disposed to extend through the aperture in the high-top portion, the tightening mechanism engaging the cord to allow the user to selectively tension or de-tension the cord.