Ski boot

A ski boot comprising a lower part and a cuff, said lower part being a hard shell for taking up the foot of a skier, said cuff extending above said hard shell for gripping the lower leg of said skier, said cuff being pivotable forwardly and backwardly in relation to said hard shell, said hard shell and said cuff being connected laterally by lever bands which reinforce the lateral sides of said cuff and are pivotable about pivot points arranged on both lateral sides of said hard shell, said lever bands being rigidly connected to free ends of an U-shaped part which is pivotable together with said lever bands said U-shaped part surrounding the rear of said boot at least one piston being rigidly connected with said U-shaped part to cooperate in a force-transmitting manner with at least one elastic compression element which is arranged in at least one cylindrical receptacle, which extends above said shell and is connected to said hard shell by an intermediate means allowing said receptacle to pivot together with said cuff, said compression element limiting the forward pivoting movement to 40 degrees and backward pivoting movement to 5 degrees of said cuff in relation to said hard shell by progressively increasing resistance of said compression element.