This ski package steps up from a beginner setup with the Defiance Flash Jrs ski, an Elan EL 7. 5 GripWalk binding, and Roces Idea Free boots built for a rider who's ready to ski faster and heavier than a first-timer. The binding's wider DIN range tracks a kid's growing weight and ability the same way the Idea Free boot's six-size adjustment tracks their growing foot, so one setup can carry a rider through more than one season of real progression. What Our Gearhead(R) Experts Are Saying:"My daughter went from cautious pizza turns to actually carving on this setup in one season, and I never had to touch the binding DIN or buy new boots to get her there. The boots cranked out a size over spring break and she was back on the hill the next weekend."