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A boot is provided for engagement with a binding mounted to an article for gliding on snow. The boot includes a boot body having a toe portion, a heel portion and a lower region, and has a length extending in a toe-to-heel direction. A first member is supported by the boot body and is moveable betwe

A boot is provided for engagement with a binding mounted to an article for gliding on snow. The boot includes a boot body having a toe portion, a heel portion and a lower region, and has a length extending in a toe-to-heel direction. A first member is supported by the boot body and is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position, the first member includes a contact portion extending beyond the boot body for releasably engaging a portion of the binding. The length of the boot with the first member in the extended position is greater than the length of the boot with the first member in the retracted position. The first member may extend beyond the toe portion of the boot body in the extended position, or may extend beyond the heel portion. In the extended position, the first member may be engageable with a bail portion of the binding. The boot may also include a second member supported by the boot body and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position such that the second member also includes a contact portion extending beyond the boot body for releasably engaging a portion of the binding in its extended position. The length of the boot with the second member in the extended position is greater than the length of the boot with the second member in the retracted position. The second member may also extend from either the toe portion or the heel portion of the boot body and may be moveable independent of the first member.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A boot adapted for engagement with a binding that includes at least one of a first binding component and a second binding component to engage the boot to the binding, the binding being mountable to an article for gliding, the first binding component including at least one

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A boot adapted for engagement with a binding that includes at least one of a first binding component and a second binding component to engage the boot to the binding, the binding being mountable to an article for gliding, the first binding component including at least one bail, the second binding component being bail-less, the boot comprising:a boot body having a toe portion, a heel portion and a lower region, the boot having a length extending in a toe-to-heel direction;a first binding engagement member supported by the boot body and being moveable between and maintainable in, independently of the first or second binding components, a first position and an extended position, the length of the boot in the toe-to-heel direction with the first binding engagement member in the extended position being greater than the length of the boot in the toe-to-heel direction with the first binding engagement member in the first position, the first binding engagement member in the extended position including a ledge forming a contact portion extending beyond the boot body that is engageable with the at least one bail of the first binding component to engage the boot to the binding when the binding includes the first binding component, the contact portion not being engageable with the at least one bail of the first binding component when the first binding engagement member is in the first position.