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protocarver

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  1. Current Flux quiver: 3x XV, 2x XF, 1x CV. I ride the XVs on my primary boards and the XFs are on a powder deck. I love XVs – phenomenal buckles; functional, burly mounting discs; I like the straps a ton; and the best boot control I've found (comparing to Catek FR1/FR2, Union Atlas, and Burton Cartels). My kiddo has a size 12 boot and needed to migrate away from a failing pair of FR1s, so I thought the newly minted CVs would be perfect. And everything but the highbacks fell right into line with my expectations of excellence. The CV and XV baseplates feel, to hand, similarly stiff. The straps and buckles are identical. The heelcup is higher (about 11-12mm) and protrudes less heelward due to profiling. So...minimized heelcup drag that might net a few millimeters saved board width requirement. But...back to the highbacks. Take a 100% pass on Gen1 CVs. Massive fail rate. Far too soft a material. My kiddo killed the first in 5 days, the second 7 days after that, the third is faring a bit better. Gen 2 highbacks are a stronger opaque material (original Gen1s were semi-translucent). If you're set on trying CVs, I'd recommend the 23-24 models, which look great and are supposed to have solved the highback issue entirely. FWIW #1: I know from experience that you can, in fact use a carbon XV highback on the CV chassis – as long as you use at least moderate forward lean. If you like your highbacks very upright, no go because of the positioning block location on the highback (lower on VX/XF, higher on CV). FWIW #2: Although the sidewalls and heelcup of the CV chassis are taller (and provide a stiffer chassis than the XF, and similar to XV), the highback and ankle strap mounting points are not significantly higher on the sidewall. Like <5mm. Not a massive thing. And, as mentioned, the boot hold of the XV/XF chassis is peerless. I'm pretty sold on the XVs.
  2. Hand delivery! What? Amazing. Plus snowboard talk at handoff. Simply a fantastic transaction with a solid guy. Cheers.
  3. +1 on the demos far surpassing the actual Gen2 production run.
  4. Kessler 180GS + Hangl Plates :: SOLD Kessler 180GS (4x4) :: SOLD
  5. A, B, D parts sold and shipped. OS2s and WC parts still available.
  6. Catek OS2 Short (New) + Parts A, B, C, D - ALL SOLD
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