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New UPZ/VIRUS hardboots 2007/2008


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I'm just gonna get some ski boots. I haven't actually put them in but having an intec heel would make it a huge pain to remove. I could just as easily go into the car and get ski boots. Someone (I think Bobdea) told me about that hassel but I just bought them anyway. I only skied twice this year anyway. One of these years I'm just gonna sell my skis because I have way more fun on a board. Not next year though.

Ahh, yes it is a PITA to swap 'em out, but I got used to it. Not too bad. I suppose I like to use the same boots which are already molded to my feet, and they're soft enuf to do fun skiing.

By any chance have they changed the POS walk/ride mechanism? The old one was a PITA since it always flipped closed if you walked in any kind of powder. It would work better if they just turned it upside down.

Well, I never have flip my walk/ride mode lever, but once. I just leave 'em in ride mode.

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ya I actually love the boots. I have 31 days of riding on them so far. It all healed up well. All thats left is that there is a little bump on that shin now thats not a problem at all though. The liners just didn't match my leg type probably.

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Get the thermoflex and have 'em molded to your feet.

already did and it made all the difference. Well that and the booster strap which I recommend to everyone.

I still get the occassional hot spot which goes away after lunch when i loosen my boot, take out the liner then reinsert it, but hopefully that will go away next year when I get some custom footbeds.

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booster straps as in adding another one to already existing one? and as for me, during lunch, i just loosen' em up and then strap 'em back on. i still get those shin-rubbing as well as ankle socket rubbin'. sometimes it hurts, but im so used to it. most of the time the ankle/shin rubbing occurs when im skiing, not snowboarding. snowboarding, its no problem, really. well except for trying to get my feet -out- of my boots. easy to get in but a bitch to get 'em off.

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I wasn't aware you already had one. I can never ride without them now because it feels too loose, even with the buckles down as tight as possible. Have you ever been 100% comfortable in them? I've had a handful of days where they just worked for me with no glitches, then others where I kinda suffer half the day till they feel like slippers after lunch.

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Booster straps have sections of elastic material (one two or three layers) where the "power straps" that come with the boots do not. I've found that I prefer the booster straps, as I can dial in some preload, something you can't do with the power straps. Totally kills any shin bang instantly.

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I wasn't aware you already had one. I can never ride without them now because it feels too loose, even with the buckles down as tight as possible. Have you ever been 100% comfortable in them? I've had a handful of days where they just worked for me with no glitches, then others where I kinda suffer half the day till they feel like slippers after lunch.

Yep, 100% comfortable I have been on several occassion. For snowboarding, that is. Skiing, its a hit and miss. 3rd season on 'em.

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