spaamport Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I don't understand how any snowboarder goes in the trees with confidence WITHOUT a hardboot setup. Maybe my old softie setup sucked worse than most when I was a kid, but I just don't trust the response of a soft setup when I need to make some tight quick moves in the trees. My Solomon Burner 172 is heaven is the powder with hardboots. It floats and I don't have to exaggerate every motion to get it to turn in the deep -especially on toe side like you would have to in soft gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I found the transition from ski boots to snowboard boots took a couple of tries - the early hard snowboard boots were way too soft. Interesting thread though. (Soft boots... I only tried the suckers after about 10 years on hard so it's perhaps unfair to judge. United lost my boards and I had to hire the best gear I could find. The boots were professionally fitted, but they just wrecked my feet and legs. Sure I could ride with the strappy/ lacy things, but I could just as easily unbuckle my hard boots if I wanted a sloppy interface.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 :D strappy/lacey. my new favorite jab.thnx phil:eplus2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Thought I'd bump this one for all the new blood on the darkside:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 For me it was just a natural progression. My first soft boot setup felt too sloppy to me. So I switched to some Burton Torque bindings with a third strap over the shin bone and felt better. But I still felt like I wasn't able to hold as good an edge as I would like. Then I saw a friend with hard boots on a snow board. Started on hard boots and never looked back! I will admit though that I didn't relly make great gains until I hooked up with Bomber and the community here. I rode flexy & free for a couple years then saw bought and LOVED a new stiff as it got back then for a softy setup, Burton Aysm Air, Comp Boots & Torque bindings. Kept cranking them angles and digging the carve. I "thought" all was good until I went in a new-to-me shop one summers day and saw a Aysm Alp 7.0 w/ race plates mounted up and a pair of Reactor boots. I went home and noodled on it for about two hours, went back to the shop and brought it all home for 50% off list. I spent a good portion of that summer "visualizing". Fell in on the first run and never saw another hardbooter for my first two seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideGuy Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 I was a carver on soft boots. When I tried hard booting for the first time it was on boots/bindings/board that was too stiff for me. I had a hell of a time getting it going. If I had been on a proper setup it would have been way easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeho730 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 I'd say 4, but it took me about 20 days. Hasn't looked back since and probably never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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