Guest AlpineYami Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 do yo think rachel's ski boot would work for alpine snowboarding?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Had 2 sets of flexions, worked great w/ burton 5 hole plates but use sb series now w/ intec SI's . ski boots = stiff boot ..use more flexable plates (burton race) otherwise if you use them with catek/bombers you will get beat up...stiff plate/stiff boot=ouch. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlpineYami Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 how does burton race looks like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Originally posted by AlpineYami how does burton race looks like? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3651100278&category=21248 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 Anton Pogue still races with Raichle ski boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 I wish rachlie would make a snowboard design based off the old rachlie flexion design . The sb series has a too soft foward flex unless you lock them down . The flexion gave a progressive stiffer flex without locking the rear lever (didnt have one)....I learned using them so I am somewhat baised about the design. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlpineYami Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 yea, rachele boot feels soo tight when i use it for ski. but i never tried it with alpine sb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciek Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Originally posted by philfell Anton Pogue still races with Raichle ski boots. Does he still race? I thought he was retired. He is my age... just before 40 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciek Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Originally posted by P06781 I wish rachlie would make a snowboard design based off the old rachlie flexion design . The sb series has a too soft foward flex unless you lock them down . The flexion gave a progressive stiffer flex without locking the rear lever (didnt have one)....I learned using them so I am somewhat baised about the design. Jim That's good, but since we work our legs and knees asymmetricly the stiffnes in both boots may not need to be the same. I locked one of my AF to be stiff enough... but as far as the other ("back" foot) I keep it soft as possible to avoid tucking knees. I bet that any ski boots do not promote the best movement and technique, but for those who already know how to carve.... They may simply customize them. Also in snowboard boots, some theory says, latteral flexibility is more important and I guess ski boots do not have that right for asymmetric setup of a snowboarder on single piece of riding hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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