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Review Date
January 19, 2004 Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
 5 of 5
Used product for
Countless
Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes
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Reviewed by: Oderus(Unregistered User)
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Advanced
Price Paid:
$350.00
at Mission Snow and Ska Favorite place to ride:
Sunshine, AB Riding Style:
All Mountain/Freeride Product Year:
2000 Summary:
Love these boots! It's going to be hard to change over to another type as these boots offer everything I could want. Strengths:
Stiff boot but I never feel pain like some other people say.
Clogging is virtually non-existant.
They do weight more but I'm no wimp, I can enable the walk-mode and unlock the top strap and I can go for a run, no prob.
I never wear more than one pair of wool socks and I've gone to -35 and wasn't cold. Weaknesses:
If I HAD to pick one, weight but like I said before, it's not like they weight more than military boots, try running in those! Similar Products Used:
rentals.
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Review Date
January 26, 2003 Overall Rating
 2 of 5
Value Rating
 2 of 5
Used product for
6-15
Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5,
3 votes
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Reviewed by: Scott (Unregistered User)
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Intermediate
Price Paid:
$190.00
at Ski Shoppe Favorite place to ride:
Stratton, Vermont Riding Style:
Groomed/Slalom Product Year:
2000 Summary:
Having used these boots only several times a season for three seasons, I still have not gotten them adjusted correctly. They are compeletely uncomfortable and unusable at this point. They hurt different parts of my feet at different times of the day, sometimes my toes, from my feet sliding forward, sometimes intense heel pain. Anybody want to by mine? Strengths:
Step-in convenience, never had a clogging problem. Weaknesses:
Uncomfortable, laces become loose, too heavy and stiff when not riding. Similar Products Used:
Rental Van's, etc.
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Review Date
January 31, 2001 Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5,
3 votes
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Reviewed by: Ed Kuyper(Unregistered User)
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Advanced
, from Albuquerque, NM, USA
Price Paid:
$40.00
at Gotta love ebay Favorite place to ride:
Wolf Creek Riding Style:
All Mountain/Freeride Product Year:
2000 Summary:
All right, here is the deal.
If you are going to ride with step in bindings, you are going to have to deal with some issues. In exchange for not having to sit on your butt, you will add weith to your boots (and remove weight from your bindings), the ridgidity of the system will be in the boot and you will have to deal with clogging. The 2000 Yak has pretty much solve the clogging issue with the double shank, especially combined with some teflon spray, you should be set. The "liner" boots use the contour inside the boot to hold you foot in place. My old boots also had the velcro/cam ankle tie down, which was only slightly better than the velcro-sans-cam. The ratcheting ankle strap is wonderful. The highback in the boot allows you to have ridgid high back benefits, yet still disengage it for walking. I have done the conventional binding thing, it does offer lighter weight an reponsiveness to the board, but the clickers offer such a convenience (especially boarding with skiers) and there is a consistency to the fit on the foot. Strengths:
Support with high-back.
Ankle tie down!!!!!!
No Liner!!!!!!
Looks cool
Non clogging sole Weaknesses:
Weight, if I had to pick something Similar Products Used:
single shank shimano boot
double shank K2 boot
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Review Date
January 23, 2001 Overall Rating
2 of 5
Value Rating
2 of 5
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Reviewed by: Suzannah Sorin(Unregistered User)
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Intermediate
, from New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Price Paid:
$150.00
at Pelican Ski Shop Favorite place to ride:
Sugarbush Riding Style:
Freestyle/ Jibber Product Year:
2000 Summary:
These boots seem nice to begin with. The first few rides are stiff but comfy. I love the laces because they give a little but not too much that they loosen the boot. A slight heel lift but not too bad. They provide inserts to help with this and adjust to your riding style. The external highback is pretty much useless because when you walk the boot is so stiff you don't get the flex you think you will. Strengths:
the laces are great. Fairly warm and always water-proof Weaknesses:
Lots. The clicker get clogged with snow all the time. You think you're saving time by having step ins but you find yourself sitting there with the strap in riders using a tool to unclog the bottom and then stomp out all the snow. The break-in process was a bi*ch!!!! I still havm't broken them in. I have spent coutless days icing my ankle and shin from the crappy strap design and stiffness (especially in the tonge). Another bad quality is that the strap locking mechanism broke after maybe tem times. Similar Products Used:
rentals
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Review Date
January 10, 2001 Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
 4 of 5
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Reviewed by: John(Unregistered User)
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Intermediate
, from Cincinnati Favorite place to ride:
Snowshoe Riding Style:
Groomed/Slalom Product Year:
2000 Summary:
If you are a rookie, go for a pair of used ones. Then look forward to getting something else in a couple of years. Strengths:
Very durable. Super solid construction. I like the clicker system overall. Weaknesses:
I bought these after a 5 year snowboarding hiatus. My old "duck" boots were crap, but at least they didn't feel like I was wearing a pair of cinder blocks on my feet. How much do these things weigh?
My feet feel snug, but the laces on the uppers don't help much. This boot needs an upper power strap. The external highback is useless, because there is nothing to tighten it against your boot uppers. The boot has plently of support without weight increasing plastic highbacks, it just needs an upper strap. Zero flexibility. Similar Products Used:
None, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I would like to try a HB boot.
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