New Harboots 05/06

Post by **domsch** » Monday 19 December 2005, 11:28

As I know, they are the following boots you can buy

- Raichle
- Head
- UPZ

Which of these manufacturer is the best?
I thaugt about buying the Indy T or the Suzuka... or probaby UPZ? Does anybody ride the actual model of the upz?
At the moment I ride a Blax Toni and it's not stiff enough I think.

Post by **RicHard** » Monday 19 December 2005, 20:13

domsch wrote:As I know, they are the following boots you can buy

- Raichle
- Head
- UPZ

Which of these manufacturer is the best?
I thaugt about buying the Indy T or the Suzuka... or probaby UPZ? Does anybody ride the actual model of the upz?
At the moment I ride a Blax Toni and it's not stiff enough I think.

If I'm not wrong, the head are the same of Blax!
I found them too low, so my leg suffered.
I like boots that go closer to the knee.

Post by **domsch** » Monday 19 December 2005, 20:16

I bought upz now

I couldn't let go this bargain...
400 CHF for new ones

(approx. 260€, 300$) incl. Intec-heel

I hope it was a good choice

Post by **RicHard** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 11:52

domsch wrote:I bought upz now
I couldn't let go this bargain...
400 CHF for new ones (approx. 260€, 300$) incl. Intec-heel
I hope it was a good choice

Ehm... where did you buy them?! It's a nice price...

Post by **domsch** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 12:52

RicHard wrote:
domsch wrote:I bought upz now
I couldn't let go this bargain...
400 CHF for new ones (approx. 260€, 300$) incl. Intec-heel
I hope it was a good choice
Ehm... where did you buy them?! It's a nice price...

I bought it from a shop, which went bankrupt or gave up the snowboard section. Because this guy was also selling a lot of f2 speedsters.

he has one paire of upz boots left I think (size

. If you are interestet you can send me a pm and I will give you his e-mail address.

Post by **Pux** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 14:56

I have UPZ boots.
They seems to be so stiff. Especially for carving. Isn't it?
I feel Suzuka as more comfortable.

Post by **domsch** » Wednesday 21 December 2005, 15:03

Pux wrote:I have UPZ boots.
They seems to be so stiff. Especially for carving. Isn't it?
I feel Suzuka as more comfortable.

I unfortunately couldn't try them yet

I hope I can this week-end.
They should be stiff, I use this for my speedster rs --> raceboots, so I thnk they are ok.
I still have a soft blax toni, so I can use this for freecarving. Because I read, that the intec system is not really good for EC, and on my RS I have intec.. (I am to lazy XD)

Post by **RicHard** » Thursday 22 December 2005, 10:34

domsch wrote:I bought it from a shop, which went bankrupt or gave up the snowboard section. Because this guy was also selling a lot of f2 speedsters.

he has one paire of upz boots left I think (size . If you are interestet you can send me a pm and I will give you his e-mail address.

It would be my size!

Where would it be located? Country?
Thanks a lot!
My email address is "proto163NOSPAMNOSPAMNO_SPAMhotmail.com"
(pull out UPPERCASE and underscore!)
Thanks a lot!

Post by **groovastic** » Monday 9 January 2006, 11:09

domsch wrote:As I know, they are the following boots you can buy

- Raichle
- Head
- UPZ

Which of these manufacturer is the best?
I thaugt about buying the Indy T or the Suzuka... or probaby UPZ? Does anybody ride the actual model of the upz?
At the moment I ride a Blax Toni and it's not stiff enough I think.

I've got UPZ racing RSV boots and like them, but their liners do not fit my leg best so I've had some shin bang problems. Another problem is that they are very very stiff if it's cold outside! The best temperature for them is between 0 and -10 deg C.

My friend got Indy after selling UPZ and likes it very much

Post by **frunobulax** » Monday 9 January 2006, 11:20

The UPZ boots are now sold under the Virus label. Frank from Virus told me the 06 model is somewhat softer and there are new liners which should fit into the old ones as well.

Post by **SerG** » Wednesday 11 January 2006, 17:23

What do you guys think about the Burton Wind hardboots ??

Post by **Silber** » Wednesday 11 January 2006, 17:33

haven't tried them, but with my reactor I had to ride on walk mode for EC. Which is kind of ok, but you MUST carve the inside plastic of the back boot otherwise you'll get stuck inside like me last year in Zinal with damage to my ankle for 4 months...

Plus the burton have a longer foot for the same mondo size which require steeper angles to avoid boot overhang. To give you an idea the NW for same shoe size are approx 1.5cm shorter. That means 5 to 10 degrees difference in angle if you have a 27.5 mondo like me.

Post by **pokkis** » Wednesday 11 January 2006, 17:38

Silber wrote:1.5cm shorter

Are you refering binding setting or sole length ?

Post by **Malecky** » Saturday 4 March 2006, 18:00

Hi!

My Blax/Head Stratos boots are falling appart and would like to buy new boots strictly for extremecarving.

Which boots sold new or used would be best? I would also like to mount a custom spring sistem on them.

What are the options? Would like quite soft and comfortable boots.

Post by **Silber** » Monday 6 March 2006, 9:51

For Pokkis: 1.5 cm in binding settings..!! To give you the idea, my girlfriend with Heads (39 shoe size) can use my bindings without moving them!!!!!!!!

For Malecky: My Blax Frank are the most comfortable of all, especially if you put the modified spring system on the back. Find them used, otherwise buy the head stratos (there is also a cheaper softer version on ebay for €75 new, which has the Blax Tony spring system. Not sure if you can modify those..

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