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Northwave Kevin Jone 02/03 model - anyone riding them?
hi,
i've got my eye on a 2nd hand pair of these (10 days use) and wondered if anyone could give me some feedback on them? specifically, how stiff are they? do they have heat mouldable liners? i'm using 02/03 legends at the moment and finding tham a little flexy now that my carving is improving. i've scoured the web for info, but there isn't much. would be helpful for manufacturers to archive their previous years sites ... thanks in advance C. |
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Northwave Kevin Jone 02/03 model - anyone riding them?
I wear these, and they are fairly nice.. They're my first pair of
snowboarding boots (previously used rental boots), and they are much more comfortable than rental boots.. People have said KJs are stiff boots and not recommended for beginners, but I seem to have no problems with the stiffness level. I'm not sure about the heat moldable lining part, but I believe they are heat moldable, i just haven't used heat to mold it.. I've ridden them twice now for about 12 hours each session, and the bottom rubber sole on one of the boots is ripping off already. Also the side of the boots are getting tears from fitting too tight into my binding.. I believe the rubber sole coming off is due to that as well, since that is the foot that comes in and out of the board the most often (the back foot). I believe the soles can be epoxied or something back on in case it gets worse, but otherwise the boots are great, and I got them at a discount for being last year's model. If you have northwave legends, I can't imagine the boots being any better than what you currently have now as I personally don't think boots make a big performance difference.. more or less just a comfort preference. If you can get the boots extremely cheap, i'd say go for it to have a 2nd pair of boots lying around. Otherwise, i'd stick with your orig. ones if there are no problems with it. The other thing that affected me was the toebox area, of my left foot. The left side of my left foot is slightly cramped in there, but it is not noticeable at all after a run or two.. Alex "copek" wrote in message ... hi, i've got my eye on a 2nd hand pair of these (10 days use) and wondered if anyone could give me some feedback on them? specifically, how stiff are they? do they have heat mouldable liners? i'm using 02/03 legends at the moment and finding tham a little flexy now that my carving is improving. i've scoured the web for info, but there isn't much. would be helpful for manufacturers to archive their previous years sites ... thanks in advance C. |
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Northwave Kevin Jone 02/03 model - anyone riding them?
thanks for a helpful reply! i think i'll get another year out of my legends
then .... cheers, C "Alex" wrote in message om... I wear these, and they are fairly nice.. They're my first pair of snowboarding boots (previously used rental boots), and they are much more comfortable than rental boots.. People have said KJs are stiff boots and not recommended for beginners, but I seem to have no problems with the stiffness level. I'm not sure about the heat moldable lining part, but I believe they are heat moldable, i just haven't used heat to mold it.. I've ridden them twice now for about 12 hours each session, and the bottom rubber sole on one of the boots is ripping off already. Also the side of the boots are getting tears from fitting too tight into my binding.. I believe the rubber sole coming off is due to that as well, since that is the foot that comes in and out of the board the most often (the back foot). I believe the soles can be epoxied or something back on in case it gets worse, but otherwise the boots are great, and I got them at a discount for being last year's model. If you have northwave legends, I can't imagine the boots being any better than what you currently have now as I personally don't think boots make a big performance difference.. more or less just a comfort preference. If you can get the boots extremely cheap, i'd say go for it to have a 2nd pair of boots lying around. Otherwise, i'd stick with your orig. ones if there are no problems with it. The other thing that affected me was the toebox area, of my left foot. The left side of my left foot is slightly cramped in there, but it is not noticeable at all after a run or two.. Alex "copek" wrote in message ... hi, i've got my eye on a 2nd hand pair of these (10 days use) and wondered if anyone could give me some feedback on them? specifically, how stiff are they? do they have heat mouldable liners? i'm using 02/03 legends at the moment and finding tham a little flexy now that my carving is improving. i've scoured the web for info, but there isn't much. would be helpful for manufacturers to archive their previous years sites ... thanks in advance C. |
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Northwave Kevin Jone 02/03 model - anyone riding them?
People have said KJs are stiff
boots and not recommended for beginners, but I seem to have no problems with the stiffness level. I can understand why a stiff board might not be great for beginners, but why would stiff *boots* not be good? Other than maybe not as comfortable as softer ones? I learned to ride in my ski boots, with strap bindings, as it was way easier than in regular winter soft boots or the work boot like snowboard boots of the era, and only just recently got a pair of boots that *don't* make me want to go get my ski boots instead... |
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