UPZ Boots: really "hard"boots...

[RicHard]

I've bought a pair of Upz boots, the black ones.
Since I heard rumors about the softness of such boots, I would like to say that I tried to wear the red ones and they are really soft.
But the black ones are... really stiff.
They seems to be really great, having all the features a rider need.
Spring for heelside and backside, FIVE (adjustable) buckles+powerstrep, "walk" position, canting...
I found the feeling with them from the first day of riding.
Regards,
_Richard.

[azrcd5]

I have been riding on a pair of new '05-'06 ones. (From what I understand they only come in red now. Are your black and red ones older?) I think they are great. The "extra" buckle seems to make a big diffrence. I also feel they are plenty stiff, but that is really a rider preference. "Extra" spring is also great. However, since I have big and wide feet I find that the biggest benifit from UPZ is the wide toe box and the short sole.

[RicHard]

I've got these ones:

http://www.virus-snowboards.de/img/p...r/boot_big.jpg

They are much more stiff than the red ones...
And it's true: they are smaller than my burton fire... I saved about 1.5cm of length in setting up my bindings...

[azrcd5]

Yeah that's what I'm riding only mine came from UPZ of NA so they are red. It seems like they are the same boots but red for the UPZ and black for the Virus branded UPZ. They also replaced my Fire's.

[Bordy]

Black are new reds are old. Nuff said

[RicHard]

I think that even black are becoming old (maybe I saw the new ones).

But I've got black ones from upz (not from virus) and they are stiffer than red ones (I checked both of them in the same moment in the same shop)...
Regards

[Bordy]

Black is the new plastic, soon you may see yellow proto boots if you look at some WC riders feet.

[RicHard]

Black is the new plastic, soon you may see yellow proto boots if you look at some WC riders feet.

You said it!
Yellow! Bright yellow!
:-)

[Markman]

UPZ boots come in two different plastics: a thinner polyurethane (slightly stiffer) and a thicker polyamide (less stiff). You have to specify which you want when ordering. Most people are on the the polyamide shells.

If anybody wants the full story, right from the horse's mouth, why not just contact Dan who runs UPZ Boot North America at yoja@cablerocket.com ? He doesn't participate in the Bomber forum to any great extent (I think he's pretty busy between running UPZ Boots and admin duties at Sunshine Village).

M

[scotts.Scheinman]

yeah, he is really hard to reach.