mercredi 31 décembre 2014
ThirtyTwo Prime Boots
Posted on 07:28 by Immigration
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I wanted to share my impressions of the ThirtyTwo Prime after having 15 days in them so far this season. I am moving from ThirtyTwo Lashed boots, which in my opinion are too soft. The Lashed turn into wet noodles after about 20 days in them. Probably fine for a park rider or someone that likes softer boots, but I generally avoid the park aside from hitting a kicker or box every once in a while. After breaking my ankle at the end of last season, I looked into a stiffer boot for more support. ThirtyTwo boots use a reference model that matches my foot well, so I wanted to stick with them. I wear size 10 boots and bought these boots for $349.99 directly from ThirtyTwo since my local shop didn't carry this particular model. I offered to special order them through the shop, but they thought it would be easier if I just bought them myself and agreed to heat mold the liners for me if I brought them back in.
Starting with the liner, the ThirtyTwo Prime uses a Level 3 (ThirtyTwo marketing lingo) heat moldable intuition foam liner. It's definitely worth taking the time to heat mold these liners. The liners also come with an integrated pocket for a heel hold kit, which is a really nice feature. Inside the box is a pack of foam "O" rings -- You get 4 x 5.00mm thickness and 4 x 3.00mm thickness. This allows you to stack them as needed and insert into the pocket that is located along the side back of the liner. I didn't need to use the heel hold kit yet, but I keep the foam "O" rings in my boot bag since they may come in handy as the season progresses and the boots pack out a bit more.
The stock footbed is actually pretty good compared to a lot of others on the market. It is one of ThirtyTwo's Level 3 footbeds made of evolution foam. It felt fine with decent arch support and cushion, but I ended up swapping it out for a pair of Remind The Cush footbeds. The size 10 - 10.5 Remind insoles fit perfectly.
The Prime is a traditional lace boot, which I prefer. It gives you ultimate flexibility in terms of tweaking the amount of support you want. It's really easy to adjust based on my preference that particular day. I usually lace up everything tight starting with the toe box and using double overhand knots to lock things in place after each eyelet. That said, you could easily tighten the toe box and use a double overhand knot before you hit the first set of eyelets to lock that in place and then lace up the rest of the boot loosely to give you a softer flex on the days you want things to feel a bit more relaxed / playful. One other nice thing, the boots come with a spare set of laces (standard was white and spare set was a lime green for the gray version of the boots). I did find that the ThirtyTwo laces aren't that durable. After 15 days, the white laces are already starting to show signs of tearing where they wrap around the eyelets. I like to keep them laced up tight, so that is likely putting a lot of pressure on them and the metal eyelets are ripping into the nylon laces. Not a big deal since laces are easily replaced.
The boots are super comfortable. They are stiff and responsive, but they still feel like snowboard boots rather than hard boots. They work great with both Diodes and Genesis bindings. You really feel like the energy transitions directly from body to boot to binding for a very responsive feel. This is a big improvement over my Lashed and Cartels from last year's setup, where there was a noticeable "lag" in the responsiveness towards the end of the season as the boots softened up. The outer construction of the Prime is also really durable compared to my Lashed. My bindings were tearing into the back heel of my Lashed boots, while the Prime's have no indication of wear so far.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with these boots and would recommend them for any rider that wants a comfortable, stiff and responsive boot.
Let me know if you have any specific questions or want more details on anything I failed to cover.
Starting with the liner, the ThirtyTwo Prime uses a Level 3 (ThirtyTwo marketing lingo) heat moldable intuition foam liner. It's definitely worth taking the time to heat mold these liners. The liners also come with an integrated pocket for a heel hold kit, which is a really nice feature. Inside the box is a pack of foam "O" rings -- You get 4 x 5.00mm thickness and 4 x 3.00mm thickness. This allows you to stack them as needed and insert into the pocket that is located along the side back of the liner. I didn't need to use the heel hold kit yet, but I keep the foam "O" rings in my boot bag since they may come in handy as the season progresses and the boots pack out a bit more.
The stock footbed is actually pretty good compared to a lot of others on the market. It is one of ThirtyTwo's Level 3 footbeds made of evolution foam. It felt fine with decent arch support and cushion, but I ended up swapping it out for a pair of Remind The Cush footbeds. The size 10 - 10.5 Remind insoles fit perfectly.
The Prime is a traditional lace boot, which I prefer. It gives you ultimate flexibility in terms of tweaking the amount of support you want. It's really easy to adjust based on my preference that particular day. I usually lace up everything tight starting with the toe box and using double overhand knots to lock things in place after each eyelet. That said, you could easily tighten the toe box and use a double overhand knot before you hit the first set of eyelets to lock that in place and then lace up the rest of the boot loosely to give you a softer flex on the days you want things to feel a bit more relaxed / playful. One other nice thing, the boots come with a spare set of laces (standard was white and spare set was a lime green for the gray version of the boots). I did find that the ThirtyTwo laces aren't that durable. After 15 days, the white laces are already starting to show signs of tearing where they wrap around the eyelets. I like to keep them laced up tight, so that is likely putting a lot of pressure on them and the metal eyelets are ripping into the nylon laces. Not a big deal since laces are easily replaced.
The boots are super comfortable. They are stiff and responsive, but they still feel like snowboard boots rather than hard boots. They work great with both Diodes and Genesis bindings. You really feel like the energy transitions directly from body to boot to binding for a very responsive feel. This is a big improvement over my Lashed and Cartels from last year's setup, where there was a noticeable "lag" in the responsiveness towards the end of the season as the boots softened up. The outer construction of the Prime is also really durable compared to my Lashed. My bindings were tearing into the back heel of my Lashed boots, while the Prime's have no indication of wear so far.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with these boots and would recommend them for any rider that wants a comfortable, stiff and responsive boot.
Let me know if you have any specific questions or want more details on anything I failed to cover.
ThirtyTwo Prime Boots
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