Oh, by the way... according to Ski (or Skiing) Magazine and Harald Harb... You cannot carve in a Krypton.. as shown err not in this photo... :blink:
Obviously a doctored photo. You've got to love brilliant generalizations like that......
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Let's talk Kryptons
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Obviously a doctored photo. You've got to love brilliant generalizations like that......
Oh, by the way... according to Ski (or Skiing) Magazine and Harald Harb... You cannot carve in a Krypton.. as shown err not in this photo... :blink:
Carving is overrated anyway..
gmcunni
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are krytpons generally considered a "bump" boot? seems like everyone with bump skis has krypton boots.
mondeo
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Everyone at Sundown with bump skis has Kryptons, except for Pat. Because he feels the need to be different.
Freeride overall. Very popular with bump skiers because of the flex, similar to the Full Tilt, but also used a bit for cliff hucking and freestyle.
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Maybe a bit, but I'd still like to be able to do that. Racing influence perhaps.
I bought mine for cliff hucking.
I bought mine for the Super Pipe
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Sorry, bro. A 3 foot tall seeded mogul is not a cliff... :lol:
severine
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Really? I thought it was so you could get some rad dumper air....
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My skinny ass in a race suit is disturbing for me to even just think about. Perhaps you can tuck yourself into that though. :razz:
I only cliff huck when I'm by myself. I don't want any of the rest of you to feel inadequate.
gmcunni
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spoken like a true bumper ;-)
Yeah, I'm sure a medium spandex suit would look great on me.
That's just an added benefit.
It's just because I'm too scared to go fast enough to truly carve on any sort of pitch.
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lots of top mogul skier are using the krypton or full tilt boot, basically the same three piece design, the two has its own tweaks to give various advantages; location of the middle buckle, heel lifts and liners. The other popular boot among mogul skier is a modified lange where they alter some of the internals to give a softer flex.
Having said that, the boot doesn't give you the skills to make that line but it makes the learning process easier. Biggest upside for me was no more shin bang and flexing to load the front of the ski.
I would use mine for that, but Sundown is lame and doesn't have a small to medium size pipe to work my way up to a super pipe with.
I honestly bought mine just to try a different shell design. I never tried the old Flexon's, I needed new boots, I liked the idea of being able to customize the boot both with the molding and all the doo hickeys, so I gave the Krypton a shot as it appeared to fit my foot well.
As mentioned prior, as I'm not someone who likes a real soft boot, I don't think I fully appreciate that benefit like some of the other bumpers do. So far, so good, but I'm pretty sure if I had a moldable liner in a standard overlap shell design race boot, I'd be equally as happy with that.
edited to add: and I really don't quite understand why some people prefer a softer boot for skiing bumps. I've never had issues with shin bang in the past and I find that a stiffer a boot is more precise and allows for a greater amount of power to get transferred to the ski. I liken it to having really tight steering in a car.
As mentioned prior, as I'm not someone who likes a real soft boot, I don't think I fully appreciate that benefit like some of the other bumpers do. So far, so good, but I'm pretty sure if I had a moldable liner in a standard overlap shell design race boot, I'd be equally as happy with that.
edited to add: and I really don't quite understand why some people prefer a softer boot for skiing bumps. I've never had issues with shin bang in the past and I find that a stiffer a boot is more precise and allows for a greater amount of power to get transferred to the ski. I liken it to having really tight steering in a car.
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The problem I had on my Nordicas is they were a bit more of an upright stance, or at least they didn't flex forward enough to stay stacked (or at least as close to stacked as this poser can get). It seemed like my lower leg was always perpendicular at 90 degrees to the ski. At least with the Kryptons, I can't blame the boot. :lol: As far as edging goes, I've never felt the boot was a hindrance there. Very quick and predictable side to side. Don't mistake forward flex as being an overall soft boot. It's very stiff laterally where you need it. Also, with the soft tongue you can really load the boot and get a nice pop out of the turn.
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