Just wondering, whats your thourghts about boots or straps

Boots are the go... Straps look good paul.j just makes them look gay.. hahaha nah...jokes

Personal preference, i prefer straps... Boots make your board heavier, and lock your ankles and feet in, can be awkward on your knees. maybe consider something like heelstraps, they are sort of in between. You won't be able to chuck your board off in the air but if u sack it hard into the water it will come off, saving your knees. I had some LF heel straps but i snapped 'em both after 'bout 6 months, they were pretty good. The only reason you would need to go bindings is if you have heaps of trouble keeping your board on all the time, otherwise if you know how to do all the tricks in straps theirs no difference except the weight of the board.

As for professionals, you will notice all of the PKRA dudes pretty much ride straps and they seem to be able to do all the moves fine. A lot of the free riders in the mags and vids however ride boots, in my opinion i think its more of an image thing.

Also if your considering going boots thier not really necessary for beginners and will hamper your upwind ability..

Just my thoughts.

either work mate, try boots, you will need to give them some time as they can be difficult to get used too. I agree with spacemonkey that they are NOT for biginners. I use boots but only because i like the feel they give (and i think they look cool), i dont need them as such, and a good rider can do aggressive tricks with straps. In the surf i would lean towards straps as they allow you to get rid of your board when it all goes bad and they allow more freedom of movement, i ride boots in the surf and when it all goes pear shaped it generally hurts more with boots rather than straps. I have bad knees and actually prefer boots as they offer extra support and cushioning. The trick is to get the right amount of duck. Ride what feels best to you, the boots V straps is kinda like Bows V C kites, pros and cons either way, both work, try them all to see whats best for you.

hey sorry off topic i beleive we need a show down to ascertain the true holder of the title "kite grom." We could have a walk off on the runway, a kite off, or a fight to the death. Or a fight to the death while kiting that would be insane.

Ah yeah boots sexually arouse me but i still prefer the convience of straps (read walking upwind and taking board off.)

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Originally posted by KiTe GrOm

boots fo sho expecially in tha surf dog. PKRA **** ride straps so they can do double pull up dingle kgb mobydick 1080's and claim it, everyone else rides boots cause its legit you have to commit, you cant pop going slow in boots.

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boots fo sho in tha surf dog??? lol and they say the kids cannot spell or speech good england....Haha right on hommie go the ghetto kitecrew!

Kite Grom why dont you go marry DRE or MOE then -- keep worshipping them they are truly taking the sport to the sport to the next level. They are stylists, and they do stuff pretty powered. But come on, flat 3's, they were being done on the very first vids. Boots dont mean anymore commitment that is complete bull sh!t. Boots can be good no doubt, but are they necessary to be able to do all the moves, No.

nah bra im not from tannum (wish i was tho sick kiting there) you obviously don't ride boots tho or you wouldnt be bashing them. never said you had to wear boots or that they were necessary to do all the moves ethier. just said you could do stuff faster and more powered, plus you have to ride more powered and with more speed to pop (cuts out those mobe 1650's), also helps alot with landing hard off a wave. as for dre, moe etc... never said they were "the sh!t" did i? i never even mentioned anything about kbmag did i? kiterdan sounds like you have a serious complex issue you need to get sorted.

I recon boots look like calapas, You know like a spaz wear cause they aint no good at walking.
When you see the PKRA kids in real life you will understand expensive boots arent needed for riding powered.

too many people thinking about style and not enough on learning new tricks thats why australia is getting left behind in the kiting world, but hey we can do good ralley's and front rolls

terry

watch rubin lentens video braindamage towards the end there is a angle where u can see his kite when he has it low and rides FAST he dose not do anything but fronts to revert he jacks his kite up aand slows down he does a slim he puts his kite at lunch and goes as slow as possible and he does a frontmobe. this is a prime example speed kite low and style vs no speed and kite at lunch and negative style all the pkra guys are the same as the tricks get harder they slow down and put there kite at lunch and lose style. i give them a year and they will have **** down(maybe) but at the moment there is a huge diffrence between style and technical ****.

hmm maybe on video but in a single photo a mobe looks really bad. so think what u want

How about in real life happy? unless your claiming even single back mobes i don't think u can 'dis the prka guys.

haha yeah austalia is behind, you are right. well alot of it is there is only a minority of the country who has got the right idea and is not only focusing on technical tricks but making simple tricks look more than what they are. if you put boots on some of the people doin the pkra most likely outcome will be that they will try to do one of them mobe 1590s and fail horrifically. and will continue to do so until they get use to riding boots. and that is wat sum ppl are afraid of with boots. but once you get use to them everything you do looks and feals really solid

are u **** kidding

on average ppl who ride boots look alot better to people who ride straps.
Find me the same move in straps and in boots and i bet you that the one in boots will look better