Trick hard shell stiffness

[Horton]

I asked this question in another thread but it didn't get a whole lot of play so I'm asking again.... my current trick hard shell cuff moves forwards and backwards quite freely. Do any of you trickers have a strong opinion about how much resistance there should be on your ankle cuff?

[NZswerver]

Black cuff reflex ?

[Martin]

I prefer softer for hands, stiffer for toes. I've seen many use soft for toes as well. Personal preference really whichever works better.

[gsm_peter]

My 2 cents as a low point tricker.

I use black Reflex and find it to soft.

Would like to find something a bit stiffer.

 

[Horton]

I'm using The Syndicate shell or a white cuff Reflex. Both are very loose in forward movement.

 

@Martin any suggestions on stiffening up the shell? I thought about changing liners but that seems like a crapshoot.

[lpskier]

You can find or make a plastic tongue and buckle it into the boot under all three buckles to stiffen up the boot. Works for slalom as well.

[Martin]

@horton liners can make a huge difference. Thivk intuition liner. Adding 4th buckle makes a big difference too. I could never trick in reflex for that reason. Preferred FM for tricks which is much stiffer. Adding a plastic tongue should help too like @lpskier says.

[Horton]

Ok thanks

[BraceMaker]

@Martin assume you’re running a wrap style liner with 2 cuff buckles? Or 3 shell 1 cuff?

[Martin]

@brucemaker wrap liner with 2 cuff buckles

[BraceMaker]

@Martin thought so huge difference between these two FM shells and big difference between these two wrap liners.

 

[BraceMaker]

Yellow shell cuff and shell cut low front tabs cut back and lowered rear V notch hole bigger and lower. Cuff pinned forwards. Single buckle. Black shell twin straps V notch full front tabs full coverage dual buckle full cuff. The Denali liner is much firmer than the protour liner and IMO forms better.