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Full Tilt Classic vs Drop kick.

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Matty_K
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i was fitted for the drop kick a couple months back and i was told it was a good fit. I was also told that the drop kick and classic fit very similiar. Whats the major difference? I mean the classic is a little stiffer and is more "all mountain" oriented. Personally i am 160 pounds and ski park almost everyday, and if im not skiing park, im fooling around on my east coast mountain. I will be going to alta for a week but I dont want that being a huge factor. so classic or drop kick? or should I get the classic and a flexier tongue? sorry if this is a repost. but i would like to know soon, and yes i did searchbar. +K of course.
Aug 15 2011 1:13PM
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NoBigDeal
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go for the drop kicks
Aug 15 2011 1:18PM
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.Midwest
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Drop Kicks supposedly have a better liner than Classics. Plus it's one of the few FT boots from this year that don't look retarded. Classics don't look bad at all though, but the booters...

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gross.
Aug 15 2011 1:31PM
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_Jeffrey_
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Classics have the rigid boot board and the drop kicks have the shock absorbing boot board.
Aug 15 2011 2:48PM
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DUKES
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dks have same liners as classics
Aug 15 2011 2:51PM
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Emma_Watson
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BUMP, also interested in buying the DK's. What's so special about them, and why should I buy them?

I prefer Jibin> jumpin, and don't ride too much pow/all mountain. I'm 130lbs, can someone support my decision for a new boot next year?
Aug 15 2011 3:33PM
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andrew95
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you should only buy them if they fit your foot and your leg
Aug 15 2011 3:42PM
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tomPietrowski
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Well people hear buy them because they think they look cool, and Full tilt have good marketing. In reality there an old race boot. So FT have done very well in selling old race boots to freestylers.

If they fit your feet better then any other boot get them, if another boot fits better get that. Its as easy as that really. There is nothing speical about FT boots so dont feel like you have to have them to go in the park. Same is true for the SPK.

Aug 15 2011 3:45PM
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Emma_Watson
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Ofcourse if they fit.. They could be straight up white, I'm not a whore about what they look like. I just want to know if they're lighter or have more flex than any other boot.
Aug 15 2011 3:52PM
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Pudge
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As far as weight goes, they are the same as every other Classic shell (Seth's, Classics of course, Hot doggers) but I am not too sure if there is a weight difference between the FTi shells (Booter, High Five). But compared to a lot of the other boots i have tried, when they say half the weight they mean it. My Hot Doggers are the weight of one of my Nordica boots.

The flex is a 4 flex which is on the lower mid side of their range. I am 5' 9", 150 soaking wet and for me the 6 flex is perfect. The right balance of give but still strong enough to butter my skis and not slip out that much on big landings (I have afterbangs so I do anyway -_____-). For the flex it is more about finding what flex is good for you.

Compared to traditional i hear a 9 flex is the equivalent of a traditional 120. And each step down is roughly 10 percent. Roughly, because the flex kinda steps up. So the further you push your tongues of course the more difficult it is to flex so it's hard to give it an exact rating. So its kind of try them all ya know? Go to the shop and try flexing the DK then the Hot Doggers and then the Seth's, each is a step up

But all and all, for me the Hot Dogger is my ideal park boot and i am privileged that Full Tilts fit my feet. Hope this helps!


Aug 15 2011 8:10PM
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Matty_K
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thanks guys, i currently have sethmorrisons model from 2 years back or so from dalbello. but my bootfitter said i wouldfit in the full tilts so yeah.. i think i might go with the classics and buy an extra tongue if need be.
Aug 16 2011 5:23PM
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_GaPeRstEEzE
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> Seth Morisson
> Dalbello

pick one
Aug 16 2011 5:30PM
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Matty_K
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jeez im sorry. i got my wisdom teeth out earlier today so im a little out of it. uh i meant glen plake
Aug 16 2011 6:20PM
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_GaPeRstEEzE
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You'd better be sorry!!!!!!!
Aug 16 2011 6:27PM
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_GaPeRstEEzE
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Anyway I ski seth's with #6 flex for pretty much everything, I'm 5"9 and 145lbs

The Classics and Drop Kicks differ in bootboards and liners that's all
Aug 16 2011 6:35PM
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