LF Escalades

PraisinPlaya · Newbie Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 19 City: Lubbock

has anyone had any experience with these? i know they are made for kiteboarding, but i love the flex of the shanes and the open toes on the watsons and these seem like the best of both worlds. any opinions?

Chad H · Posted: May 20, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

They don't look too adjustable.. as far was angle of turning them.

PraisinPlaya · Newbie Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 19 City: Lubbock

they have the same pro plate as the shanes and watsons, with 2 degree increments...anyone know anything about them?

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

They are the same as the Watsons

From LF:

WATSON BOOT

...We answered with the heat moldable Liquid LinerTM…a multi dimensional, tri-density liner that was designed to wrap up and around the foot, ankle, and lower leg and give unimaginable support. “L” shaped heel kidneys create a heel pocket with extraordinary hold down. This unique liner has solid support and hold that Watson craves yet is unbelievably easy to get in and out of. The tongue opens wide enough to slide your foot in with ease while the elastic flap insures quick closure. Watson’s outer boot is the stiffest in the line working with the Pro-plate to bring you the lightest and most responsive system available. The amazing support, performance and comfort are definitely good enough to have Shawn Watson’s name on it.

ESCALADEBINDING

...We came up with the heat moldable Liquid Liner TM...which is a multi dimensional, tri-density liner that was designed to wrap up and around the foot, and ankle to give the rider unimaginable support. We also used “L” shaped heel kidneys to create a heel pocket with extraordinary hold down. The tongue opens wide enough to slide your foot in with ease while the elastic flap insures quick closure. The outer boots stiffness works in conjunction with the Pro-plate to bring you the lightest and most responsive binding system available.

PraisinPlaya · Newbie Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 19 City: Lubbock

jryoung, it also says almost the same thing about the shanes and they are nothing like the watsons, lower...more flex...etc. i believe that LF was just talkin about their liquid liners being used in both boots. does anyone have any actual experience with these? or has anyone even seen them up close?

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

When all else fails look at the pictures. The smart business decision would be to market the same boot twice. Especially for a company that doesn't make a lot of money.

Stewie · Posted: May 20, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject:

Well, they only have one area where you can lace up. And, how do you know that they are like the shanes. They could be exactly like the watsons, with the graphics of the shanes, or they could be completely different than either one of them.

RufioSwashbuckle · Posted: May 20, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject:

Stewie, Yea, if you look closely at the Escalades you'll notice that they lace up just like shoes, which leads me to believe that they would be a little more loose than a wake boot. Maybe thats because kiter's dont take really hard falls and dont really need that extra support? I would imagine that you would be able to cinch them up pretty tight though, I dunno. I like them though, they look better than the Shanes or Watsons in my opinion...

Stewie · Posted: May 21, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject:

They tighten just like the 05 teams did.

savage3221 · Posted: May 21, 2006 2:21 pm Post subject:

RufioSwashbuckle, the dual-lace system is pretty new, before there were many boots that laced up with one lace like a shoe.

Enzoborder230 · Posted: May 21, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

PraisinPlaya, i tried on the shanes, and watsons today, and they are the xactsame except for the closed toe. Same flex, same feel.

karkid · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 327 City: Tempe

it would be extremely easy to change from single lace to dual lace - just order the parts from LF and put a set in the bottom half and a set in the top half

wviveen · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 705 City: Loosdrecht

If you look at the kiteboards from LF you can see that the inserts in the board are different. Would this not be a problem when you would try to put kiteboard bindings on a wakeboard ?

Tyler~Moore · Posted: May 23, 2006 5:32 am Post subject:

the baseplates are the same. they just use of set holes for kiteboards...

wviveen · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 705 City: Loosdrecht

Yeah I noticed that the baseplates are similar... but was just curious if it would cause problems.. Does anybody now any pricing on these models ?
Similar to the wakeboard version..?

PraisinPlaya · Newbie Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Posts: 19 City: Lubbock

the escalades are going for $380...same as the watsons

Ctipping · Posted: May 23, 2006 10:54 am Post subject:

wviveen, that doesn't look like the trip at all.... Laughing

billm · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 476 City: TX

yea and besides i bought my shanes locally at a shop sale for $280 plus its better to buy something that you can easily return or trade for another at a local shop and that was built for your sport ,wakeboarding..

if i had my choice i wouldnt have bought the shanes do to the white and gold but i like the ride a lot so i bought them..if they feel and ride like the watsons then go for the nice looking black watsons..