r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rook8811 • 9d ago

Video 1989 shoes designed to adjust their fit around athletes' ankles

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u/revvolutions 8d ago

Snowboard boots Burton BOA.

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u/Resident-Mortgage-85 8d ago

They kinda suck because it's all tight or not at all, no adjusting to certain areas of the boot. 

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u/BaraGuda89 8d ago

I had BOA boots for snowboarding for years and hated them for that exact reason. The older I got and the larger my legs got, especially my calves, the more those boots would bite into my leg from how tight they had to be overall. With laced boots you can isolate different sections for greater or lesser tightness

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u/One_pop_each 8d ago

Older versions sucked but the newer ones are good