Foothold setup

East623

East623

Location
Social Circle, GA
So here I go with another controversial question about freestyle setup. I've got a hurricane C2 carbon with the hurricane adjustable footholds and I just can't seem to stay in them long at all no matter where I adjust them. They have a lot of padding on them but I'm thinking I need to change a couple of things.

Right now I'm wearing the slippery booty type boots that are really thin. I think I can't kick really hard with them because they're so thin it hurts like hell if i really kick. It's like stubbing all of your toes every time. Are you guys running boots with a more solid toe so you can get a good kick? Wrestling shoes or what?

Also what do you guys think about heel wedges? I thought about putting either the wedge type or a solid block to hold my heels so I really wouldn't have to kick much because my feet would be locked behind the heel.

Any opinions are welcome even if it's just to call me a noob or whatever haha. This foothold situation is frustrating the hell out of me though. I tried the footrocket ones and hated them too.
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
East623 said:
So here I go with another controversial question about freestyle setup. I've got a hurricane C2 carbon with the hurricane adjustable footholds and I just can't seem to stay in them long at all no matter where I adjust them. They have a lot of padding on them but I'm thinking I need to change a couple of things.

Right now I'm wearing the slippery booty type boots that are really thin. I think I can't kick really hard with them because they're so thin it hurts like hell if i really kick. It's like stubbing all of your toes every time. Are you guys running boots with a more solid toe so you can get a good kick? Wrestling shoes or what?

Also what do you guys think about heel wedges? I thought about putting either the wedge type or a solid block to hold my heels so I really wouldn't have to kick much because my feet would be locked behind the heel.

Any opinions are welcome even if it's just to call me a noob or whatever haha. This foothold situation is frustrating the hell out of me though. I tried the footrocket ones and hated them too.
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Pat bogart, jason stoyer, Chris langlas of xmetal ride at the same lake I do. I noticed they were soccer cleats. The teeth are plastic.
 
East623

East623

Location
Social Circle, GA
Vumad said:
Pat bogart, jason stoyer, Chris langlas of xmetal ride at the same lake I do. I noticed they were soccer cleats. The teeth are plastic.
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Hmmm I could try that. I have a bunch of soccer cleats at my disposal I could try. That would make sense as to how some people kick in so solid because the toes on soccer cleats are extremely hard.
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
tobyfred said:
Indoor cleats?
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I'm not much on soccor. If I want to see acting, I'll go to the theatre.

They were plastic spikes. Not at all sharp like metal cleats. They looked like they were about 1/2" long, 3/8" wide and 1/4" deep ball park. I didn't exactly inspect their shoes. I just noticed they were cleats, asked, they lifted their foot back and said something like "yeah, soccor cleats"
 
jo5hi3

jo5hi3

Location
Charlotte NC
Spend some time adding padding. Heel locks are a good idea, I don't personally feel that the wedges do much good. I wear wrestling shoes and can kick into my holds as hard as I want. Took some time to get them setup the way I wanted and I have broken a few toes and lost a toe nail.
 
whitca

whitca

Location
Tri-Cities, WA
jo5hi3 said:
Spend some time adding padding. Heel locks are a good idea, I don't personally feel that the wedges do much good. I wear wrestling shoes and can kick into my holds as hard as I want. Took some time to get them setup the way I wanted and I have broken a few toes and lost a toe nail.
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^this. If you're experiencing stubbed toes, pad it until you don't. I prefer tight padding across the laces of my shoes with a relief for the toe area.
 
East623

East623

Location
Social Circle, GA
Okay I guess I'll try repadding my current footholds I guess. When I stubbed my toes it was always on my left foot and I kicked the hell out of the gunwhale a couple of times hahaha. I'm going to try some wrestling shoes. Anyone have any recommendations on the brand of shoes that won't fall apart immediately?
 
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