Originally Posted by
onenerdykid
Just did a podcast about this new boot and it's components over at Blister. Basic summary is this:
1. New Hawx Ultra retains the fit and customization potential of current Ultra but gets a 25% more stable construction and about a 100g weight gain. Still a full PU/PU construction with emphasis on improved skiing performance.
2. Atomic Professional Series - new complete boots, Mimic Professional liners (also available aftermarket) and Professional Dual Straps (also available aftermarket).
3. Mimic Professional liners combine our heat moldable Mimic technology and our Redster foam technology used on the World Cup. The Mimic material, heat moldable plastic tongue, heat moldable carbon fiber cuff & injected foam cure and harden together creating a fit unlike any other foam liner on the market. Your foot shape completely captured in the liner. They are available in Redster TI/STI, Redster CS, Hawx Ultra, and Hawx Prime fits. There are also 3 different tongue volumes available (our V3 Tongue System) to further perfect the fit of the boot.
4. Professional Dual Strap combines elastic elements with our patented Dual Strap. The top half of the strap sits directly on the liner tongue and the lower half sits on the cuff. The strap can be as elastic/active/damp as you want or as static/fixed as you want and anywhere in between. The main way to set it up is for the strap to be fully active during the first half of the boot's flex pattern (like skiing through choppy/rough snow) but then it becomes fixed and powerful during the latter half of the boot's flex pattern (when railing turns on groomers).