RIDING IN BOOTS – WHY, WHEN AND HOW?
Let’s sum up all the pros and cons and talk about when you might be ready for boots, why use them and, more importantly, how to go about it.
WHY?
Riding boots originally came from wakeboarding, where it’s the standard. More and more kiteboarding world cup competition riders started wearing them around the time that the competition rules changed from trying to fit the maximum number of unhooked tricks into a heat, to being only allowed a limited number of attempts, which meant that quality and power became more important than quantity. Riders were landing more tricks in
