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The Driver and the women’s Dragonfly boot were developed to put riders in a more natural athletic position and to take wakeboarding to another level. For our design team it meant finding the starting place for all the input. Like every sport this starting place puts your weight on the balls of your feet. From that point you initiate heel pressure or toe pressure. As simple and as natural as it sounds wakeboarding has drifted away from this concept. The reason for the divergence is the heel hold, the use of compromising materials and inferior design. The reality is nothing’s going to work if your heel isn’t locked down. Binding developers of the past thought they had solved this problem and the problem of squirting out of the toes by building toe ramps. This in effect lowered your heel below the ball of your foot resulting in the most non athletic and unnatural position imaginable. Don’t take our word for it; try surfing, skating or snowboarding in this position. It’s very difficult, uncomfortable and unnatural.Slingshot shares the same functional holy grail of heel hold but the key is to put the rider into a more athletic and aggressive riding position. The ultimate solution was the closed toe boot. The new Driver and women’s Dragonfly boot deliver ease of entry, comfort, balance and heel hold.
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