Hi All,
My skater has been in her second pair of Jackson Debut Fusion Standard boots for almost a year now. Over the last couple of weeks she has been landing her early doubles (2s, 2t, 2Lo) more consistently and I've been researching and corresponding with a couple of techs regarding new boots. I thought I'd share what I've learned with the board.
I went into it thinking, well, getting to 2f and 2Lz soon, time for the next level up. What I've been told is that for skaters of my daughters size (she's 85 lbs., and I can't believe she's weighs that much) the Debut is more than enough boot to take her all the way up to 2A. This is the opinion of 3 very well respected skate techs and one custom boot maker. They've all said that if there's no sign of breakdown, no creasing etc. (not a hint) there's no need for a stiffer boot. While Jackson only rates them for single jumps, one of the techs has a small skater doing 2A and 3t in them. I know it's all relative and YMMV, but I wanted to share with the parents of small skaters at least, that these boots can go a long way. Our fitter told us today that she has another 6 months size wise left in them and as I said they'll carry her up to 2A as long as she's still small.
Now, she was of course disappointed she doesn't get new boots. I told her on the way home that once her coach certifies that her doubles are consistent enough to move to the next two we will get her a new pair of blades, as a reward if not out of necessity. She is still eying the Wilson Pattern 99 or the MK Phantom (7' rocker since her spins are meh. Maybe I should put an additional condition on the deal to cover better spins). I like the go slow approach of not getting new boots and different blades at the same time, and it's worked pretty well for her so far. So, we'll see how long it takes for coach to give the ok, hopefully soon so she can get at least 6 months out of the blade size. I did the math and it works out to only $2 a session for 6 months on a $500 blade, almost makes it easy to swallow. That's called rationalizing for those not in the know!
That's about it, again I just wanted to share our experience and the sentiments of some pro techs out there that they are indeed well and truly underrated as to how far they can take smaller skaters.
My skater has been in her second pair of Jackson Debut Fusion Standard boots for almost a year now. Over the last couple of weeks she has been landing her early doubles (2s, 2t, 2Lo) more consistently and I've been researching and corresponding with a couple of techs regarding new boots. I thought I'd share what I've learned with the board.
I went into it thinking, well, getting to 2f and 2Lz soon, time for the next level up. What I've been told is that for skaters of my daughters size (she's 85 lbs., and I can't believe she's weighs that much) the Debut is more than enough boot to take her all the way up to 2A. This is the opinion of 3 very well respected skate techs and one custom boot maker. They've all said that if there's no sign of breakdown, no creasing etc. (not a hint) there's no need for a stiffer boot. While Jackson only rates them for single jumps, one of the techs has a small skater doing 2A and 3t in them. I know it's all relative and YMMV, but I wanted to share with the parents of small skaters at least, that these boots can go a long way. Our fitter told us today that she has another 6 months size wise left in them and as I said they'll carry her up to 2A as long as she's still small.
Now, she was of course disappointed she doesn't get new boots. I told her on the way home that once her coach certifies that her doubles are consistent enough to move to the next two we will get her a new pair of blades, as a reward if not out of necessity. She is still eying the Wilson Pattern 99 or the MK Phantom (7' rocker since her spins are meh. Maybe I should put an additional condition on the deal to cover better spins). I like the go slow approach of not getting new boots and different blades at the same time, and it's worked pretty well for her so far. So, we'll see how long it takes for coach to give the ok, hopefully soon so she can get at least 6 months out of the blade size. I did the math and it works out to only $2 a session for 6 months on a $500 blade, almost makes it easy to swallow. That's called rationalizing for those not in the know!
That's about it, again I just wanted to share our experience and the sentiments of some pro techs out there that they are indeed well and truly underrated as to how far they can take smaller skaters.