Hiya and welcome to my ThirtyTwo Ladies’s STW Double Boa assessment.

On this assessment I’ll check out the STW Boa as freestyle snowboard boots.

As per custom right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I’ll give the STW Boa a rating out of 100 (based mostly on a number of elements) and see how they examine with different ladies’s freestyle boots.

General Ranking

Boots: ThirtyTwo STW Boa

Worth: $279 (USD really useful retail)

Model: Freestyle

Different Makes use of: Informal All-Mountain

Flex Ranking: Mushy

Flex Really feel: Medium (5/10)

Ranking Rating: 84.5/100

In comparison with different Ladies’s Freestyle Boots

Out of the 17 ladies’s freestyle boots that I rated:

Overview of the STW Boa’s Specs

Take a look at the tables for the STW Boa’s specs and accessible sizes.

Specs

Who’re the STW Boa Most Suited to?

The Ladies’s STW Double BOA are greatest suited to somebody on the lookout for a softer flexing boot however need the benefit and adjustability of a double boa lacing system. They weren’t as gentle as we have been anticipating however really feel like they might soften up pretty rapidly over time. 

Bindings angles: +12/-12

Stance Width: 19.5″ (49.5cm)

Board Demoed With: Trip Saturday 146

Bindings Demoed With: Trip DVA

Rider Top: 5’7″ (170cm)

Rider Weight: 125lbs (56kg)

Rider Boot Dimension: Ladies’s US8.0 Trip Hera

Outersole Size: 28.7cm (mondo 25cm)

Distinction between Mondo & Outersole: 3.7cm

Backstay Top: 11.0″ (28cm)

Weight: 1lb 10oz (740 grams)*

* Common of a pattern of  ladies’s boots I’ve weighed was 1lbs 15oz (880g). Heaviest I’ve weighed have been 2lbs 10oz (1200g) and lightest have been 1lb 10oz (740g). 

Flex

The preliminary flex of this boot is kind of stiff, notably given its flex ranking. They do soften up fairly rapidly, however I would say extra like 6 or much more when initially getting them on. 

Match

Width: When making an attempt on for the primary time, an affordable quantity of room within the toe field width-wise. Just a little stress proper within the nook of the massive toe after carrying for a couple of minutes.

Whereas using, after warmth molding, the edges of the boots have been touching each medially and laterally, creating delicate stress factors however nothing too unhealthy and eased with time. 

True to Dimension?: When first tried on, my toes weren’t fairly touching the ends however fairly shut. When using, after warmth molding, they really felt tighter on the toes and all toes have been touching the top, with huge toe being essentially the most cramped.

Felt like I may have re-heat molded with a toe cap or gone 1/2 measurement up. It could be near needing to go 1/2 measurement up. 

High of foot (instep): Comfortable on the highest of the foot however no stress factors there. 

Round Ankles: Round ankles was fairly good however the best way they gripped round my Achilles wasn’t tremendous comfy. 

Additionally to notice, that the boot feels noticeably taller than the common boot. This did not trigger me any calf or shin discomfort or something, however one thing to notice. 

Shock Absorption

They have been higher at absorbing shock and chatter than my management boots, however that is not that arduous (being the largest weak spot of my management boots). They weren’t tremendous shock absorbing, however respectable sufficient. 

Board Really feel

Board really feel was good. Similar to my management boots. 

Responsiveness

They have been respectable on a carve and supplied fairly good assist. Not bombers, however respectable sufficient at excessive speeds, particularly for boots which might be imagined to be fairly gentle. 

At slower speeds, I could not get my turns as fast as with my management boots. Not far off, however sufficient to note it. 

Adjustability

The Double BOA system that the STW Double Boa makes use of offers you full separation of the higher and decrease parts of the outer boot. 

The liner is managed with a typical lacing harness. 

Consolation

Not essentially the most comfy boots I’ve ridden. I really feel like they might break in fairly rapidly although, so would possible get extra comfy pretty rapidly. Largest stress factors have been round huge and 2nd toes and round Achilles space of heels. 

Heel Maintain

The heel maintain was good – felt the identical as my management boots. Just a little raise, however fairly minimal. 

Entry/Exit

Just a little little bit of effort to get foot into them at first, however after warmth molding it was simpler. I might say medium/common problem getting foot in. 

Then the Customary lacing harness for the liner and the double boa system for the shell of the boot have been good and simple to make use of. 

Take a look at the breakdown of the rating within the desk under.

The Ladies’s STW double BOA weren’t as comfy as I might have appreciated, however that might possible enhance over time as most boots do. 

For every part else it is a actually respectable boot, notably for the value for a double boa possibility.