Has Anyone Tried The Rogers Brothers Toe Stop For Slalom?

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Has Anyone Tried The Rogers Brothers Toe Stop For Slalom?

Post by Wesley Tucker » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:35 pm

From the pics all I can say is the constuction certainly looks hearty enough. The price is right.

http://www.rogers-bros.com/index.php/accessories

My only question is that it looks a little too "low profile." Maybe that works when stationary on a board when downhilling. When working the front foot through cones, though, is it too easy for the foot to lift or push through the stop and go over?
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Post by Toby Warg » Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:49 pm

The one on that picture is a bit low for slalom.
We are currently testing it out and it will probably be available in a downhill version and a higher slalom version.
It works very well so far!

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Post by Wesley Tucker » Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:20 pm

Toby,

That would be great. Glenn Chapman's is a good design (Sk8kings sells it) but it would appear to be a bit labor intensive. It looks as though this one is cast and probably easier to mass produce. I might be wrong but it just has that die-cast look to it.

Of course, I also know "mass produced" for slalom can be self-defeating. Not a whole lot of mass out here for a market.
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Post by Toby Warg » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:59 am

It's actually laser cut and then tumbled to get that finish.
Since they are made by Dave himself, they can be made fairly cheap, even at low numbers.

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