On the subject of elites and in particular the hooves. Ive seen ( ill try and refind and post here but at moment i dont have a large attention span to do stuff due to a damaged nerve in my neck)
A guy in OZ ( OK health warning he is a dealer I have to say but seems OK for all that hehe) has posted some pix of hooves after 2 months and about 10 hours a week. Now maybe he only bounces on grass. But I gotta say hardly anywear deffo looked good. Ive just replaced my 7's hooves after 6 months ( summer) use. They looked the equal.
As for are they worth the money? Well it depends what you do with your stilts. Lets step to 1 side and look a bikes . To cycle to work ( or me to work) a £75 bike from tescos would be perfectly fine and a £1200 full suspension down hill mountain bike really quite pointless. However if at the weekends you were likely to fling yourself down a 1/2 mile long 1 in 2 or 3 trail then I suspect the added expence would pay dividends.
The elites will probably make a difference to people who push the envelope. People like Kiola I remember 10-11 months ago when he posted vids of himself teaching himself to do flips. Now you see such vids posted all the time. This guy more or less worked it out frm 1st principles and did it. Soul Rancher. He got his pro jumps oo 8-9 weeks ago. I met him 1st at the 10dayish point. He was having great fun. But the technique really wasnt there. Basically he has been ''hothoused' and been given advice and examples on an almost weekly basis and is just soo close to his 1st flip.
These guys would 'use' elites. But to be honest this is not a terribly expensive sport and elites should be pretty affordable to most. But equally dont think you hav to get the top of the range ( you can still go down hill on a tesco bike
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