Key Equipment Snowboard boots Disruptive 2025

The new Key Equipment Disruptive is a truly unique snowboard boot that is only compatible with PIN binding systems. By stepping away from a traditional softboot, everything from ride feel, hike mode, longevity, and repairability were taken into consideration when designing it. In the 2023/24 the boot is 50 - 70g lighter and now features a softer cuff for increased comfort, improved sideways flex and more heel side damping.

The best turns are the ones you earn. Skinning is as easy as it gets with the Key Equipment Disruptive snowboard boots with tech toe inserts, a nearly friction free walk mode, and lateral support. But don’t let all the fancy tech fool you; the Disruptive was designed to be a snowboard boot with focus on downhill performance first and foremost. 

The Disruptive has low-friction pivoting upper cuffs. This results in longer and more effortless strides. Less energy wasted on the way up equals more energy left for the ride down! The direct power transfer of the shell into the tech toe binding also makes sidehilling much easier when compared to a traditional soft boot setup. The boot is designed to feel like a traditional soft boot combined with a medium to stiff binding and supportive ankle strap: the cuff has a flex similar to a medium stiffness highback, while the ankle strap provides excellent heel hold and controls the last and most progressive part of the flex. Disruptive is a boot with responsive and direct board contact but with dampening and plushness only found in soft boots before.

The cuff on the boots was designed specifically for splitboarding. It has the following key features:

• A heel side flex similar to that of a medium to stiff highback on a softboot binding.
• The top part of the cuff is softer to prevent calf bite.
• Forward lean that can be adjusted to your preferred angle. Additionally, it features a tool-free quick adjustment, which can either increase or decrease the amount of forward lean. This allows you to easily adapt the forward lean to the terrain without having to use a tool.

A quality liner can make all the difference when it comes to comfort and ride quality. Paired with a cheap liner, even the best boots won’t reach their full potential. Therfore the Disruptive boots come with the high-quality liner produced in France by Palau. The liner is fully heat moldable for high comfort and precision. It has the integrated walk mode allowing for longer strides. It ensures the shock absorption and dampening, reducing vibrations and the springy feel hardboots have previously been associated with.

Features:

• 50 - 70g lighter than last years model
• Softer cuff for increased comfort, improved sideways flex and more heel side damping
• A boot with responsive and direct board contact but with dampening and plushness only found in soft boots before.
• Only compatible with PIN binding systems.
• Low-friction pivoting upper cuffs for longer and more effortless strides.
• Shock absorption and dampening, reducing vibrations and the springy feel
• Direct power transfer of the shell into the tech toe binding makes sidehilling much easier
• Designed to feel like a traditional soft boot combined with a medium to stiff binding and supportive ankle strap.
• The cuff flex is similar to a medium stiffness highback
• The ankle strap provides excellent heel hold and controls the last and most progressive part of the flex.
• Modular design for the long-lasting use without loosing the flex over time - just replace the tongue and your splitboard boots will be as stiff as on the first day you took them out.
• All parts can be replaced, making the boots easy to repair.
• The cuff designed specifically for splitboarding.
• Softer top part of the cuff to prevent calf bite while skinning.
• Tool-free quick forward lean adjustment 
• Fully heat moldable quality liner produced in France by Palau features an integrated walk mode allowing for longer strides
• Weight: 1255g [+-20g] (size 260)
• Some shoe models are made in size span of 10mm. The size displayed in our shop, in that case, is suitable for a larger span of the foot size. Example: Shoe size 270 mm is suitable for 265 to 275mm -foot size. 

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