As I was putting in my comments for the original easyboots I thought of this picture to share. This is 1978, Mt Burney 50, I placed 5th I think it was. We came from behind, hence the dirt on my face. This was on my gelding Sunny Spots R, 4410 AERC miles. Note the easyboots on the fronts. I believe I got close to 400 miles on them before i started getting holes in the heels. Now that's pretty darn good.
Note the "outfit". :-) Blue jeans, tennis shoes, flannel shirt, stocking cap, modified western saddle that I cut the horn off of myself and re-rigged the cinch. I had cut open the fleece pad and inserted my own piece of egg crate foam. Made my own fleece breast collar cover too. Back in the day we did a lot of do-it-yourself stuff cuz the equipment we needed could't be bought! HA! Karen B.
Hi Karen - that is a great photo, thanks for sharing! Can you believe that was 30 years ago? Wow!
You should try the Bares out - I've gotten at least 650+ competition miles out of a set and they are still in good shape.
Karen
Posted by: Karen | March 18, 2008 at 09:33 PM