Nobile Ifs Pro Footpad 2011
The Nobile IFS Pro foot bed is the world’s first triple-density, moulded pad. With each layer becoming progressively harder, the shock absorbing qualities of the pad “ramp up” through it’s depth, preventing any possibility of your foot hitting the board, whilst still delivering a firm surface that gives a direct feeling of the board when riding.
The ergonomically formed IFS PRO features an in-board cant leading from the heel down to the toe, ensuring that upon impact, your foot moves more securely into the strap, and not dangerously out of it.
On the front edge, multi-ridged toe strip helps with grip, whatever your foot size, and the moulded Polyurethane texture under the heels provides traction in all conditions.
Inside the footstrap, a new hot press formed, EVA pad ensures exact shaping specifications are met in every unit. Integrated inserts inside the foot bed means that there is no exposed webbing or hard materials to rub on your foot – what ever size it’s set to.
Vertical adjustment on the strap is retained from the original IFS system to ensure the perfect fit for all feet however, adjustment is now taken care of with a new non-stretch, buckle fixing system, which allows micro adjustment with vastly increased ease of use over a Velcro based system.
Select your stance and screw them in, no other assembly is necessary even the screws come ready set in the pad.
Gone is the difficult and time consuming task of trying to compress the pad to fit the screws as is the risk of crossing threads and ruining the board before you even get to ride it!
Building the pad and strap together into one unit has also allowed Nobile to completely eliminate twist at the fixation point; a major source of discomfort when riding.
Conventional straps are hinged on one side for adjustment. The geometry of the strap fits the average size foot well but bigger and smaller feet are left to suffer.
Adjusting the size to it’s extremes - forces the form fitted sections into the wrong position in relation to your foot.
The vertical adjustment in the Nobile IFS Pro (Integrated Footbed System) ensures that the strap fits into the correct position no matter what the size and shape of your foot without having to resort to using a screw driver.
Construction:
There is a lot to the footbed and strap that misses the eye on first glance. The visual aspect is always important but its the technology behind what you see is ultimately far more important and that has had a huge amount of work.
3D CNC Mould:
The IFS is made in a specific 3D CNC'd mould, shaped to your foot as opposed to a flat block of foam that is shaped by sanding. This construction allows very precise control and cost effective detailed moulding of the core materials.
4 Density Cores:
Shape compression areas, to ensure you always have reserve compression for extremely high impacts on already heavy loadings, saving both board and joint damage.
Supports distribution loadings, to make sure the harder you push the more locked in your feet stay. When the pad is loaded if pushes your foot further into the strap and pad to make sure you stay locked in.
Allows soft skin compression, which makes you foot nestle into position keeping the board on your feet during zero loading (ie jumping).
Heat Formed Polyurethane Molding:
The Nobile IFS Pro Pad also uses a new technology of footstrap. The IFS pro strap core is a heat formed polyurethane molding much like a trainer base, but with far less density. Normal straps are made with solid flat material, shaped in plan shape but not in thickness or form.
If you look closely at the Nobile IFS Pro strap you will see the internal construction It's very advanced offering new technology in support, comfort and security. Now both upper and lower sections of the IFS base are specifically molded to wedge your foot in place.
Finally, the Nobile IFS PRO has been built with the environment in mind, shown in its adhesive free construction and 100% recyclable packaging.
