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- Dec 11, 2021
Oh wow! Jackson changes so much, so often. haha. I believe the Evo was made to replace the Artiste, especially since almost everything is the same. I used to have boots that were leather all around too! Then came into the Artistes. A side question (since you seem like you know a lot), when you do start working on axels and doubles, are custom boots really needed?Very similar boots/blades. You could have gone either way. Some fitters are very conservative in their approach. Since you are still growing rapidly they probably just went with the least costly option that met your skill needs. You likely won't be breaking a boot down before you outgrow it. They don't want to scare the parents off too quickly with the expensive stuff. They get the skaters hooked and then after they start working on Axels and doubles they hit you with the custom boots ($1000) and Wilson Gold Seal blades ($750). Just kidding, well...sort of.
Our Elle was a completely different boot, though similar in stiffness. They have revamped the line so much over the last couple of years going more towards the synthetic uppers and soles, and away from leather uppers and soles (our Elle was all leather with an LCL-- L (layered) C (cork) L (leather) sole instead of the Fusion sole. My skater was in synthetic boots after that until the most recent one. We had to order a full custom to get leather again. Our (also VERY conservative) fitter prefers leather as it molds better to the foot instead of pinching in on it. It's also much more expensive as I mentioned above.