The Bont Quadstar Carbon roller derby skate boot has been upgraded to now include a carbon fiber base. This upgrade makes the boot stronger and lighter. The Quadstar is built on an anatomically shaped last based on laser scans of thousands of real feet. The boot is extremely responsive and lightweight, and it will improve your skating.
This boot uses modern advancements in boot technology, such as the use of carbon fiber, heat-moldable resins, and new layup techniques. It features 100% Genuine Australian leather outer skin that is extremely durable. Roller Derby can be hard on your roller derby skates, so we have made these skates out of extremely tough materials.
The boot includes replaceable rubber bumper toe protection, an adjustable velcro top strap, and a rear heel loop to put your laces through.
Features
- Base: Carbon Fiber
- Outer skin: Australian leather
- Liner: Suede-L
- Boot height: Standard
- Heel rise: 6mm
- Innersole: EVA with fabric
- Heat moldable: Fully heat moldable base utilizing epoxy thermoset resin
- Padding: Memory foam
- Size options: 3 - 12.5
- Fit options: Standard fit only, does not come in narrow, wide, or double wide fit
Manufacturing
Manufacturing skates by hand, inside out, is a method Bont retains and is exceptionally proud of. The manufacturing process is far more skill-intensive and time-consuming than other manufacturing processes. Perhaps, most importantly, this enables Bont skates to lead the industry in performance. It does, however, result in a higher production cost than mainstream skate construction methods.
We continue to develop and refine our manufacturing process to maintain the best delivery of our high-quality products. For example, processes such as the use of generic vacuum boxes for the curing of carbon have been replaced. Today, for carbon curing, we use methods such as pressure wrapping. Pressure wrapping provides four atmospheres of pressure rather than one atmosphere you find in traditional vacuum forming.
Inze Bont’s, the renowned skate designer, engineering, has allowed our production line to optimize the manufacturing of our handmade monocoque skates in the most time-efficient manner possible.
Our innovative manufacturing processes match our drive for design innovation. Lighter, Stronger, Faster.
Read our process for Last Design, Footbed, Liner, Anti-Stretch, Carbon Fiber, Upper, and more in the self-titled sections below.