Nobile IFS Pro Footbeds 2009

The IFS system introduced at the start of the 2008 year model is still going strong, but for the last year or so the Nobile team have been working on an updated and uprated pro model. High end riders who were forwarding their riding further and further have been pushing the Standard IFS as far is it will go and a new uprated model was required! The result is the IFS-Pro as seen below and we have just seen the first delivery into the UK.
The IFS pro is manufactured in a trainer factory (running and sport shoes) and is the first triple density (three different core components) pad, designed to offer high level shock absorption, maximum comfort, and total foot stability.
There is a lot to the footbed and strap that misses the eye on first glance. The visual aspect is always important but it the technology behind what you see is ultimately far more imortant and that has had a huge amount of work.. for example;
- The IFS is made in a specific 3D CNC'd moulds, 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.
- It uses three different density cores, which;
Shape compression areas; to ensure you always have reserve compression for extremely high impacts on already heavy loadings, saving both board and joint damage,
Support distribution loadings, to make sure the harder you push the more locked in your feet stay. Infact, when the pad is loaded it pushes your foot further into the strap and pad to make sure you stay locked in.
Allow soft skin compression, which makes you foot nestle into position keeping the board on your feet during zero loading (ie jumping).
- It 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 2D but not in thickness or form. If you look closely at the IFS strap you will see the internal construction is 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.
The pad is designed for the nobile boards, but can be used on any other board that has a distance between the centre of the footstrap inserts of 15.5cm.
All nobile boards are now available with or without the IFS pro, which is an option at £20 extra. The price for the IFS Pro footbed system sold separately is £69.95