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X-Bionic Terraskin X00/C Trail Running Shoe Details and 1st Run Review
Dec 2, 2024
Swiss X-Bionic best known for compression base layers and socks builds an innovative trail running shoe with, of course, socks an integral part. We hear from them all the details and take them for a first run.. out of their habitat on pavement along the Colorado River in Austin Texas at The Running Event and are pleasantly surprised
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after the running event in the hotel
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lobby we ran into the guys from xbionic
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who showed us their uh teras skin
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XC trail running shoe we actually got a
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pair and took them out for a first run
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but first they're going to describe all
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the technology in this very Innovative
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shoe everybody hey everybody I think we
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may have saved the best for last cuz
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we're in the lobby of the Fairmont and
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we're with Max and Flavio from xbionic
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and look what we got here their systems
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Flavio describe the the basic system
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here before I put the other one
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on so um we started our journey really
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thinking about uh an entire system
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around the food what we want to provide
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is uh an extra level of control beside
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the cashing because all the brands are
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doing well on cashing we want to provide
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really something more in terms of
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control and uh we started our our work
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really around the feet and around the
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first layer you have on feet so the sock
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the sock alone is already providing you
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more support in this part we have some
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belts here made by elastic textle yeah
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and this is already the first layer that
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is providing you a very strong
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difference then we completed the job
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with the shoe so we have a diesel
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wrapping element made with the same
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technology we are using for the sock and
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we created a sort of strong Synergy
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between the sock and the shoe in fact we
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are selling always together in the on on
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the entire collection and Max a little
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bit more about the the underfoot
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experience before we go out yeah
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everything for this sh was about the
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combination of cushioning with control
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for technical terrains we are from
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Switzerland we love trail running in
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technical terrains and I I hate the
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feeling with high stack shoes when the
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shoe is rolling over this is what we
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wanted to to avoid what we wanted to get
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rid of so we always thought about a
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system which which is giving you the
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cushioning for the vertical movement but
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which is uh framing the shoe for the
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horizontal Direction and we created this
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Frame and we put the entire Mido with
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the cushioning inside of the shoe and we
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have this Frame which is high up which
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is covering the midsole to give a frame
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for the lateral movement and also with
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your feet you are standing in that frame
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so how long let's see how far down am I
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in the frame yeah okay I got it yeah
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really behind this Frame all over in the
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shoe all over in the shoe and what it
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does is if you show my hand you're not
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standing anymore on the shoe but you are
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standing in a frame like a boat and
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because of that you have Precision you
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have control and you have much more grip
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it's paired with a very special outsole
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which we have created we use VI Mega
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grip but it's like a net construction
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like a cop web and it can adapt to the
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ground very very strongly the Lux can
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move up to 1 cm
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and we measured it and we have 30% more
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grip than competitor shoes because of
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the web kind of approach exactly it
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adapts to the ground and because of that
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you have more contact uh uh surface
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contact with the with the rocks and so
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in testing your athletes who've run you
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know many miles in Switzerland how many
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what kind of durability uh of the system
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the underfoot system are you seeing we
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have shoes uh run in athletes for more
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than 1,000 km and the athlet is a
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Spanish guy he still said he would go
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for competition he still use it still
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use it yes we also have another athlete
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he just crossed Mongolia he's an
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adventure Runner he crossed Mongolia on
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a straight line sabash koban is his name
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check him out there is a Netflix
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documentary about him when he was
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running for Peru and 700 km straight
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through Mongolia and the shoe is
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absolutely in shape fantastic now um
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this is a US 9.5 and it seems to fit I'm
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usually uh about 8 and 1/2 to 9 so we'll
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see maybe a bit big mhm what do you see
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sizing it tends to run a bit big a
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little bit a little bit smaller than
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than than used to but I I take the my
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average size for my average shoe but
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when I go on a very long try run I take
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half a size longer half a size bigger to
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have enough space because it's got to
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fit whatever size cuz we want the sock
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to work with it yeah so so you have to
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get the right whatever that is you can't
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play
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from the from the entire concept if I
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can explain um a very simple picture you
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can have in mind it it should work like
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a mountain bike this was our idea our
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inspiration is coming from that because
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you have the suspension for the vertical
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but the entire mountain bike frame often
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now made out of carbon is stiff it's
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responsive you can feel if you have grip
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or if you are losing grip uh you can
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work around tight Corners you can
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overshoot jumps and all of that is for
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downhill speed and downhill fun and
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Technical terrain and this is exactly
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the sensation we created with this shoe
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as well and so the weight for the spec
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size what's the spec size in the weight
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in grams it's a 310 G in a Us in this
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size us 9.5 yes okay so we'll translate
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that I'll put that in the video to a
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nine um yeah so um I'm going to take
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them out for a run and we're going to do
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some commentary from the Run We'll add
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that to the video I'm not going to be
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running technical Trails we're going to
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be running here in Austin maybe a bit of
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gravel along the river but we'll get
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them out in New Hampshire where it's
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really rough real soon this was a really
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wonderful chance meeting after TR in the
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lobby as we were going out for run and
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they set me up with this the name of the
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shoe and the price then for the to
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finish this the name of the shoe so name
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is teras skin XC which is the top of our
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range and it's sold here in in us at the
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300 Bock sock and shoe together I'm
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sorry didn't he 300 300 Bock $300 okay
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okay okay and then that's the carbon
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version for $300 there is um a similar
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shoe without carbon for
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$240 and there is a takedown version
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also with the same system for
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$180 wonderful and available in the US
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now uh in February March 25th excellent
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thanks Max and Flavio thank you have
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safe travels back to Switzerland byebye
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okay we're still in Austin we're on the
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Lake run or river run here on the gravel
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with the X bionic and I'm kind of
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surprised that with that big vbr
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outsole it kind of plays very well on
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the hard surface you don't feel the kind
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of big uh kind of presence of rubber I
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thought the frame would really get in
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the way but not at all we're running
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about 910 920 Pace perfectly flat here
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it does feel like a frame of support but
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I'm rolling forward easily which
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surprises me and in the center we have a
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a core softer foam so nice rebound very
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good kind of forward rolling geometry
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for what's really a trail shoe a size
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and a half up for my normal right there
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um so I think it runs a bit small and of
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course you got to make it work with the
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socks that are integrated okay going to
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give you a few Impressions about the
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ride here
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along the concrete boardwalk and
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surprised the vbr outsole which is that
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lattice usually vbr on this kind of
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stuff a full Mega grip feels super kind
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of well not super but firm and flexible
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but the lattice seems to really help and
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actually rubber seems to of course
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there's the grip don't need it here but
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give some real pop off the road the
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chassis
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doesn't feel overly rigid see we're
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running about 940
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pace and nice roll forward the center
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core is soft and bouncy
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and there's definitely some spring in
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some ways you could have fooled me
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because there's no carbon plate
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harshness from this plate I got to look
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at that more closely beautiful here in
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Austin we're wrapping it up heading back
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