According to FT, some people like the rigid bootboard better... who knows. All I know is that my local shop charged me 450 for the booters and once you factor in the cost fo a 6 flex tongue, the pro liner, and the active bootboard, it would have been a better value to buy the hot doggers. I guess it's okay that they charged more, I could have bought them for 400 online, but then spent over 50 bucks to get em molded and stuff.