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GFX Semenuk Crew - Signature MTB
$33.00 USD
The new signature co-lab sock for Brandon Semenuk - specific design, patterning, and optimized padding for ankle-brace use and overall comfort. Enhanced low-profile GFX padding works to improve the fit and feel of modern riding footwear. Polygiene anti-odor permanent finishing.
The GFX Semenuk socks retain the Dissent locked-on fit and all-day comfort (the Dissent standard), while providing additional volume and plushness in the GFX padding. Overall, you get the same dialed anti-friction-fit, breathability, and comfort features of the standard Genuflex (GFX) Crew's, with boosted overall protection.
To date, our standard Genuflex Crew socks are the best fitting, most locked-on, low-profile-yet-densely-padded sock in MTB - a design with a nod towards today's higher volume All-mountain/DH/Enduro style shoes. These standard Genuflex Crew's tend to especially impress riders who are using ankle-braces (guys like Brandon, after trying a set for the first time in 2014) as these have a significant difference in fit and feel. Even with ankle-brace lacing (and shoe closures) cranked up tightly, the regular Genuflex Crew padding helps keep your feet from going numb.
With the GFX Semenuk construction and patterning, we bent our own rules on the less-is-more, technical-yet-clean Dissent design mandate. This was 100% deliberate and calculated. During prototyping, we took a lot of time and care to ensure the much loved Dissent fit was not compromised by the additional patterning. Even the specific finishing inside of the socks is very calculated and purposeful. The final result might just be one of the best feeling riding socks you will ever wear.
Testimonials for the new GFX Semenuk:
Wow. The Brandon socks. So good. Absolutely nailed it. Just rode in them. I can already tell you these are the only socks I want to ride in haha. Love how they are a bit thicker. -- Reece Wallace (May 4, 2015)
Duuudde!!!! These new ones are so sick!! -- Noah Brousseau (May 10, 2015)
This Semenuk sock is cool! -- Stephen Matthews (May 3, 2015)
MTB Supercrew Comp - Nano
$26.50 USD
Engineered for all-day fit and comfort - backcountry, pedaling, hike-a-bike, bikepark - the longer the day, the better. Dissent's mid-coverage tall single-ply cuff (approx 8-inch).
Specific construction and design for modern MTB shoes - improves the feel of any riding footwear.
TRUE-Compression - best fit, best feel, increased ankle and arch support, reduced foot numbness.
Strategic use of NanoGlide anti-friction yarn - toes, forefoot, heel, instep, ankle - reduced skin chafing, hotspots, and blistering.
Low profile padding in the toe area to reduce toe-bang while descending.
Profiled 3D-mesh zone over the forefoot - improved breathability and protection from laces, stitching, buckles/hardware.
Engineered technical yarn-blend and knit - consistent fit and moisture-management, critical for all day comfort and blister prevention.
NanoGlide provides high levels of wear resistance in a thin sock design.
Unrivaled memory and shape retention for the ultimate fit, wash after wash.
Seamless toe.
Tight knitting and tall cuff (available 8-inch or 6-inch cuff designs) helps to repel dirt, and provides additional ankle protection.
Constructed using the best technologies available, using high needle-count machines, for exceptional feel and quality.
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MTB Supercrew Comp - 6" - Nano
$26.50 USD
Engineered for all day fit and comfort - backcountry, pedaling, hike-a-bike, bikepark - the longer the day, the better.
Dedicated construction and design for modern MTB shoes - improves the feel of any riding footwear.
TRUE-Compression - best fit, best feel, increased ankle and arch support, reduced foot numbness.
Strategic use of NanoGlide anti-friction yarn - toes, forefoot, heel, instep, ankle - reduced skin chafing, hotspots, and blistering.
Low profile padding in the toe area to reduce toe-bang while descending.
Profiled 3D-mesh zone over the forefoot - improved breathability and protection from laces, stitching, buckles/hardware.
Engineered technical yarn-blend and knit - consistent fit and moisture-management, critical for all day comfort and blister prevention.
NanoGlide provides high levels of wear resistance in a thin sock design.
Unrivaled memory and shape retention for the ultimate fit, wash after wash.
Seamless toe.
Tight knitting and tall cuff (6-inch) helps to repel dirt, and provides additional ankle protection.
Constructed using the best technologies available, using high needle-count machines, for exceptional feel and quality.
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MTB Supercrew Comp - Nano +Cu
$27.50 USD
Engineered for all-day fit and comfort - backcountry, pedaling, hike-a-bike, bikepark - the longer the day, the better. Dissent's mid-coverage tall single-ply cuff (approx 8-inch).
Additional underfoot CuTEC copper yarn utilized, helping to inhibit bacterial growth and odor development.
Specific construction and design for modern MTB shoes - improves the feel of any riding footwear.
TRUE-Compression - best fit, best feel, increased ankle and arch support, reduced foot numbness.
Strategic use of NanoGlide anti-friction yarn - toes, forefoot, heel, instep, ankle - reduced skin chafing, hotspots, and blistering.
Low profile padding in the toe area to reduce toe-bang while descending.
Profiled 3D-mesh zone over the forefoot - improved breathability and protection from laces, stitching, buckles/hardware.
Engineered technical yarn-blend and knit - consistent fit and moisture-management, critical for all day comfort and blister prevention.
NanoGlide provides high levels of wear resistance in a thin sock design.
Unrivaled memory and shape retention for the ultimate fit, wash after wash.
Seamless toe.
Tight knitting and tall cuff (8-inch) helps to repel dirt, and provides additional ankle protection.
Constructed using the best technologies available, using high needle-count machines, for exceptional feel and quality.
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MTB Genuflex Compression - Crew Protect
$31.00 USD
MX MTB Genuflex Compression - Full Protect
$45.00 USD
Full height protection for MX / Moto / MTB - all day comfort.
Dissent Graduated Compression - best fit, best feel, less foot numbness.
Engineered for combined compression and padding - all the benefits of exceptional compression fit and feel, but we include a technically complex, thin-layer of protection.
Low-profile padded compression design helps fit of wider shoes like FiveTen/Shimano DX.
Low-profile padded compression design helps with modern, stiff, hinged MX boots.
Design optimized for ankle-brace comfort.
Strategic 3D padding - protection in the shin and behind the calf for knee guards, straps, and boot contact areas - anti-chafing engineering.
Strategic 3D padding - protection under the arch and surrounding the ankle for lace-up or velcro braces. Padding reduces toe-bang while descending, cushions you through rough sections, and buffers those not-so-smooth landings.
Effective coverage and protection for long-travel MTB riding.
Protection without bulk.
Engineered technical yarns and knit - provides exceptional moisture management, critical for all day comfort and blister prevention.
Unrivaled memory and shape retention for the ultimate fit, wash after wash.
Seamless toe.
Constructed using the best machines, for unbelievable feel and quality.
Thin, high-density knit protection, with substantial ankle coverage, and high durability.100% guaranteed.
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DISSENT - FREESKIER Introspective, January 10, 2017
“I would be the guy stopping on the skin track about an hour-and-a-half into the day and re-taping my heels and ankles,” Hall says. “After years of doing that, I tried out some medical-grade compression socks and they were by far the best thing I had tried. So, I started going down the rabbit hole to see what was possible. How the compression construction, an improved fit and specific materials could together improve your chances of having the best possible day in your boots.”
With a degree in kinesiology, a passion for skiing and a disdain for feet that look like mangled hamburger meat after a daylong slog, Hall began working on his first prototype, testing them in and around Whistler back in 2010. Flash-forward to 2016—top bootfitters and pros like Stan Rey, Eric Hjorleifson and KC Deane swear by Dissent Labs socks.
“In my 20 years working in the industry with ski boots, I’ve never run into a ski sock like the ones from Dissent,” Surefoot Whistler Store Manager Sam McDonald says. “It is really refreshing to have a sock that isn’t built by an engineer or a marketing company thinking this is what people should use or this is what people will buy. Instead, Josh [Hall] is building things that work incredibly well for people that ski every day and then adapting it to the retail market.”
“Some of my other sponsors give me their socks, but I wouldn’t ever go back to a regular ski sock,” Rey says. “I am super sold on these Dissent Labs socks—I really like them.”
The Dissent Labs GFX Compression DL Wool Sock.
“It’s crazy—now I don’t wear any other socks other than Dissent’s,” Deane says. “On a day-to-day basis all I wear is Dissent, even when I’m not skiing.”
Using materials like friction-eliminating Nanoglide Teflon/PTFE yarn and a Merino wool that doesn’t lose its shape when wet, the hallmark of all Dissent Labs socks is they will stay locked onto your foot all day long without bunching or slipping.
“Our socks might be boring to some people because they don’t have crazy patterns or colors, but at the end of the day the people that care get it,” Hall says. “We are making a product that is just as technical as your outerwear or your skis or bindings.”
Dissent Labs isn’t the only brand using graduated compression to enhance ski socks, but its manufacturing process is one aspect that sets them apart from the rest. Each sock is painstakingly produced in a medical-grade facility complete with a test mule and machines that are set to run slower to ensure the desired construction and un-compromised fit that have become Dissent Labs’ calling card.
To further set Dissent Labs apart from others making ski socks, the brand’s location allows them to continually improve the product. Headquartered in Pemberton, the Dissent team logs hundreds of ski days testing socks in nearby Whistler every season.
“There are so many pros on the Dissent team out on the mountain all day, every day,” Deane says. “We can find weaknesses in the product so much faster because we’re skiing six to seven days a week. We’ll bring our feedback to Josh [Hall] and he’ll adjust the weave or try a different material. So, by the time the socks hit the stores, I’ve usually logged 150-plus days in them and they’ve really dialed in that final product.”
“Josh [Hall] is really open to feedback which is huge,” McDonald says. “If I have a problem with a product, I tell him and you see a change in that product within three months and that’s not something you see out of the big brands.”
Despite a horde of brand evangelists, the finest materials and a meticulous manufacturing process, Dissent Labs isn’t touting the miracle effects of their medical-grade graduated compression. While the competition claims improved blood flow and quicker recovery time, Hall is reticent to do so.
“I think some of the claims are legitimately true and science will prove it,” Hall says. “But every foot is different and that’s why we don’t hang our hat on the compression story alone. Compression was really just a means to an end to achieve the best fit and make the best product for bootfitters, backcountry skiers and anyone looking for an all-day, consistent ski sock.”
But that’s not stopping others from praising the benefits of Dissent Labs’ compression.
“I used to have so much trouble with socks—I always had cold feet and I would just chew through socks all season long,” Deane says. “But the Dissent compression keeps the circulation going and helps my feet to really stay warm. They’re all I’ll ever wear.”
- See more at: http://freeskier.com/stories/dissent-labs-is-building-socks-thatll-keep-everyday-skiers-locked-and-loaded#sthash.03IOEPvb.dpuf
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