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Grasshopper and I live in Anchorage, Alaska. I  have spent my entire life living on the same 2 acres of land in this ever growing community. We are blessed. We have the best of both worlds.  The beauty of this state is just outside our back door and yet the city is only minutes out our front door.

Grasshopper is my love. He is half friesian, half lipizzan. he is the best of both worlds. Smart, athletic and a ton of personality. Because his feet are so strong I keep him barefoot all year round. Living in Alaska means embracing the outdoors, and that meant finding an alternative to ice shoes. The standard borium studs terrified me.  Grasshopper is not a small boy, he is a power house and with one wrong move he could slice a leg. So we decided to try boa boots. The studs are great on ice. They dig in and allow us to cross roads, creeks and trails that we otherwise would never be able to venture across.  The gators do a magnificent job of protecting the bulbs of his heels and keeping a majority of the snow out. Without the gators I would not be able to ride in the snow. We found the snow packed in and caused his heels to bleed. We only did that once!

The replacement parts have been a wallet saver. The cables are easy to replace. Should a stud come loose and fall out, we easily replace them.  After  years of HARD use my Boa boots are still holding up.

Peace from the North
~Frieda and Grasshopper