The junior version of Leki's WCR Venom race mitten, with the same ceramic-reinforced 3D padding the adult model carries: scaled down rather than simplified.
That matters because junior race gear is often protection-lite, which is backwards: a U12 racer hits just as many gates as a U16, with less mass to absorb it.
- Premium goat leather, junior pre-curved race fit
- Ceramic-enforced 3D silicone finger and thumb padding
- Speed panel knuckle protection, flex flap and silicone surround cushion
- Thinsulate and Hyperloft insulation with micro Bemberg lining
- Flex mapping for movement, silicone grip pads on an ergonomic palm
- Flexible neoprene cuff
Mitten or glove? For juniors the mitten usually wins. Cold hands end a training day faster than anything else, and fingers sharing a chamber stay considerably warmer. The same model is available as a junior glove if your athlete wants more pole feel.
Do not size up. The instinct to buy a season ahead makes a race mitt colder (less hand filling it), and moves the padding off the knuckle where the gate lands. Buy it to fit now.
Check whether your poles take the Trigger system before ordering. See junior race mittens.
